A Coptic Bibliography
New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. Hardcover. xv, 205p. Original buckram. 28cm. No jacket. Reprint of the 1950 edition. More
Linguistics
Word Genealogy and Survivals (as Keys to Society's Evolutionary Past)
n.p. n.d. [1930s?]. An apparently unpublished typed manuscript. 106, (1), 335p. Typescript. Some foreign words and phrases are holographic and there are also numerous brief holograph corrections. Standard 8 1/2" x 11" typing paper. Unbound in worn contemporary typewriter paper box. Typed single sheet at the beginning titled "Notes to..... More
Govor tadzhikov Bukhary
Moskva: Izd-vo vostochnoi lit-ry, 1959. Paperback. 163p. Wrapper. 22cm. At head of title: Akademiia nauk SSSR, Institut iazykoznaniia. Russian text. Dialect of Tajiki spoken in Bukhara. More
Dictionnaire Volof-Francais
Dakar: Mission Catholique, 1923. Nouvelle edition. Hardcover. viii, 383p. Cloth-backed boards.18cm. Backstrip discolored and has a few small, ragged holes. Former owner's name. Contents sound with moderate browning throughout. French text. This edition revised and expanded by le R. P. O. Abiven. More
African Native Literature, or Proberbs, Tales, Fables & Historical Fragments in the Kanuri or Bornu Language. To Which Are Added a Translation of the Above and a Kanuri-English Vocabulary
London: Church Missionary House, 1854. 1st Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 434p. Cloth. 22cm. Cover basically sound but heavily scuffed and rather worn. Minor foxing. Several pencil marking in portions of text. From the John R. Willis Collection of Africana with his bookplate on endpaper. More
Lingvisticheskii Sbornik
Moskva: 1952. Hardcover. 409p. Blue cloth. 22cm. Covers scuffed. No Jacket. Ucenye Zapiski Instituta Vostokovedenija, tom 4. Russian text. Includes more than 100 pages on the Mongolian language and dialects; also includes articles on other Central Asian languages as well as Chinese and Japanese. More
Swahili-English Dictionary: Being Dr. Krapf's Original Swahili-English Dictionary Revised and Re-arranged by the Rev. Canon Binns of the Church Missionary Society
London. SPCK. Hardcover. 301p. Original cloth. 22cm. Pencil notes on front free endpaper. No jacket. More
... Mali Tursko-Bosanski Rjecnik
Monastir: Medjunarodna trgovacka stamparija, 1912. Hardcover. 206, [3]p. Contemporary cloth. Contemporary 1/4 leather. 14cm. Cover scuffed, especially at corners. No jacket (if it ever had one). More
Le Komyen chez les Baoule: contribution a l'etude des procedes divinatoires chez les peuples du groupe Akan d'Afrique occidentale
[Abidjan]: Universite d'Abidjan, Institut d'Ethno-sociologie, 1970. Paperback. v, 33 leaves. Soft cover in original wrapper. 26cm. Text printed on one side. French text. More
Arabisch (Syrisch)
Berlin-Schoneberg: Langenscheidt, (c. 1913). Zweite Auflage. Paperback. 160, 15p. Softcover in original purple wrapper. 14 cm. Backstrip worn at top. Pages 33-48 browned and brittle. German text. Appears to a small format German conversation and phrase book for Arabic as spoke in Syria and/or Lebanon at that time. More
The Primitives of the Greek Tongue: containing a Complete Collection of All the Roots, or Primitive Words...
