Search Results: Catalog 68 - Language and Linguistics from Joseph Valles - Books

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1973., 1973. Very Good. [1st edition] ; xi, 488 pp. ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 0520022106; 9780520022102 LCCN: 70-186108 ; LC: PL8008 ; OCLC: 1033470 ; black cloth with gold lettering in yellow, white and black dustjacket ; tears to dustjacket ; "This work is unique in the depth of its linguistic insight over the entire spectrum of language structure, and in the breadth of its language coverage."--dustjacket ; Contents : The Historical and Classificatory Setting -- Vowel Systems -- Consonant Systems -- Tonal Systems -- Functions of Tone -- Noun Class and Concord Systems An Introduction -- Functional and Vestigial Noun Class Systems -- Nonclass Noun Systems -- Adjectives and Unadjectives -- Other Noun Modifiers Conjunction -- Being Having and Verbs -- Verbal Constructions in NigerCongo -- Verbal Systems -- Questions Relatives Subordination -- Adverbials Ideophones Semantic Ranges -- References -- Index of Language Names. ; VG/G

Grand Rapids : Zondervan Pub. House, 1978, 1852., 1978. Book. Good. Hardcover. xlvi, 448 p. ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0310202809 ; 9780310202806 ; LCCN: 78-105198 ; OCLC: 4082515 ; LC: PA881; Dewey: 220/.48/03 ; blue cloth with gold lettering ; clipped front endpaper ; reprint of Bagster's Analytical Greek Lexicon, 1852 ; "With extraordinary labour it set out to parse every form of every Greek New Testament word...It has therefore widened and deepened readers' understanding of the Scriptures." ; text in English and Greek ; G.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, c1887, 1963., 1963. Fair. New edition, revised ; xviii, [2]-99 p. ; 18 cm. ; LC: PA6296 ; OCLC: 27794547 ; red cloth with black lettering and designs ; no dustjacket ; pen marks throughout ; Cicero, by quoting from the representatives of different periods of the conservative party in Rome, condemns, through their irreproachable words, the popular leaders Tiberius Gracchus and Maelius, and others who had subverted the old constitution ; FAIR

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1971, 1981., 1981. Very Good. 20th printing ; of the 1971 edition ; 2 large, thick, very heavy volumes in blue with designs and lettering in gold ; xii, 4116 pp. ; 31 cm. ; LCCN: 76-188038 ; OCLC: 21685724 ; "Micrographic reproduction of the 13 volume Oxford English dictionary published in 1933./ "This reissue of A new English dictionary on historical principles as The Oxford English dictionary in twelve volumes is a reprint of the original ten-volume work. An additional volume comprises a supplement"--P. v./ Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, pp. 4094-4116)." ; v. 1. A-O -- v. 2. P-Z. Supplement and bibliography ; soiling to bottom of textblock from shelf ; crease to first signature, volumes 1 & 2 ; covers tight, with little wear ; vol. 2 has corner and edge bumps; a good set, without the slipcase and magnifying glass ; exhaustive ; 9 1/4 inches x 12 1/4 inches x 6 inches ; "The aim of this dictionary is to present in alphabetical… Read More

Tokyo ; Rutland, VT : C.E. Tuttle Co., 1954, 1992., 1992. Fine. 43rd printing ; xvii, 320 pp. ; decorative paper wrappers ; ISBN: 0804801185; LCCN: a 55-5891 ; OCLC: 1211064 ; "Born and raised in Korea, where she has lived a total of almost twenty years, Joan V. Underwood attended school in England. She married Horace Underwood, younger brother of a well-known missionary family, and went to Korea as a missionary from the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, New York. She studied Korean from private tutors and at missionary language schools in Korea and Japan, and later taught at Chosun Christian University" ; slim, pocket-sized volume listing 8,000 words and displays the Hangul ; clipped corner on front ep, else FINE

