Search Results: Linguistics from 100 POCKETS

London, UK: Berlitz Editions, 1953. 38th Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Red linen boards/Fine. DJ/None. PO name to fEP dated 1953. Practicing usage of French verbs, with emphasis of daily conversation.

New York, NY: Berlitz/Macmillan, 1974. First Edition, 14th Printing, 1984 . Paperback. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. 1984, First Edition, 14th Printing. Softcover/NF trace edge wear & surface wear to front. Pocket-size Japanese phrase book for English-speaking travelers with guide to shopping, dinining, and sightseeing. First issued 1974, volume is also a socio-economic record of Japan near half-century past. Phrases, with romanized pronunciation, are also printed in Kanji, Hiragana & Katagana. 193 pgs, cover: 1, Pronunciation, Some Basic Expression, Grammar, Arrival, Hotel; 2, Hotel Service, Eating Out; 3, Travelling Around, Sight Seeing ... Making Friends; 4, Shopping Guide; 5, Shopping Guide (continued), Bank, Post Office, Telephone; 6, Car Service Station, Information, Repairs, Road Signs; 7, Doctor, Dentist, Optician; and 8, Reference Section.

New York, NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1930. First Edition, 32nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/NEW & Bright. Red linen boards/NF w/trace edge rubs & surface wear, and fading to spine. DJ/None. PO stamp to fEP & rear cover verso. Light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to upper text block. Dual thumb index. Part I, French-English Dictionary, 582 pgs; Part II, English-French, 438 pgs. Strong copy.

Seattle, WA: Walker & Co/Childrens, 2004. Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Michelle Poole (Illustrator). BRAND NEW COPY. Sturdy, trim, laminated, pocket sized, five sector, fold-out for travel ease in China. Convient phrases at the fingertips in Pin-yin w/some useful ideographs. Key subject matter include Asking Questions, Dining Out, Meeting People, Shopping, Sightseeing, Transportation and technological terms (ie cell phone, computer, internet, fax machine, etc).

London, UK: Routledge Kegan & Paul, 1983. Paperback. Good/None as Issued. Text/Bright w/sporadic, tidy marginalia. Green softcover w/red lettering/Good; strong w/heavy edge & surface rubs to front cover. PO name to fEP, and bookshop stamp to title page. First published 1968; this the 4th Edition of 1981. Guide to verbal communication in Portugal and Brazil for visitors & those w/business dealings. 184 pgs in 12 lessons, followed by 2 appendices and Vocabulary. Strong copy despite flaws and a very tired softcover.

New York, NY: R.D. Cortina/Doubleday, 1967. 5th Revised Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/As New. Bi-color boards/VG; sound w/light edge rubs & push to lower front corner. DJ/None. Textbook. Conversational Japanese with grammatical rules. 24 chapters, followed by appendices on Grammar, and convenient Japanese-English, and, English-Japanese dictionaries.

Madison, WI: Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1968. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/Near New w/tidy, minute marginalia to 6 pages (4, 5, 7, & 85 - 87). Gilt embossed orange linen boards//Fine. DJ/NF w/trace edge wear. Vintage 1968 First Edition, First Thus; ISBN subsequently assigned. Scholarly study of prose styles & the self of 8 17th century English Renaissance authors from Joan Webber (1929 - 1974). 198 pgs in 8 chapters: Chapter I, Style & Self in 17th-CenturyProse; II, Donne & Bunyan: The Styles of Two Faiths; III, John Lilburne: The Eye of the Political Radical; IV, Robert Burton: The Anatomy of Democritius, Jr.; V, Richard Baxter: The Eye of the Hurricane; VI, Sire Thomas Browne: Art as Recreation; VII, John Milton: The Prose Style of God's English Poet; and, VIII, Thomas Traherne: The Fountain of Love; and, IX, Conclusion. Fine copy despite cited marginalia.

Rochelle Park, NJ: Hayden Book Co, 1978. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Vintage 1978 First Edition, 1st Printing. Illustrated pale gray softcover/NF w/trace shelfwear. Principles of Good Programming w/Numerous Examples to Improve Programming Style & Proficieny. Classic text conforming to proposed 1977 definition of standard FORTRAN in technical writing by Henry F. Ledgard (1943-) & Louis J. Chmura (1921-1997). In spirit & approach inspired by William Strunk Jr's Elements of Style, volume emphasizes rigor, conciseness & clarity for programmers to write carefully constructed, readable programs, to escape entanglement in unavoidable complexities. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961. Reprint . Soft Cover/Stapled. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Stapled soft cover/NF w/trace edge rubs & soiling, and, showing faint discoloration. Guide to Chaucerian pronunciations (later part of the 14th century) and their modern equivalents (both British and American). Nine selected passages illustrate the application of rules.

London, UK: Hugo's Language Institute. Revised Edition . Paperback. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/As New with shelfwear. Softcover/VG w/light edge wear & showing discoloration. Hugo's Self-Tuition Courses series. No publication date. Stated: "Standard" Edition, Revised and Entirely Re-written --- book re-set in fresh type as first set of electro-plates had worn out from numerous reprints. 124 pgs. 26 lessons with additional exercises given on each right-hand page.