London: Printed for F. Wingrave, 1810. New Edition, with Very Considerable Additions and Corrections. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 391p. plus [1]p. [publisher's advertisements. Contemporary leather. 21 cm. Grease spots on front cover. Joints tender. Minor worming in upper right corner of last several leaves and inside back cover. Light to moderate..... More
Handbuch der Altbulgarischen (Altkirchenslavischen) Sprache: Grammatik, Texte, Glossar
Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitatsbuchhandlung, 1922. Sechste Auflage. Hardcover. xvi, 351p. Attractively rebound in modern quarterbinding (cloth backed in polished brown leather). 22cm. Edges speckled (probably when rebound). No Jacket. Introductory and instructional material in German. More
Bibliography of the Semitic Languages of Ethiopia
New York: New York Public Library, 1946. 1st ed. Paperback. map, 94p. Wrapper. 26cm. More
Ethiopians Speak; Studies in Cultural Background. II. Chaha
Berkeley: 1966. Paperback. 219p. 26cm. University of California Publications. Near Eastern Studies, 9. More
Grammaire Copte avec Bibliographie Chrestomathie et Vocabulaire
Beyrouth: Imprimerie Catholique, 1926. Troisieme edition. Hardcover. xviii, 325, 190p. Original light blue cloth. 21cm. Modest cover soil. Backstrip darkened. Text moderately browned. A few pencil markings. Former owner's name stamp on verso of title-leaf. No jacket. French text. More
Dictionnaire Turc-Francais avec la Prononciation Figuree. Tome Premiere only
Paris: Maisonneuve et C, Libraires-Editeurs, 1863. Hardcover. This volume 1 only (of 2). ix, 780p. Old but later 1/4 leather (with tiny corners). 17 cm. Cover scuffed with heaviest scuffing and wear along joints, and other extremities. Some fading on edges of covers, The second volume [of this edition?] appears..... More
Die Sprache der Hausa: Grammatik, Uebungen und Chrestomathie, sowie hausanisch-deutsches und deutsch-hausanissches Worterverzeichnss
Liepzig: Hartleben, n.d.[early 20th century?]. Hardcover. 176p. Original cloth. 17 cm. Modest cover soiling and wear. Some water spots on back cover. Endpapers browned and brittle. No jacket. German text. Series: Die Kunst der Polyglottie, 70. More
Korean Morphophonemics
Baltimore: Linguistic Society of America, 1954. 1st ed. Paperback. vi, 64p. Original wrapper. 26cm. SIGNED on title-page by Martin. William Dwight Whitney Linguistic Series. Identified on cover as "partly corrected copy." Martin has inked various corrections or additions, sometimes extensive, on more than 40 pages. More
The Phonemes of Ancient Chinese.
Baltimore: American Oriental Society, 1937. Paperback. (2), 46p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Supplement issued with Volume 73, Number 2 (April-JUne, 1953) of the Journal of the American Oriental Society. More
al-Tariq al-mummahhad: kitab qiraah lil-ajanib bi-al-luqhah al-`asriyah
Bayrut: Dar al-Kutub, 1958. Paperback. 78p. Original wrapper. 25cm. Arabic text; added title-page ("The Way Prepared: A Reading Book in Modern Arabic") and Preface in English. More
Boyboy na Agta: Agta Stories....
n.p. Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1997. Paperback. 44p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Philippine (Agta?) language. The Agta (or Aeta) are an indigenous people formerly found mostly in mountainous regions of Luzon and elsewhere in the Philippines. This book appears to be aimed at younger or beginning readers -- we..... More
Bibliografia de las Lenguas Quechua y Aymara
New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1930. Paperback. index, 117p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. Name stamp on title-page. Spanish text; brief Foreword in English. Contributions from the Museum of the American Indian, Vol. VII, No. 7. More
Qaraqalpaq Grammar: Part One: Phonology
Morningside Heights: King's Crown Press, 1947. Paperback. [Inscribed by Author] Menges, Karl H. Qaraqalpaq Grammar: Part One: Phonology. Morningside Heights: King's Crown Press, 1947. folding linguistic map, xviii, 110p. Original gray wrapper, lettered in red. 22cm. INSCRIBED on endpaper by Menges to Professor Joshua Whatmough. More
Hausa Proverbs
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1905. 1st ed. Hardcover. viii, 113p. Original cloth. 19 cm. Covers spotted. Some foxing and browning. No Jacket. More
Die Gotische Sprache. Ihre Lautgestaltung Insbesondere im Verhaltniss zum Altindischen, Griechischen und Lateinschen
Berlin: Weidmann, 1869. Hardcover. xvi, 780p. Later cloth. 23 cm. Title-page browned and also worn and reinforced along inner margin. Sound copy. German text. More