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London, UK: Harvey and Darton, 1839. Leather. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Compiled for the use of Ackworth School. 18th Edition, corrected and improved. Dark red leather with gilt titling to spine, black endpapers. Some rubbing to edges and corners, minor loss to spine ends, split to front endpapers - binding is sound, age… Read more about this item

Byrgisey, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good/-. A comprehensive etymological dictionary of the Orkney dialect. Fully revised paper back edition. Glossy soft cover, black titling to front and spine, 144 pages. Minor shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but… Read more about this item

Cedar Hills, UT: Applewood Arts, 2006. Soft cover. Very Good-/-. Revised Edition. The fine Points of Spec Writing. Every column Trottier has written for 'scr(i)pt' magazine is in this book and each entry has been updated. He answers 194 common questons with concise and clear with illustrative examples. Glossy soft cover, 195 pages. Minor shelf wear and minor… Read more about this item

Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.. Soft cover. Very Good-. Book is an account of the writing systems of the world from earliest times to the present. Pale green soft cover with black titling, black and white illustrations, 302 pages. Cover has shelf wear, text block edges have some pale smudges, otherwise book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping… Read more about this item

Australia: Peter Neely. Soft cover. Very Good-. The original surfer's guidbook to Indonesian surf spots & language, first published 1992; this printing 26th Revised Edition. Learn Indonesian surfing words, greetings, pronunciation, numbers, money, etc; learn about surf spots in Bali, Java, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumatra, Sumba, Timor, Roti; etc., travel tips include information on bargaining, what to bring, restaurants,… Read more about this item

Ottawa, Ontario: National Museum of Man, 1970. Card Cover. Good. Publications in ethnology, No. 1. Book presents the orthography of the Nootka language, adapted to English spelling habits and typewriters to facilitate learning and usage. A guide to pronunciation is given first, followed by word illustrations of selected sounds, a list of numerals, the names of the West… Read more about this item

Scranton, Pa.: International Textbook Company. Half-Leather. Complete subtitle: Form Letters and Follow-up Systems, Catalogs, Booklets and Folders, Management of General Campaigns, Management of Mail-Order Campaigns, Miscellaneous Details of Management, The Advertising Agency, How to Enter the Practical Field. Green cloth boards, red leather corners and spine, gilt titling, borders and raised bands onspine, gilt border lines on front and… Read more about this item

China: Chinese International Radio Press, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Red hard cover with gilt titling in Chinese on spine, front has gilt titling in Chinese, blind-stamped titling in English, 1253 pages. Upper corners of cover slightly bumped, text block edges have a few small spots and pale discolorations, book is clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has… Read more about this item

New York: Central Book Company, Inc., 1952. Fourth Edition. . Leatherette. Very Good/-. A reference manual of foreign languages which looks at aspects of a very large number of languages.l Brown leatherette hard cover with gilt titling on spine and front, black and white frontispiece, 414 pages. Corners and spine ends have quite light wear, book has usual… Read more about this item

Catholic Mission Press, Ho-Kien-Fu, 1915. Half-Leather. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Subtitled: "Their origin, etymology, history, classification and signification. A thorough study from Chinese documents." Translated into English by L. Davrout. Grey boards, black leather corners and spine with blind-stamped decorative borders, simple gilt decorative bands on spine, no titling on cover (with the exception… Read more about this item

Heidleberg: Groos Gyula, 1915. Hardcover. Further subtitled: "A Muvelt Nagy Kozonseg Szamara. Az Egyedul Valo Nyelvtanulas Fontos Szempontjaira Valo Kulonos Tekintettel Szerkesztette." German conversational grammar for Hungary, written in German script, includes illustrations of German script writing. This rare copy has blue stamps on endpapers indicating approval by censors for World War I Prisoners of War, library stamp of… Read more about this item

Alaska State-Operated School System Instructional Media Center, 1975. Soft cover. Very Good-. Hanson, Leslie J.. This is a story about a lost dog in the arctic, written for Native children learning English. "A production of the Bilingual Education Department of Alaska State-Operated School System". Each page is illustrated with black and white drawings. Book is staple bound, with… Read more about this item

Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1869. Quarter-Leather. Very Good-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Laut- und Flexionslehre. Gekronte Preisschrift. Grammar of Meklenburg dialect. Brown leather spine with gilt titling and decoration, raised bands, bright marbled boards and text block edges. 194 pages Usual library stickers, remnants and markings, spine is sunned, corners worn, edge of first free end… Read more about this item