Language-Linguistics-Semiotics from Gargoyle Books

1967. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. A big, useful, happy, & sometimes riotously funny collection of colloquialisms, proverbs, curses, obscenities, & ribald expressions" in Yiddish, presented for the first time in transliterated phonetic form.In 167 pp. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1967, this hardcover 8vo has blue paper over boards lettered in black… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, 1991. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. Part of a collection of linguistic books--the majority packed away since Brand New--just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions. From 1991, this one… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, 1987. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket as Issued. Two volumes in one! As New! Part of a collection of social science books just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions:… Read more about this item

Dover Publications, Inc., 1955. Soft cover. Fine. Koch, Rudolf; Kredel, Fritz. Comprehensive look at 493 symbols used from "earliest times to the Middle Ages by primitive peoples and early Christians." Entries are divided into 14 different characters, with illustrations for each drawn by the author/typographer Rudolf Koch from woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. In 104 pages, with a sewn… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1956. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Ascherl, Joseph P.. Perhaps "the world's greatest authority on the English language" summarizes his life's work, in 274 pages. The author (1860-1943) was a renowned philologist & professor at the University of Copenhagen. Typography by Joseph P. Ascherl. Orig. published in… Read more about this item

Berkeley/Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 1954. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Collection of 8 papers + Introductory Remarks & Conclusion by the editor, presented at the May 1939 meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in Chicago, IL, & brought up to date; Preface by Nolan D. C. Lewis. 133 pp. Orig. published… Read more about this item

New Haven, Connecticut: Institute of Far Eastern Languages Yale University, 1954. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. Text that formed part of the Chinese language-learning program in Yale University's Institute of Far Eastern Languages. This copy belonging to a member of the United States Air Force. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1954, it includes… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Philosphical Library, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A comprehensive dictionary & invaluable reference of words taken from & used to describe Native American peoples & cultures, by the executive director of the Marathon County Historical Society in WI. Aimed at researchers, students, & all those seeking to dispel some biases, misperceptions or ignorance about… Read more about this item

London, England: H. K. Lewis, 1900. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good+. The author, a surgeon to the Glasgow Eye Infirmary, offers this collection of 5 articles that originally appeared in the Lancet, collected here in book form for the first time in 1900. Variations of letter-, word-, & mind-blindness are examined, singularly & manifested together, with… Read more about this item

Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.: Science & Behavior Books, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. Examines the use of language in therapy and outlines a meta-model based on transformational linguistics & intuition to guide work with clients. Summarizes some of the language skills of some of the world's most talented psychotherapists, & provides lots of exercises & directions for becoming a… Read more about this item

Cupertino, CA: Meta Publications, 1980. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A translation of basic neurolinguistic programming into clinical psychotherapy.'' Classic introduction ot neurolinguistic programming (NLP) & its applications to clinical contexts, w/real case examples, in 9 Chpts, 250 Pgs, Bibliography, Appendix, Index.A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from… Read more about this item

Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.: Science & Behavior Books, 1976. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good+/VG-. Extends the explicit model of verbal communication developed in Vol. I of the "Magic" series, "using the patterns of verbal form as a way of helping the reader to identify and use patterns of non-verbal communication." Thoroughly explores applications to therapy with… Read more about this item