Beijing, China: Beijing Fa-wen Library, 1943. American Edition, First Thus . Hard Cover/Stitched. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/AS NEW & Bright. Vintage, 1944, Yale Univ Press Edition. Gilt embossed blue linen boards/NF w/light rubs to corner tips & upper/lower spine edges. DJ/None. PO label to front cover verson, inked name to fEP. Textbook. Introduction to conversational Chinese by J. J. Brandt (1869 - 1944). 130 pgs. 30 lessons, w/ideographs. Convenient dictionary of some 6,000 separate words, terms & expressions at book's end. Given the passage of time, volume is a prime historic resource to how Chinese was spoken prior to World War II.

Chicago, IL: Follett Publishing Co, 1932. Revised Edition, Reprint of 1947 . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/NEW w/indented thumb-index. Embossed, red boards/VG; strong & sound w/trace edge rubs, and surface discoloration. DJ/None. PO name to front cover verso & short strike-out to fEP. This is a 1947 reprint of the Revised Edition of 1932.

Lincolnwood, IL: Passport Books, 1983. 3rd Edition, 3rd Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. 1983, First Edition 3rd Printing. Softcover/VG; strong with light edge rubs & faint creasings to upper front corner. Notes to rear endpaper describing details of lodgings. First published 1981. Text augmented w/information from the French Gov't Tourist Office. 153 pgs. Pocket-sized phrase book (everyday expressions, shop talk, restaurants, post offices, and deciphering of public notices). Practical guide for travelers navigating French-speaking countries. Pronunciation section geared towards the English-speaking tourist.

France: Librairie Hachette, 1959. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/No Jacket. French Language Text. Vintage 1959 First Edition, First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW with a blue, ribbon bookmark (also new). Illustrated blue linen boards/NF, showing discoloration, protected w/a now brittle plastic jacket. DJ/None. French grammar for native speakers & literary students of the language. Fine copy.

Baltimore, MD: Peguin, 1959. First Edition, First Thus . Paperback. Near Fine/None as Issued. Pelican A453; 1959 printing. Text/BRAND NEW, showing faint margin discoloration. Soft cover/NF w/trace wear to corner tips & whisper of a crease to upper front corner. An investigation into human thought processes and associated fields of inquiry. Text in 11 chapters: 1, What Do We Mean by 'Thinking'?; 2, Problem-Solving Behavior in Animals; 3, Probelm-Solving Behavior in Human Beings; 4, Concepts & Their Attainment; 5, Concept Formation un Childrenl 6, Learning Operations; 7, Transfer & Interference; 8, The Dynamics of Thinking: Motivation & Thought; 9, Language & Thought; 10, Creative Thinking; and, 11, What Do We Know About Thinking?

New York, NY: Random House, 1986. 2nd Edition . Paperback. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/Check marks to pgs 11, 19 & 21, else bright, clean, As New. Softcover/NF w/trace wear. PO name to first title page & upper text block. Updated 1986, 2nd Edition. Designed to supplement the core grammar text, "Puertas a la Lengua Espanola", with "stand-alone" strength. Text imparts historical & contemporary background to the Hispanic world while developing students' reading & conversational skills.135 pages, b/w photos, 15 chapters followed by separately paginated Appendices.

New York, NY: Random House, 1967. Reprint . Soft Cover/Flexible. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright; faint corner creasings to upper corner of title page from faulty handling. 1967 Edition. Flexible, green softcover/VG; strong & sound w/surface rubs. Convenient, pocket-sized (3" x 5"1/2) bi-lingual Italian/English dictionary. 318 pgs.in two sections: Italian-English and English-Italian. 1960's contemporary words & usage w/pronunciation guide, lists of irregular verbs, numerals, useful words & phrases, weights & measures, and more!

Chicago, IL: Phoenix/Chicago Univ Press, 1951. First Edition, 4th Impression of 1960 . Soft Cover/Stitched. Very Good/None as Issued. Phoenix P52. Text/Near New; showing faint margin discoloration. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/light edge wear, and also showing faint discoloration. First published under the title: Methods in Structural Linguistics. Strong copy.

New York, NY: Hill & Wang, 1974. First Edition, 6th Printing . Paperback. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Yellow soft cover/VG; w/light shelf wear & soiling to lower back ege. Classic study of semiology (science of signs and symbols) in Sarrasine, a novella by Balzac Honore (1799 - 1850). Barthes calls his study an essay, and says it is "the trace of work done during a two-year seminar (1968 - 1969) at the Ecole pratiques de Hautes Etudes." Through scrutiny of 561 fragments (or lexias) we are introduced to the very nature of reading, which is principally something we do by ourselves.

Baltimore, MD: National Federation of Blind, 1995. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. Large Print; 1995, First Edition, First Thus, issued by the Nat'l Federation of the Blind. Softcover/Fine. PO name stamp to upper & leading text blocks. Anthology. Personal experiences of the blind who use Braille --- the touch based, embossed writing system used by the blind & visually impaired via touch. Named for its creator, Frenchman Louis Braille (1809 - 1852), it has been expanded for use, far beyond French, to many other languages. 150 pgs, 14 essays essays.