Madrid, en la Imprenta Real, 1832., 1832. Book. Good. Hardcover. 5th or later Edition. Séptima edición. ; 3 p. l., 788, [1] p. 32 cm ; LCCN: 10-25978 ; LC: PC4625 ; OCLC: 10937098 ; text in three columns ; full marbled leather calf, title in gold on red leather, gold banding ; marbled end papers ; steel engraving of the emblem of the Real Academia Española by Blas Ametller Rotllan (1768-1841) and M. C. Maré, with inscription "Limpia, Fija y da Esplendor" ; damp stain on lower portion and gutter of title page ; fore-edge in red ; stamps of the Ministerio de Relaciones Interiores y Esteriores (de España) throughout ; a rare copy of a book from the library of Roland A. Steiner (1840-1906), a Georgia physician, planter, folklorist, and amateur archaeologist, whose excavation of the Etowah mounds near Macon, Georgia, form the core of the largest collection of artifacts from a single individual to have been donated to the Smithsonian ; with his bookplate ;… Read More

Mannheim : Bibliographisches Institut AG ; Wiebaden : Franz Steiner Verlag GMBH, 1956., 1956. Good. Revised edition ; 14th printing (14. Auflage Erster verbesserter Neudruck] ; 774 pp. 20 cm. ; LC: PF3146; Dewey: 433 ; OCLC: 2989563 ; Contents: Zur Einrichtung des Wörterverzeichnisses I Zeichen von besonderer Bedeutung -- Anordnung und Behandlung der Stichwörter -- Herkunft der Wörter -- Erklärungen und Verdeutschungen -- Wörterverzeichnis verwendete Abkürzungen -- Vorbemerkungen -- Beistrich Komma -- A Der Beistrich zwischen Satzteilen S 17 B Der Beistrich bei Mittelwort und Grundformgruppen S 17 C Der Beistrich zwischen Sätzen -- Klammern -- Auslassungspunkte -- Zur Rechtschreibung -- A Großschreibung S35 B Kleinschreibung S -- Bindestrich -- Zur Formenlehre -- Beugung der Maß Mengen und Münzbezeichnungen -- Korrekturvorschriften -- Oder Oder S 25 E Der Beistrich in Verbindung mit und an Stelle von an deren Satzzeichen S F Der Beistrich bei Unterführungen -- Doppelpunkt Kolon… Read More

White Plains, N.Y. : Longman, 1995., 1995. Very Good. 2nd ed. ; xiv, 434 pp. : illustrated ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0801312027 ; OCLC: 33979167 ; Originally prepared by the Scottish Classics Group ; color pictorial boards ; numerous illustrations and drawings ; a few marks, else VG

New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ; London : Chapman & Hall, Limited ; [Augusta, ME] : [Northeastern Press], 1938., 1938. Very Good. Brown cloth with black lettering ; 323 pp. ; bookplate on front ep ; a few pencilings ; foxed, else VG

[Malang, Indonesia] : Penerbit Hasta Bandung, 1980., 1980. Fair. New edition, Ed. baru 3rd printing ; xi, 299, 307 p. ; 20 cm. ; black paper wrappers ; "dengan ejaan yang disempurnakan oleh S. Wojowasito, Tito Wasito W." ; OCLC: 32774060 ; LC: PL5076; Dewey: 499.221 ; a little soiled, wrappers a little worn ; FAIR

Penerbit C. V. Pengarang, 1976., 1976. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 3rd printing ; 558 pp. ; name on t.p., e.p. and last page ; in paper wrappers with plastic protector sleeve ; VG.

Paris : Larousse, 1993., 1993. Fine. xv, 555, 629, xxxxii pp. ; 21 cm. ; color stiff paper wrappers ; ISBN: 2034303008 (pbk.); 9782034303005 (pbk.); 2034203003 (U.S.); 9782034203008 (U.S.) ; LC: PC2640; Dewey: 443/.21 ; LCCN: 93-86203 ; OCLC: 30897540 ; Other Titles: Larousse dictionna ire compact.; Dictionnaire compact français-anglais, anglais-français.; Concise French-English, English-French dictionary.; Larousse concise French-English, English-French dictionary. ; smudge to top, else FINE

Boston ; New York : Chicago : Allyn and Bacon, 1918., 1918. Good. lii, 644, 169 pp. ; thick volume, green cloth with gold lettering and embossed figure on front cover ; numerous photographs and detailed battle maps showing movement of Roman forces throughout ; a few color plates ; foxing ; covers worn ; G

