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Steal Like an Artist
by Austin Kleon
An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age, Steal Like an Artist presents ten transformative principles that will help readers discover their artistic side and build a more creative life.
Nothing is original, so embrace influence, school yourself through the work of others, remix and reimagine to discover your own path. Follow interests wherever they take you—what feels like a hobby may turn into you life’s work. Forget the old cliché about writing what you know: Instead, write the... Read more about this item
Elements Of the English Language, Explained In a New, Easy, and Concise Manner, By Way Of Dialogue
by V J Peyton
What If? Writing Exercises For Fiction Writers
by Anne Bernays; Pamela Painter
Includes bibliographical references.
Grammar Books & Ephemera
The book of Pidgin English. Being: (1) a grammar and notes, (2) an outline of Pidgin English, (3) a Pidgin English-English dictionary, (4) An English-Pidgin English dictionary
by Murphy, John J
Brisbane: W. R. Smith & Paterson, 1949. Third edition, 12mo, pp. [8], 164; 13 photographic illustrations on rectos and versos of 4 plates; first page of grammar with old tape repairs; recased; all else good and sound in original brown cloth. The Foreword is by Basil Morris who has signed this copy at the end of his contribution.
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Erleichterte hebräische Grammatica oder, Richtige Anführung zur hebräischen Sprache: auf Begehren und um mehrern Nutzens willen bey der Jugend, in teutscher Sprache, jetzo zum funstenmahl nebst einer tabula synoptica und dreyfachem Register..
by MICHAELIS, JOHANN HEINRICH
Halle: Joh. Friedrich Zeidlers Erben, 1723. Third edition, small 8vo, pp. [16], 335, [131]; title-p. in red and black; folding table; bound with: Michaelis, J.H., Erleichterte Chaldaische Grammatica..., Halle im Magdeburgischen, 1723; "editio quinta," pp. 32, 16; folding table; full contemporary unadorned calf; joints expertly repaired; very good. This edition not in OCLC.
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Arte de la lengua Tarasca dispuesto con nuevo estilo y claridad por el R. P. M. Fr. Diego Basalenque ... Sacalo aluz el R.P.M. Fr. Nicolas de Quixas ... con licencia, en Mexico, por Francisco Calderon, año de 1714
by Basalenque, Diego
Mexico [City]: Oficina tip. de la Secretaría de Fomento, calle de San Andrés, núm. 15, 1886. Folio, pp. [2], xxxii, v, [2], 8-86,[2]; original pink printed wrappers (soiled) bound in later half calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. First published in 1714 here edited and with additions by Dr. A. Penafiel. Sabin 3875a; Vinaza 655.
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Introduction to the Hindoostanee language in three parts. Second edition, improved
by Yates, Rev. W
Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press and sold by Messrs. W. Thacker and Co, 1836. 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 394; text in Roman and Arabic character throughout; old library rubberstamps on title page, verso of title page, first page of text, and occasionally elsewhere in the text; old tape repair on p. ix and 1, a few marginals tears, previous owner's bookplate over other earlier bookplates; all else good and sound, or better, in later quarter burgundy morocco, gilt lettered direct on gilt-decorated spine which...
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A Hebrew grammar compiled from some of the best authorities
by Willard, Sidney
Cambridge: printed at the University Press by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1817. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, 86; a rubbed but sound copy in orig. calf-backed marbled paper-covered boards. Willard's father and grandfather were both presidents of Harvard. For twenty-four years he was Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages at Harvard, and in later years a dedicated public servant serving as both state senator and mayor of Cambridge. In his preface Willard argues for his book citing the great expense...
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A dissertation upon the origin and structure of the Latin tongue... taken from the powers of the servile letters, the uses of the Greek digamma, and the causes of the Latin tongue
by Sharpe, Gregory
London: printed for J. Millan, 1751. Only edition, 8vo, pp. xv (i.e. xvi), 47; a nice copy in recent paper-covered boards, paper label. Sharpe (1713-1771), a noted theologian and classical and oriental scholar possessed a fine collection of Oriental manuscripts which were sold over a ten-day period in April, 1771. He also wrote The Origin and Structure of the Greek Tongue (1767).
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Of the orthographie and congruitie of the Britain tongue; a treates, noe shorter then necessarie, for the schooles ... Edited from the original ms. in the British Museum, by Henry B. Wheatley
by HUME, ALEXANDER
London: Early English Text Society, by Trübner, 1865. 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 40, 12; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine; joints and corners rubbed and worn, good. The tract was written ca. 1617 by the master of the Grammar School at Dunbar concerns the rules of construction of English. Kennedy 5706.
