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VIKING AND THE RED MAN: Volume Three (3) Only--The Old Norse Origin of the Algonquin Language
by Sherwin, Reider T./Norlie, Olaf Morgan (Foreword)
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- First Edition
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- 1944
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$52.00
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Bronxville, NY: Reider T. Sherwin, 1944. 178 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Spine ends a bit bumped. Very tiny tear to outer margins of leaves 23 through 50, not affecting any text. Otherwise, contents nice. This title was published without a DJ.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo… Read more about this item Item Price
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HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES: Part 2 (Two) (II) Only/Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 40 (Forty)
by Boas, Franz/Sapir, Edward; Frachtenberg, Leo J.; Bogoras, Waldemar (Illustrative Sketches)
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- 1922
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$52.00
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Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1922. 904 pp. Original olive green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Spine and edges sunned. Rear inner hinge cracked at page 902. Light scattered foxing.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$52.00
ETHNIC MINORITIES IN THE SOVIET UNION
by Goldhagen, Erich (Editor)/The Institute of East European Jewish Studies of the Philip W. Lown School of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University
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$17.00
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New York, Washington, London: Frederick A. Praeger (1968) 352 pp. Original gray cloth covers, very bright and clean. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends; light soiling to edges of text block. Few very short tears to outer margins of leaves 339 thru 344, not affecting any text, otherwise, contents nice. A strong, sturdy copy..… Read more about this item Item Price
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COMMUNICATION: A Discussion at the Nobel Conference, Organized by Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, 1969
by Roslansky, John D. (Editor)/Augenstein, Leroy G.; Marler, Peter; Chomsky, Noam; Kaplan, Abraham; Lenneberg, Eric H. (Contributors)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good-
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- 1969
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- Hardcover
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- 9780720440539
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$22.00
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Amsterdam and London/New York: North-Holland Publishing Company/Fleet Academic Editions, Inc., 1969. 132 pp. Original mint green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Faint sunning to edges. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear and few short tears to edges. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$22.00
INDO-PACIFIC LINGUISTIC STUDIES: Two (2) Volume Set--Part I: Historical Linguistics; Part II: Descriptive Linguistics/Papers Submitted to the Conference on Linguistic Problems of the Indo-Pacific Area, Held in London, 5-8 January 1965,...
by Milner, G. B. and Henderson, Eugenie J. A. (Editors)
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- 1965
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- Paperback
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$505.00
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Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1965. Original red wraps, lightly soiled and spines sunned. Light dampstain to top margin of front cover of Part I w/ cover bleed to margin of a few pages near cover, which does not affect text; light dampstain to top corner of rear cover of Part II w/ cover bleed to top corner of last… Read more about this item Item Price
$505.00
WRITTEN WORD: A Study of the Art of Writing, with Especial Reference to Its Function in Advertising
by Batten, H. A.; Goodrich, Marcus; Toogood, Granville
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$17.00
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New York: Greenberg Publisher (1932) 166 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed w/ three tiny nicks on spine. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's name in pencil on front paste-down. Edges of leaves a bit age toned. Illust. w/ b/w advertisements.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Read more about this item Item Price
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HANDBOOK OF TRAVEL-TALK: Being A Collection of Questions, Phrases, and Vocabularies in English, French, German, & Italian; Intended to Serve as Interpreter to English Travellers Abroad and Foreigners in England
by Murray, John
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- 1909
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$32.00
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London: Edward Stanford, 1909. 688 pp. Original red flexible cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled. First few leaves wrinkled, otherwise, contents nice.. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Item Price
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AN ESSAY ON THE DIFFERENT NATURE OF ACCENT AND QUANTITY, WITH THEIR USE AND APPLICATION IN THE ENGLISH, LATIN, AND GREEK LANGUAGES
by Foster, John
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- 1820
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$155.00
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London: Printed by J. F. Dove for Richard Priestley, 1820. Containing Remarks on the Metre of the English; on the Origin and Aeolism/Eolism of the Roman; on the General History of the Greek; with an Account of its Ancient Tones, and a Defence of their Present Accentual Marks; With Some Additions From the Papers of Dr. Taylor and Mr. Markland;… Read more about this item Item Price
$155.00
LANGUAGE AND RELIGION: A Semantic Preface to a Philosophy of Religion
by Kimpel, Ben F.
