Turku, Finland: Turku University Library, 1964. 276 pp. Indexes, appendix (a selected list of books published from 1961 to 1963 inclusive). Contains 4,912 unannotated entries. In addition to books, this comprehensive bibliography also includes English-language articles and periodical publications. Sewn binding. Light overall wear and minor fading to card covers; light bending at corners of covers and a few adjacent pages; sticker stain at base of spine (but no indication that this was a library copy).. Firs... (more information)

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New York: Dial Press, 1973. 85 pp. Affectionately inscribed by the author to a friend on the first free endpaper. A collection of delightful folktales from southern Africa (retold by author from the folk legends of the Hottentot, Zulu, Bantu, Bushman, Thonga, and Tshindao). Small bumps to top and bottom of spine. Dustjacket shows chipping at ends of spine and several tears to edges, and has light overall rubbing and soiling. Both corners of front flap of dustjacket clipped.. Inscribed by Author. First Editi... (more information)

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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Soros Foundation - Kyrgyzastan, 2005 775 pp. A trilingual, one-way English-Russian-Kyrgyz dictionary. Entries include an English head term (part of speech is indicated), one or more Russian equivalents, and one or more Kyrgyz equivalents. Russian and Kyrgyz in Cyrillic script. CONDITION: Very minor overall rubbing to card covers, else like new. OVERSIZED.. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. 28 x 19 cm. ... (more information)

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Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1979 xii, 340 pp. Illustrations, footnotes, title index, bibliography. A literary study of the Swahili poetry of Muyaka bin Haji al-Ghassany (1776-1837 or 1840), an outstanding and influential poet from Mombasa. Approximately one half of the book consists of Muyaka's Swahili verse (romanized) with parallel English translation (Part Three). CONTENTS: PART ONE. Introduction. 1) Sources. 2) Social, political, and cultural setting. 3) Form, language, diction, and style o... (more information)

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Boston, MA: Pearson Education (Longman), 2003 xiii, 225 pp. A textbook intended for students of 3D animation.. First Edition. Paperback. Like New. 26 x 21 cm. ... (more information)

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Washington, DC: Three Continents Press, 1989. 86 pp. Translator's preface. Translated into English from the original French (published 1982). Text clean and free of all marks. Moderate overall handling wear to covers.. First English Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 22 x 14 cm. ... (more information)

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Firenze, Italy: Stamperia Albizziniana, 1800 Published 1800-1801. A complete set of 2 volumes bound together: Vol. 1 (vi, 187 pp.; texts of 42 Latin inscriptions, footnotes, index); Vol. 2 (308 pp.; texts of 26 Latin inscriptions, footnotes, several plates showing medals [obverse and reverse], index). The inscriptions discussed generally date to the 14th-18th centuries AD, and each inscription is accompanied by a descriptive essay in Italian. Bound in later quarter leather and red cloth; 4 raised bands, gil... (more information)

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Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, 1943. lii, 248 pp. Extensive prologue by Joaquin de Entrambasaguas. Text in modern Spanish. This is a modern Spanish translation of "Conspiratio haeretico-christianissima," an important document on Spanish foreign relations originally written and published in 1634 by an Inquisitor for the Spanish Inquisition, Adam de la Parra. Sewn binding. Some chipping to covers. The prologue only has been underlined in black and red ink using a ruler. Pag... (more information)

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Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1997. v, 164 pp. This study presents a new view of locomotor development-the processes involved in acquiring adaptive mobility. We report a longitudinal investigation of infants' ability to adapt movements to variations in the terrain and to changes in their physical capabilities. CONDITION: Light cover wear.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 23 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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Dragvoll, Norway: Linguistics Department, University of Trondheim, 1984. 35 pp. Bibliography. In stapled card covers. Light overall wear. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 30 x 20 cm. ... (more information)

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Dragvoll, Norway: Linguistics Department, University of Trondheim, 1985. 21 pp. Bibliography. In stapled card covers. Light overall wear. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 30 x 20 cm. ... (more information)

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Lund, Sweden: Department of Scandinavian Languages, Lund University, 1987. 21 pp. Bibliography. In stapled card covers. 3-cm closed tear and some creasing to rear cover, else light overall wear. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 30 x 20 cm. ... (more information)

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Puna (Poona), India: Oriental Book Agency, 1964. Rare. 530 pp. This catalog contains fully annotated entries for approximately 2500 books published or acquired for sale on all subjects by the Oriental Book Agency located in Poona, India. Entries include books written in English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit and related languages; all descriptive annotations in English. This is a unique source for anyone interested in gaining an idea of publishing and reading habits in post-colonial India. CONDITION: Some ... (more information)

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Fredonia, NY: White Pine Press, 1996. 182 pp. Endnotes, list of translators. A collecton of 22 short pieces translated into English by various translators. Light overall handling wear.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 23 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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Monticello, IL: Council of Planning Librarians, 1977 118 pp. Contains approximately 1700 references. CONDITION: An ex-library copy (call number sticker on front cover; library stamp on first page; pocket inside rear cover). Text clean and neat. Stapled booklet. Light sunning/aging to card covers, with very light handling wear.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 28 x 22 cm. ... (more information)

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Berlin: Volk und Wissen Volkseigener Verlag, 1969. This is a complete set of 4 volumes in 6 books; published 1969-1984. An essential reference work for scholars of German literature and language, this is a comprehensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources on German literature of all periods (covering up to 1974), emphasizing scholarship done in the USSR and other socialist countries. Vol.1 covers up to 1789. Vol.2 (in 2 parts) covers 1789 to 1965. Vol.3 contains both subject and author indexes. Th... (more information)

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Bucaresti: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste Romania, 1966. 236 pp. Editor's bibliographical footnotes, glossary. Text in Romanian. Volume 2 only (volume 1--a collection of traditional Romanian poetry--was published by Alexici in 1899). The editor of this volume has contributed an introduction, an editor's note, and a glossary. The bulk of the book (pp. 35-230) contains transcriptions of 555 Romanian ballads collected by Alexici (1864-1936). CONDITION: Sewn binding (no creasing). Text clean and free o... (more information)

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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK: Boydell Press, 2000. lx, 611 pp. 4 color plates, 25 b/w illustrations, extensive introduction, appendices. Ipswich received its first charter from King John in 1200; the Corporation records survive from 1255, placing the borough archive among the earliest in England, antedated only by Leicester, Shrewsbury, Wallingford, London and Exeter. The archive is particularly rich in records of the medieval courts, most notably perhaps those of the Court of Petty Pleas, whose cases touched al... (more information)

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Nairobi, Kenya: East African Literature Bureau, 1977 82 pp. Illustrations, footnotes, endnotes, bibliography. Text of poem provided in Swahili (romanized) followed by a flowing English translation in non-rhyming iambic pentameter verse. The editor/translator provides a very informative historical and cultural introduction to "al-Inkishafi" and its author, Sayyid 'Abdallah ibn 'Ali ibn Nasir (died 1820). The Islamic religious poem "al-Inkishafi" (literally, the "uncovering" or &... (more information)

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Paris: Louis Vivés, 1876. A partial set of 6 volumes (of 8), including vols. 2-6 and 8. Each volume approximately 600 pages. Translated from German ("Die Heilige Schriften des Alten und Neuen Testaments") into French with parallel Latin texts. Bound in black quarter leather; spines gilt-stamped with four raised bands; speckled page edges. Allioli's text and commentary was an important nineteenth-century Biblical exegesis. CONDITION: An ex-library copy which formerly belonged to the Theologi... (more information)

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