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![標準日本文法 = Hyōjun Nihon bunpō̄ = [A complete book of standard Japanese grammar]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/243/054/1554054243.0.b.jpg)
標準日本文法 = Hyōjun Nihon bunpō̄ = [A complete book of standard Japanese grammar]
by Matsushita, Daisaburo
Tokyo: Kigensha, 1925. 8vo, pp. [2], 2, 14, 676, 2, [2]; a few small holes in the margins, but overall a good sound copy in later brown cloth-backed marbled boards, old brown cloth spine stamped in gilt laid down. Daizaburo (1878-1932) was a famous Japanese educator and an authority on Japanese grammar. He was the founder of the Nikka Gakuin (Sino-Japanese College) for educating Chinese students in Japan.
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Australian Aboriginal Languages
by Blake, Barry J
London and Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1981. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. ex-library copy but only signs are a stamp to lower edge, mild abrasion to reaer pastedown and some tape marks to boards. 137 pages. From the vocabulary and sounds of Aboriginal languages to word lists. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A new Spanish grammar; or, the elements of the Spanish language: containing an easy and compendious method to speak and write it correctly ... the whole extracted from the best observations of Spanish grammarians, and particularly of the Royal Spanish Academy of Madrid..
by GIRAL DEL PINO, HIPPOLITO SAN JOSEPH
London: J. Nourse, 1766. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 384; large engraved headpiece (repeated) at head of dedication; slight dampstaining throughout, extremities rubbed and worn, else a good, sound copy. A popular and respected work which went through a number of editions in both Europe and America, the last being that of London, 1814. Alston XII, part 2, 157 locating 10 copies, 3 in the U.S.
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Swedish Irregular Verb Wheel/ Svenska Starka Verb
by Go Language Press
Make learning Swedish easy with this double sided irregular verb wheel with 60 frequently used irregular verbs in the following forms: Infinitiv, Preteritm, Supinum, Perfekt, Pluskvamperfekt, Tempus & Verbformer
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![Gramatica vocabulario Mexicanos ... 1595 [wrapper title]. Arte mexicana compuesta por el padre Antonio del Rincón de la Compañia de Jesús ; dirigido al illustrisimo y reverendísimo S. Don Diego Romano, Obispo de Tlaxcallán y del Consejo de su Majestad &c. en México en casa de Pedro Balli, 1595. Se reimprime en 1885 bajo el cuidado del Dr. Antonio Peñafiel](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/442/105/1546105442.0.b.jpg)
Gramatica vocabulario Mexicanos ... 1595 [wrapper title]. Arte mexicana compuesta por el padre Antonio del Rincón de la Compañia de Jesús ; dirigido al illustrisimo y reverendísimo S. Don Diego Romano, Obispo de Tlaxcallán y del Consejo de su Majestad &c. en México en casa de Pedro Balli, 1595. Se reimprime en 1885 bajo el cuidado del Dr. Antonio Peñafiel
by Rincón, Antonio Del, Padre
Mexico [City]: Ofic. Tip. de la Secretaria de Fomento, 1885. Folio, pp. 94; original tan printed wrappers bound in later Mexican calf-backed boards, red and black morocco labels on gilt-paneled spine; pages toned; a few small chips and tears; generally very good. The original 1595 edition was composed by Father Antonio del Rincón (1566-1601) of the Society of Jesus; addressed to the most illustrious and most reverend S. Don Diego Romano, Bishop of Tlaxcallan and of His Majesty's Council &c. in Mexico...
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Zácek, aneb, Výborne dobrý zpusob, jak se má dobre po cesku psáti neb tisknouti
by Stejer, M. V
[Praha]: Akropolis, 2001. 16mo, pp. xxxv, [4], 103, [1], cxlv-clxxxi, [4]; facsimile; original white pictorial wrappers printed in grey and brown; pages uniformly toning, else about fine. With typed letter signed by the editor Daniel Necas, providing a useful history of the original, 1668, text: "It is a grammar book of the Czech language...by Matej Vaclav Stejer, one of the most active Czech language authors of the 17th century...It is written as a very vivid and entertaining dialogue between a Master...
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An essay towards an universal and rational grammar 1726. Edited by Jenkin T. Philipps
by Shirley, James
Menston: The Scolar Press Limited, 1971. Facsimile edition of the original edition of 1726; 8vo, pp. [8], xx, 192; fine in original maroon cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Shirley died in 1666 and in 1726 Jenkin Thomas Philipps published this book which he edited from Shirley's grammatical writings. "Philipps was tutor to the children of George II, and, as the title page of the Essay indicates, this particular work was designed as a text-book for William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland ......