Paris : Dictionnaires Le Robert, [2000], 1999, ©1994., 1999. As New. xxix, 2259 pp. ; illustree en noir et en coul. ; 24 cm. + 1 atlas (135 pp. : cartes en coul. ; 24 cm. ; Language: French ; ISBN: 2850365920; 9782850365928; 2850365866; 9782850365867 ; OCLC: 42857001 ; LC: AG5 ; beige cloth with lettering and designs in metallic blue with color pictorial dustjacket and paper band claiming the edition is 2000, but actually, this is the 1999 edition ; with a geographic and cultural atlas, bound in flexible color illustrated covers ; both in clear plastic slipcase ; Le petit Robert sous la dir. de Paul Robert -- P. de titre./ L'Atlas geopolitique & culturel du Petit Robert des noms propres : 80 cartes : les grand enjeux demographiques, economiques, politiques, sociaux et culturels du monde contemporain : "Après vingt années d'existence et de mises à jour régulières, ce dictionnaire connaît aujourd'hui une refonte complète. Il est le témoin des métamorphoses du monde, d'une nouvelle… Read More

Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House, (196?), 1969. Very Good. Orange and purple paper wrappers with black and white lettering ;OCLC: 2149152 ; LCCN: 67-93004 ; taped repair to front cover ; foxing to text ; scuffing to covers ; 205 pp. ; FAIR [This listing contains text in Russian fonts]

New York ; Paris ; Washington : Brentano's, [n.d.] (probably around 1910), 1910. Good. xvi+1080+16 pp. ; large, red, blind stamped tooling on cloth covers ; back cover shows some water staining, but retains coloring ; back board badly shaken ; reinforced front hinge ; foxed ; gold decorative stamping on spine with raised bands ; marbled endpapers ; a handsome volume ; G

[New York?] : The Macmillan Company, 1936., 1936. Book. Good. Hardcover. Red and black textured, decorative cloth with embossed figure ; 537+80 pp. ; several photographs, including stills from silent films ; some color plates and maps ; a few pencilings ; G.

Philadelphiae, Ex officina classica, impensis W. Poyntell & Soc., 1804 ; [Philadelphia] B. Graves, printer., 1804. Book. Good. Hardcover. OCLC: 38659496, 2228972 and 3875123 ; LCCN: 41-30892 ; 8 p. l., 234, [12] pp. ; 22 cm. ; Shaw & Shoemaker: 7227 ; reprinted and edited from the earlier London editions of Thomas Childe (1697), Matthews (1715), Strahan (1746), Woodfall (1768), Ballar d, et al. (1784) and Robinson (1798) ; a volume from the first printed collection of Greek and Latin classical texts in America, the Officina Classica ; this item not included in Early American Imprints ; only 40 copies held in libraries worldwide according to WorldCat ; includes Petrus Crinitus's De Historicis Ac Oratoribus Latinis, and Gerardus Joannes Vossius's De Historicis Latinis ; full leather calf ; spine worn with a few chips ; a probable leather title label missing from spine (?) ; inscribed "J. Clarke" and "Ex Libris Dionysii G. J. Brown" on front ep and flyleaf,… Read More

New York : Henry Holt and Company, [1879?], 1879. Good. vii, 238+4 pp.; mauve cloth with decorations and gold lettering ; foxed ; name on ep ; fading to cover as well as some wear ; Contents: Voyage Autour de Ma Chambre ; Le Lépreux de la Cité d'Aoste ; Les Prisonniers du Caucase ; La Jeune Sibérienne ; G

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1955., 1955. Book. Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 3rd edition, revised with addenda ; xxi, 2515 p. ; 28 cm. ; blue cloth with gold lettering and design ; massive, thick and heavy volume ; Previously published as: The shorter Oxford English dictionary.; OCLC: 2770121 ; LC: PE1625; Dewey: 423 ; "This dictionary is an abridgment officially authorized by the Delegates of the Oxford University Press of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, later known as The Oxford English Dictionary." ; foxing ; somewhat shaken, but binding sound ; G.