Living Languages
by Rainey, William H. (Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; Commonwealth Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Clarence Park, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Foreword by A. Capell, Department of Anthropology, The University of Sydney. (Sydney: Council of the British and Foreign Bible Society in Australia: 1947) First Edition. Decorated wrappers (that is, paper covers) plus pp. 80 (236 x 152 mm) Illustrated (plates additional to the pagination). Includes Australian Aboriginal languages (pp. 24-40), Papua, etc. etc. Considers the matter of making the Bible available in all languages even those with no written literature. Spine neatly repaired.; a very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- exPB (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 246836
- Title
- Living Languages
- Author
- Rainey, William H. (Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; Commonwealth Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- australia language linguistics religion missionary aboriginal papua south seas
Terms of Sale
exPB
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About the Seller
exPB
Biblio member since 2017
Clarence Park, South Australia
About exPB
I am the daughter of Pioneer Books, our business has closed down after 43 years and I am listing some of it on my own account now that I'm the proud owner of the residual stock! I am selling them at half the price at which they were listed when Pioneer Books existed.
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- First Edition
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- Wrappers
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- Spine
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