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$37.00
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New York, NY: Philosophical Library (1957) 154 pp. Original brown cloth covers, very bright and clean. Spine ends bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Previous owner's name stamp on front blank endpaper. Occasional notes in margins. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and few short tears to edges; modest chipping… Read more about this item Item Price
$37.00
JAPANESE READERS: Part I, Book One (1) and Two (2)
by Vaccari, Oreste and Vaccari, Mrs. Enko Elisa
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Second Edition
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- 1946
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- Hardcover
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$22.00
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Tokyo, Japan: Oreste Vaccari, 1946. 236+182 pp. Original red paper covered boards w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed w/ light wear to extremities. Slight lean to covers. Previous bookseller's small label on rear paste-down. Text in Japanese and English.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
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MANUAL OF THE CHALDEE LANGUAGE: Containing a Chaldee Grammar, Chiefly From the German of Professor G. B. Winer; A Chrestomathy, Consisting of Selections From the Targums, and Including Notes on the Biblical Chaldee; and a Vocabulary,...
by Riggs, Elias
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$47.00
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New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Company (1858) 152 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed. Corners and spine ends bumped. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. Faint dampstain to outer margin of front blank endpaper.. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo… Read more about this item Item Price
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EARLY AMERICAN PROVERBS AND PROVERBIAL PHRASES
by Whiting, Bartlett Jere
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good
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- Second Printing
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- Hardcover
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- 9780674219816
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Cambridge, MA and London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (1980) 556 pp. Original dark blue cloth covers, very bright and clean. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. Light soiling to bottom edge of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ approx. 1" closed tear at bottom edge of front panel. Contents… Read more about this item Item Price
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STUDIES IN COMMUNICATION: Contributed to the Communication Research Centre, University College, London
by Ayer, A. J.; Haldane, J. B. S.; Cherry, Colin; Vickers, Sir Geoffrey; Young, J. Z.; Wittkower, R.; Webster, T. B. L.; Quirk, Randolph; Fry, D. B. (Contributors)/Evans, B. Ifor (Introduction)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good+
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- First Edition
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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London: Martin Secker & Warburg, 1955. 182 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Approx. 1/2" tear to bottom margin of title page, not affecting any text. DJ lightly soiled. Spine and edges darkened. Illust. w/ b/w plates and figures. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+.… Read more about this item Item Price
$37.00
JENKINS'S VEST-POCKET LEXICON: An English Dictionary of All Except Familiar Words; Including the Principal Scientific and Technical Terms, and Foreign Moneys, Weights, and Measures; Omitting What Everybody Knows,...
by Jenkins, Jabez
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- 1862
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- Hardcover
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$155.00
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Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1862. 564 pp. Original black covers stamped in blind w/ gilt title on spine. Binding a bit rubbed w/ light wear to extremities. All edges gilt, but rubbed. Faint dampstain to top corner of first few leaves. Previous owner's name in pencil on front blank endpaper. A… Read more about this item Item Price
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COBB'S SPELLING BOOK, BEING A JUST STANDARD FOR PRONOUNCING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Containing the Rudiments of the English Language, Arranged in Catechetical Order; An Organization of the Alphabet; An Easy Scheme of Spelling and Pronunciation,...
by Cobb, Lyman
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- Used - Fair
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- 1832
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$37.00
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Watertown, NY: Knowlton & Rice, 1832. 168 pp. Original gray paper covered boards w/ brown leather spine. Binding soiled and worn w/ wear to extremities. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. Hinges starting. Insect damage to edges of front paste-down and first few leaves. Approx. 2" tear to page 13. Light foxing… Read more about this item Item Price
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STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIAN
by Matthews, W. K.
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- Very Good-
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- 1953
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$27.00
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953. 226 pp. Original dark green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Spine ends a bit bumped. Previous bookseller's small label, and small pencil inscription to previous owner, on front paste-down. Ink markings and notations to several leaves. DJ lightly soiled; spine a bit… Read more about this item Item Price
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SLANG TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY: With a Short Historical Sketch; and Vocabularies of English, American, and Australian Slang
by Partridge, Eric
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good-
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- Third Edition
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$22.00
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New York: Bonanza Books (No Date) 476 pp. Original gray cloth covers; spine and edges a bit sunned. Light fraying to spine ends. Tiny, faint dampstain at top edge of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and several closed tears to edges. Spine and edges darkened. Few small, faint dampstains to front… Read more about this item Item Price
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SLANG DICTIONARY: Etymological, Historical and Anecdotal
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- Used - Good
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- 1905
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$70.00
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1905. 382+32 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine, and gilt decoration on front cover and spine. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed. Corners and spine ends bumped. Inscription to previous owner on front blank endpaper. Light scattered foxing. 32 pp. of advertisements in rear are age toned..… Read more about this item Item Price
$70.00