Language from Pen Ultimate Rare Books

First Edition of Hayakawa's landmark work on language and clear thinking. Previous owner's signature and dateon front flyleaf. Else a fine copy in an unclipped jacket with minor edgewear and toning. Book#v5b139. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED first edition/first printing with the exceedingly scarce complete dust jacket, accompanied by a letter discussing language and deplorable conditions in Baltimore signed and dated by Mencken. "The American of today is much more honestly English, in any sense that Shakespeare would have understood, than the so-called standard English of England." Copy #481 of only 1500 printed copies, this American… Read more about this item

First Edition copy of Harris' Hermes, an attempt at a scientific argument toward a universal theory of Greek, Latin, and modern grammar. A very good or better copy, hinges holding strong, with NO writing and NO bookplates. The best price on the market! Book #Pv5b158. $298. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science. *****All our books are sanitized… Read more about this item

"IF THESE DESCRIPTIONS SOMETIMES SEEM UNCOMFORTABLY LIKE RACIAL LABELS, THIS IS BECAUSE THE GROUP AREAS ACT ENSURED THAT FOR OVER FORTY YEARS PEOPLE WERE GEOGRAPHICALLY SEGREGATED ALONG RACIAL LINES; SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT ENSURED THAT VARIETIES OF ENGLISH DEVELOPED SEPARATELY, THE VOCABULARY OR ENGLISH USAGE OF EACH GROUP BEING ONLY PARTIALLY UNDERSTANDABLE TO OTHERS." Signed Limited edition of the first dictionary of… Read more about this item