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The Chinook Jargon and How To Use It: A Complete and Exhaustive Lexicon of the Oldest Trade Language of the American Continent by George C. Shaw

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The Chinook Jargon and How To Use It: A Complete and Exhaustive Lexicon of the Oldest Trade Language of the American Continent, George C. Shaw. Published by Shorey Publications, Seattle, Washington, 1983. Ninth printing of Facsimile edition, limited to 300 copies. A copy of the 1909 original published by Rainer Printing Company in Seattle. Card covers. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 65pp. Contents are in fine condition, very light shelf wear to covers.

A guide to the use of Chinook Jargon, the lingua franca of the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest. Includes Chinook Jargon lexicon; index of vocabulary words; supplemental vocabulary; English-Chinook dictionary; introduction providing cultural context and historical background; three-page bibliography; explanatory notes; guide to pronunciation; and a pronouncing vocabulary.

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Seattle, WA: Shorey Publications, 1983. Ninth Printing of Facsimile Reproduction. Staplebound Pamphlet. Very Good. Seattle, WA: Shorey Publications, 1983. Limited to 300 copies. 8 x 6 1/2 inches: pp. xvi, 65. Orange illustrated printer's wraps with black lettering. Shorey's Indian Series, Facsimile reprint of original 1909 publication. Staplebound. Minor thumbing, light creasing to cover. Very small "x" written in pencil on top and bottom edges. Text is unmarked. Binding solid, sound.
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Seattle: Rainier Printing Company, 1909. Soft cover. Near Fine. Staple-bound in red wraps, printed front cover with a photographic illustration paste-on. Light wear at head of spine (with a short split). Clean and unmarked. xvi, 65, [3] pages. 8.4 x 5.75 inches. Placed in a removable, clear archival sleeve. A guide to the use of Chinook Jargon, the lingua franca of the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest. Includes Chinook Jargon lexicon; index of vocabulary words; supplemental vocabulary (words not strictly Jargon or of local-use only); English-Chinook dictionary; introduction providing cultural context and historical background; three-page bibliography; explanatory notes; guide to pronunciation; and a pronouncing vocabulary.
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Seattle: Rainier Printing Company, Inc, 1909. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. The most extensive of the early dictionaries of this nearly extinct American indigenous language originating as a pidgin trade language in the Pacific Northwest. Octavo. Original printed red paper wrappers, with a photographic image inset on the front panel. Near fine.
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