New York: J. Fischer & Bro, [1908]. Broadsheet, title on recto, musical notation on verso; lyrics in Micmac; paper evenly toned, near fine. Pacifique de Valigny, née Henri-Joseph-Louis Buisson, was a Capucin French missionary who wrote and published a number of religious materials for the benefit of the Mi'kmaq and..... More
Mexico [City]: 1944. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], xiv, 76; 21 plates mostly from photographs at the back; near fine in original pictorial wrappers. A study of indigenous Tzeltal women in Chiapas. More
London: Trübner & Co., 1858. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 258; later brown library cloth, gilt title and call number on spine, t.e.g.; pencil marks in margins, else very good and sound. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate, with library label on pastedown, blindstamps on title page and p. 101, and release..... More
London: Trübner & Co., 1858. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 258; title page printed in red and black; original brown cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine, t.e.g.; hinges cracked, some rubbing, top third of spine perished; good and sound. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate, with a Newberry release stamp on..... More
London: Trübner & Co., 1858. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 258; title page printed in red and black; original black cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine, t.e.g.; lightly rubbed, but generally a very good, bright copy. This copy with a presentation from editor, Nicholas Trübner: "Mr. Brunet, hommage de..... More
Dayton, Ohio: Ells, Clafin & Co., 1847. 8vo, pp. [4] ads, [iii]-viii, [9]- 315, [1] ads; wanting the half-title; wood engraved frontispiece and 2 wood-engraved plates; old stained sheep, recornered and rebacked, old leather label on spine; some foxing; good and sound. "One of the best and most popular collections..... More
Seattle: Shorey Book Store, [1974]. Facsimile edition limited to 200 copies, 8vo, pp. 304, [8]; illustrated throughout; fine in original yellow pictorial wrappers. An extract from the Annual Report of the U.S. National Museum, first published in 1900. Ownership signature of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the..... More
Montréal: J. M. Valois, 1892. 16mo, pp. xi, [1], 384; text in the Nipissing dialect of Algonquin, original pebbled black cloth with gilt title on spine; endpapers renewed, paper toned, half-title chipped; ex-library with label residue on spine, mark on flyleaf, title, and page 51. A translation of the Life..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1877. First edition, 8vo, pp. vi, 239; original olive cloth lettered in gilt; head- and foot-bands perished, else very good. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate with an Ayer presentation bookplate and a Newberry release stamp on the verso of the front pastedown. Department of the Interior, United..... More
New York: Dial Press, 1959. Edition limited to 250 copies signed by McCracken (this, no. 53); 4to, pp. 216; illustrated throughout in color and black & white; original full brown leather, gilt lettering on spine and gilt vignette on upper cover; some scuffing at the edges, else very good. Lacking..... More
Philadelphia: D. Rice & A. N. Hart, 1855. Third octavo edition, considered by some to be the best of the octavos for the superiority of its coloring; 3 volumes, 120 brilliant hand-colored plates by J.T. Bowen; a stunning set in publisher's full red morocco gilt, a.e.g. with virtually no wear..... More
Philadelphia: D. Rice & A. N. Hart, 1854. Second octavo edition, 3 volumes, 120 brilliant hand-colored plates by J.T. Bowen, mostly after Charles Bird King; a lovely set in publisher's full blindstamped brown morocco, gilt-lettered spines, a.e.g.; very neatly and professionally rebacked with the old spines laid down; the covers..... More
Minneapolis and Tucson: Granary Books [and] Chax Press, 1987. Edition limited to 236 copies (this, one of 200 in wrappers, is no. 124), 8vo, pp. [44]; printed on Arches paperin red and black; illustration by Cynthia Miller; original card wrappers with hand-made gray dust jacket by Mary Beaton; generally fine..... More
Washington D.C. Government Printing Office, 1930. First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 183, [1]; 6], 195, [1]; text in Fox with English translations; original green paper wrappers; near fine. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate with a Newberry release stamp inside the front wrapper. Bulletin 95 in the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of..... More
Detroit: Stephen Wells and George L. Whitney, 1834. First edition, 12mo, pp. 215; early bold indecipherable gift inscriptions on title page, contemporary marginalia in the text, bookplate of James J. Hill, perforated stamp on title page of the Hill Library, accession numbers on lower spine, foxed throughout, extremities worn, soiled..... More
Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1890. Large 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 339, [1]; uncut with original paper wrappers bound in red library buckram; gilt title direct on spine; bookseller's label, paper wrappers have a little wear and reinforcement, very good overall. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate, with their release stamp on the..... More
[St. Ignatius,] Montana: St. Ignatius Print, 1880. 8vo, pp. [4], 45, [1]; original paper wrapper perished, reinforced in stiff brown library card; pages toned and worn at edges, good. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate, with release stamp on title page. "These works were put in type and printed by the Indian..... More
Chicago & New York: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1884. First edition, 12mo, pp. 241; frontispiece, plates; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine and in black on the upper cover; binding rubbed, hinges cracked, shaken; a good copy. More
Metuchen, NJ, & London: The Scarecrow Press, 1988. Second edition, revised and expanded (first published 1976), 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 325; title-page motif and 1 full-page illustration in the text; but for a small, dark smudge near top of spine, a fine copy in publisher's orange cloth lettered in white..... More
Paris: Maisonneuve frères et Ch. Leclerc, 1886. 16mo, pp. [10], xvii, [1], 521, [7]; original red cloth stamped in black and gilt; half-title toned, spine ends slightly chipped; all else very good and sound. An Ayer Linguistic duplicate with an Ayer bookplate and a Newberry release stamp. Issued as volume..... More
Alençon: E. Renaut-de Broise, 1887. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], vi, [2], 446; contemporary red cloth, title and call number in gilt on spine, blue stained top edge; very shallow chipping to the top edge of a few leaves, fore-edge of half-title neatly reinforced, small tear to title page. An..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1892. First edition, 8vo; pp. xii, [2], 125; 4 facsimiles; fore-edges worn. Good copy in original paper wrappers. Part of a series of linguistic bibliographies issued by the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology. More
Paris: Ernesto Leroux, 1897. 8vo, pp. 32; unopened, green printed wrappers; edges faded and lightly rubbed, very good. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate with release stamp inside front cover. "Chocoe" refers to the Choco language family of Panama and Columbia, which is currently spoken by around 60,000 people. More
Washington: GPO, 1880. Second edition, "with charts," 4to, pp. xi, [1], 228; 4 charts in pocket (3 folding); original maroon cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover; minor wear; very good and sound. A workbook for field study of Indian languages. Introductory chapters on charting phonology and on grammar. Powell explains..... More
Albany: Hoffman and White, 1833. Third edition revised, 8vo, pp. 100; 2 folding plates, a few text illustrations; original full calf with red morocco label on spine, speckled edges, light rubbing to boards, front folding plate spotted and wrinkled from careless folding, second, smaller plate also artlessly folded, edges spotted..... More
