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Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society Library, 1968. Book. Good. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). First Edition. 4to up to 12" tall. Pale blue wraps, staple-bound, cover and pages in typewriter style, 54 pages. Contents: "Franz Boas Collection" by George Stocking; "The Value of the Speck Papers for Ethnohistory" by Anthony Wallace; "Value of the Radin Papers for Linguistics" by Dell Hymes; "Little-Used Collections in the APS Library" by Murphy Smith; "Glottochronology" by C. F. Voegelin. Condition: Good; Pages are clean..
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The American Indian: A conference in the American Philosophical Society Library (Library Publication No. 2)
by American Philosophical Society
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Better English through practice,
by Alfred Arundel May
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New York NY: Globe book company, 1926. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition Hardcover. Consists of primarily drill exercises focused on grammar and punctuation - adjectives and adverbs, comma, fragmentary sentences, sentence unity, pronouns, double negatives, and more. Summary of rules is provided. Book Condition : Good; no text marks; former owner's name inside front cover; bumping to spine ends, crease at bottom of spine; spotting to covers. No Dust Jacket..
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Blackletter: Type and National Identity
by Bain, P. & Shaw P
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Princeton NJ: Princeton Architectural Press, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversize softcover w/ wraps. 72 pp. w/ b&w illustrations and script samples throughout. Collection of 9 essays primarily dealing with the cultural nationalism of blackletter type in Germany during the transition from the Enlightenment to Romanticism and into the early 20th century. Topics include Fraktur, schwabacher, and hybrid typefaces.Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks; minimal wear..
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Deutsche Sprachdenklehre (1864 Hardcover)
by Nast, Wilhelm
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Cincinnati OH: Boe & Hitchcod, 1864. Book. Good (ex-library). Hardcover. Probable 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Text in German - a teaching tool for understanding and learning the German language c. 1864. Useful in understanding German grammar and writing with easy-to-understand explanations. Quite rare in this edition, presumed first. Dark gray cloth with stamped border lines, gilt spine titles, 172 pp., unillustrated. Condition: Good; ex-seminary library, with bookplate, labels on spine and back cover, signs of removed back pocket, occasional foxing spots on pages, no other markings..
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Festschrift Friedrich Carl Andreas zur Vollendung des siebzigsten Lebensjahres am 14. April 1916: Dargebracht von Freunden und Schülern
by Wackernagel, J. ; H. Oldenberg ; A. Debrunner ; et al.
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Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1916. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover, protected by seminary library pressboard wraps, with original spine visible. 142 pp, 2 plates (1 color). Text in German. Probably first edition. 14 articles, each with a different author, on Andreas and his work. Condition: Good; ex-seminary library with typical markings, labels, stamps and residual from removed rear pocket on pressboard cover, stamps and penciled notes on extremities. Reading pages are clean, edges crisp, some creasing. Age darkening around edges of covers, original spine largely missing, but title visible. One piece separated, laid in..
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A History of the German Language
by Super, Charles W.
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Columbus, OH: Hann & Adair, 1953. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gray-blue cloth hardback, 316 pp, unillustrated. First edition, an important historical work. From the author's preface: "My object has been to produce a book that would be read with interest... by people whose knowledge of German does not extend much beyond the rudiments..." Condition: Good; reading pages clean, edges crisp, binding slightly shaken, mild age toning. Limited edge wear to cover, spine ends soft, cover has some soiling. Ex-seminary library book, with label on rear cover, bookplate inside cover, remains of removed spine label and rear check-out pocket, pencil marks on title page and endpapers..
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Knak Sot: Low German Poems and Stories
by Jacob M. Fehr
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Swift Current, Canada: Jacob M. Fehr, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on reverse of title page. Softcover, 76 pp. w/ b&w photos throughout. Collected poems and short stories, expressing a love for the Low German dialect. Self-published by Canadian author. Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks; very light wear to cover corners..
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The Language of the Civil War
by Wright, John D.
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Westport CT: Greenwood, 2001. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, 296 pp. w/ b7w photos and illustrations. Dictionary format catalog of both colloquial terms and proper names/titles specific to the Civil War period. Hundreds of entries as well as a guide by category of terms. Book Condition : Very Good; gift inscription on front free end paper, otherwise unmarked. Glossy covers, no dust jacket as issued..
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Old English Preverbal Ge-: Its meaning
by Lindemann, J.W. Richard
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Charlottesville VA: University Press of Virginia, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scholarly monograph on Anglo-Saxon linguistics and the GE- preverb. Section 1 is A Re-Examination of Some Current Doctrines, Section 2 is The "Meaning" of the Morpheme ; Empirical Assumptions and Linguistic Evidence. Book Condition : Near Fine; no text markings; a few fingerprint smudges to cover; slight fading to gilt lettering on spine. No Dust Jacket..
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A Pennsylvania German Grammar
by Albert F. Buffington and Preston A. Barba
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Allentown PA: Schlechters, 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Revised Edition. Hardcover, 170 pp. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Vol. 27. Includes inlaid piece from the Society to its members. 20 short lessons and commentary on vocabulary and grammatical rules with a section of prose and poetry. Includes an overview of the language, pronunciation guide, vocabularies, relation to other German dialects, and more. Book Condition : Very Good; owner's names in pencil on front free end paper, no other text marks; minimal stains/wear to tan boards. No Dust Jacket as issued..
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The Pennsylvania German Dialect: Pennsylvania German-English dictionary, and Pennsylvania German proverbs and sayings, and short conversations, with ... what life is like as an Old Order Mennonite
by Buehler, Allan M
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Cambridge, ON, Canada: The Author, 1977. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1977 self-published (Ontario, Canada) hardcover, 227 pp. Contains a Pennsylvania German-English dictionary, Pennsylvania German proverbs and sayings and short conversations (with English translations). Second half is an autobiography in the context of the Old Order Mennonite church. Book Condition : Near Fine ; no text marks; fading to titling on spine. No Dust Jacket as issued..
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Pennsylvania German. A Collection of Pennsylvania German Productions in Poetry and Prose.
by Miller, Daniel (editor)
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Reading PA: Daniel Miller, Publisher, 1903. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In PA German with English introduction. Anthology of 45 poems and 58 short prose pieces transcribed in PA German compiled by Daniel Miller. Book Condition: Good-; no text marks; occasional foxing; binding relaxed but intact, tear to bottom title page at spine; bumping to spine ends; soiling and wear to covers. No Dust Jacket as issued..
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