NAMING-DAY IN EDEN: The Creation and Recreation of Language
by Jacobs, Noah Jonathan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1958. 160 pp. Original blue cloth covers, very bright and clean. Light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Previous bookseller's small label on rear paste-down. DJ has mild edge wear. Spine and edges a bit darkened. Price clipped. Contents nice.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6429
- Title
- NAMING-DAY IN EDEN: The Creation and Recreation of Language
- Author
- Jacobs, Noah Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- LANGUAGES FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANECDOTES FACETIAE SATIRE ETC. NAMES LINGUISTICS LINGUIST COMMUNICATION ADAM EVE ANIMALS DEVIL ALPHABET MYSTICISM CAVILERS BORBORITES ZOILISTS MUMPSIMUS SUMPSIMUS JANUS WORDS POMOLOGICAL SCANDAL ANCIENT HISTORY WORLD HISTORY NON
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ancient History; Foreign Language;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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