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![Síntesis de constructiva gramatical de la lengua Quiché, ensayo lingüístico... Tomo I [all published]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/205/711/911711205.0.b.jpg)
Síntesis de constructiva gramatical de la lengua Quiché, ensayo lingüístico... Tomo I [all published]
by Ferraz, Juam Fernandez
San José, Costa Rica: Tipografia Nacional, 1902. First edition, 8vo, pp. [12], 153, [3]; 2 facsimiles; original printed boards backed in green cloth; near fine. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate with an Ayer accession label on the rear pastedown, and a release stamp on the front pastedown. Cover title: Lengua Quiché Sinopsis de constitutiva gramatical. 1897-1902. Quechua is an Amerind language spoken in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Argentina. Quechua was the language of the Inca empire which was...
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A manual of the Malay language. With an introductory sketch of the Sanskrit element in Malay ... Seventh edition
by Maxwell, Wlliam Edward
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd, 1907. 8vo, pp. viii, 182; tables in the text; fine copy in original gilt-stamped brown cloth. With a 40-page English-Malay glossary at the back.
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NZ$146.81
Arabic grammar. Inductive method
by Elder, E. E
Cairo: American University at Cairo, School of Oriental Studies, 1950. Second edition (first published in 1937), 8vo, pp. xviii, 351, [5]; occasional markers of a reader in red ink, and red and blue pencil on about 16 pages; very good, sound copy in original green cloth, gilt-stamped spine.
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Altenglische grammatik. Dialektologie, phonologie, morphologie, syntax
by Pilch, Herbert
München: Max Hueber Verlag, 1970. First edition; 8vo, pp. 267; diagrams throughout; original yellow printed wrappers (very faint soiling), green text, spine and edges toned, interior fine. Volume I, 1 of the series Commentationes Societatis Linguisticae Europaeae. Text in German. Inscribed by the author.
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Chrau grammar
by Thomas, David D
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1971. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 258; printed from typescript; frontispiece map, a few tables and graphs throughout; original blue printed wrappers a little soiled, general light shelf wear, interior fine. Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication No. 7. A grammar for English-speaking students of Chrau, a Bahnaric language spoken in South Vietnam.
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NZ$97.88
A grammar of the Italian Language
by Rampini, Joseph
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1852. First edition, 12mo, pp. xiv, 189; original blue cloth (spotted); with an advertisement slip tipped-in at title. A concise grammar written for the use of Scottish students by a professor of language and literature in the Naval and Military Academy. Rampini was also a fellow of the Educational Institute of Scotland and the Edinburgh Philosophical Society. A second edition of this work appeared in the 1860's.
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Ideology and linguistic theory. Noam Chomsky and the deep structure debates
by Huck, Geoffrey J., & John A. Goldsmith
London & New York: Routledge, 1995. First edition, review copy, with publisher's slip laid in; 8vo, pp. x, 186; fine copy in the dust jacket.
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Grammar of the English language with an introductory grammatico-physical treatise on speech (or on the formation of all speech sounds). A new edition with translation and commentary by J.A. Kemp
by Wallis, John
London: Longman, 1972. 8vo, pp. viii, 400; black and white portrait frontispiece, text charts; original boards in cream price-clipped dust jacket printed in brown; general light shelf wear, one-inch tear to front jacket edge not affecting text; faint damage to title page, most likely from previously removed label, else interior fine. Review copy with publisher's compliments mounted to ffep. Translation from the Latin of Grammatica linguae Anglicanae. Forms part of the series The Classics of Linguistics.
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Register zu J. Grimms Deutscher Grammatik, von Dr. K.G. Andresen
by GRIMM, JACOB
Gottingen: Dieterichschen, 1865. First edition, 8vo, viii & 219pp., publisher's quarter black morocco over marbled boards, pages browning; else fine. Comprehensive index to all four volumes of Grimm's groundbreaking Deutsch Grammatik. From the library of George Stephens.
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NZ$440.44
A vocabulary with a short grammar of Xilenge, the language of the people commonly called Chopi, spoken on the east coast of Africa between the Limpopo River and Inhambane
by Smyth, Bishop, & John Matthews
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1902. 12mo, pp. 47, 44; original blue-green printed cloth (minor soiling), spine title added by hand by previous owner, corners a bit bumped; minor foxing to endpapers, else a very good copy. The section "A Short Grammar of the Shilenge Language (Xilenge)" has separate title page and pagination.
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NZ$489.38
Thai. Basic course
by Koski, Augustus A., editor
Washington, D.C.: Foreign Service Institute, Department of State, 1970. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, pp. xli, [1], 326, [G-1 - G-59, [1] glossary]; viii, 327-737, [1]; printed from typescript; a few illustrations in the text; very good and sound.
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