Search Results: Language and Linguistics from Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB

New York: Scribners, 1898. First Edition. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 325p. First Edition in original brown cloth with gilt lettering and top edges gilt with deckled edges. The master philologist and orientalist whose mastery of Indo-European languages and of Indian Philosophy both Hinduism and Buddhism brought the deepest understanding of those teachings and their practice. He edited the classic 50 volume set Sacred Books of the East which brought the best introduction of Eastern thought into the Western world. He died two years after completing this rich retrospective.

Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1977. Dust Jacket. Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 321 pp. Front cover dj lightly soiled. Upper corners of pages 19-190 creased, otherwise v.g. OP. Papers by C.A. Hooker, M.V. Popovich, R. Wojicki, H.A. Simon, V.N. Sadovsky and V.A. Smirnov, M. Prezelecki, V. Rantala, TL. Fine, I. Niiniluoto, W.C. Salmon, A. Tversky and D. Kahneman, C.P. Schnorr, R.C. Jeffrey, A. Kasher, D. Wunderlich, J.W. Bresnan, S. Peters, and J.-R. Vergnaud.

Philadelphia; (2009): John Benjamins Publishing Co. First Edition. Octavo. 389 p. Illustrations & Maps, some in color. The origin and evolution of language. Topics include Language and Archaeology; Language and Genes; Language Acquisition and Language Universals; Language and Animal Communication; Language Evolution and Computer Modeling. Bound paper covered boards accented in green, yellow and red, lettering black and white. A fine copy.

Amsterdam and Philadelphia (2010): Jon Benjamins Publishing Company. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 197 p. Index. "The purpose of this book is to suggest and nurture a kind of paradigmatic change within narrative studies.

Kopenhagen: Dansk Historisk, 1977. Cloth. Fine. Ocatvo. Danish text. 4 volume set. Beautiful reprint of the classic late 19th century study of the Danish language and its dialects. Originally published 1886-1914. Moderately scarce.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 288p. index; bibliographic references,

The Hague: Mouton & Co. 1963. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 606 pp. Soviet and East European Linguistics, with special emphasis on mathematical linguistics and information processing, are covered in this volume. . Former owner's name on front endpaper.

Amsterdam/Philadelphia; (2009): John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2009. First Edition. Large Octavo. This books brings together fresh corpus based research by international scholars contrasting southern and northern hemisphere usage on variable elements of morphology and syntax. Australian and New Zealand use of hypocoristics and changes in gendered expressions are also analyzed. A fine copy bound in pictorial glazed paper covered boards.

Edinburgh: William Tait, 1846. Octavo. Frontispiece, vi-xvi, 775 pages. Abridged from the dictionary and supplement, in four volumes in quarto. John Jamieson (1759-1838) began his work on the uniqueness of the Scottish language in his work the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language. As a Scot living in London, he realized how different his native language was from the Augustan language of early 19th century England. His use of examples makes this a very useful volume in considering Scotticisms versus the English as spoke in London. A very handsome copy bound in full tan polished calf, boards doubled ruled in gilt, raised bands, red morocco spine label gilt, all other compartments fully gilt decorated, all edges marbled with matching marbled endpapers, from the library of Lillian Drake Whitehouse with her bookplate. A clean bright copy.

Porto: Livraria Chardron De Lelo, 1913. Paper Wraps. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Portuguese Language. 228p. The author was Portuguese but spent much time in Italy where he wrote this classic poem. It was devoted to Saint Mary of Egypt (344?-421?). She left her home at age 12 and came to Alexandria where for seventeen years she was a prostitute. She embarked on a ship bound for the holy land though not out of devotion but assuming here was an area where she could satisfy her insatiable lust. While hoping to seduce devoted pilgrims in Jerusalem, she was struck by a force that led to her conversion and for forty-seven years she lived in the desert subsisting entirely on herbs. The poem is dedicated to her.

New York: Mouton De Gruyter, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 332p. index, a few light pencil marks.

(Clevedon, UK; 1998): Multilingual Matters Ltd. First Edition. Thick Quarto. 758 pp. illustrated. This encyclopedia will raise awareness of language diversity, help reduce the prejudice and stereotyping that surrounds language minorities and inform about the beauty of bilingualism. Each topic presented is presented in a clear and understandable style,A fine copy bound in dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, In near fine pictorial dust jacket.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to., 702pp. The best single-volume encyclopedia in the diverse field of icons, signs, and symbols. In maroon cloth, with gold letters.

London: Lanston Monotupe Corp, 1928. 16mo. A reprint of the original 1640 edition93pp and a folding page of type specimens at rear, bound in flexible white paper card decorated in blind, yapped edges, spine lettering black, spine a bit darkened, some finger soiling to binding, 2 stamps stating stacks closed at rear, previous owner's name in pencil. A handsome copy, near fine.

Beirut; (1974): Librairie Du Liban. Octavo. The first edition of this work was published in 1897. 602pp., bound in green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt. near fine in very good rubbed dust jacket printed in white.

Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 344pp. Collected papers with international range. Figures, charts, illustrations. References. Subject Index. Bound in illustrated boards. Sticker on front panel. Very Good.

Chicago: Terra, 1952. Orginal Wraps. Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 32p. Lithuaian language. Beautifully illustrated by Viktoras Petravicius, the central figure of Lithuanian graphic art, with poetic telling of Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania (died, 1341). Small print run and now scarce.

London: C. Clement, 1824. Octavo. no pagination. [240] pages. While in his day he was known as important books on the English countryside, his contribution to grammar in the early Nineteenth Century is significant. He is closer to the descriptivist approach than the proscriptive approach than his contemporaries. His aim was to reach not the social elite of England, but the everyday person who was literate but unsure of how to write in an organized fashion. In one sense, his work is a major factor in the eras move to understanding linguistics. Bound in 3/4 black morocco over cloth, raised bands with title gilt within one compartment, some soiling to boards, rubbing to upper joint. contemporary ink note to front end papers. A very good copy.

Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1989. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256p. index.

New York: Greenwood Press, Publishers, 1969. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 412pp. subject index, word index, list of authorities referred to. Red remainder mark on bottom edge of pages.