Foreign Language Study

Puebla, Mexico : MTA Comunidades, 1996. Glossy black cloth, gilt-stamped lettering & publisher's logo on front, b/w frontis. sketch [xii], 296pp plus illustrated chapter divisions & indexes, with red silk page marker ribbon. Text is in Spanish. LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES. Chapter divisions are illustrated with full color photographs. Green dust jacket with white reverse illustration on front panel (this illustration is also on the frontispiece), protected in a new Gaylord-brand archival clear plastic cover (removable). The book and dust jacket have a small, slight, fingernail-sized oil spot on the back, else bright, crisp, sharp corners; appears unused. Contents chapters: 1. Mesa Espanola (Spanish Table), 2. Mesa Francesca, 3. Mesa Internacional, 4. Mesa Libanesa (Lebanese), 5. Mesa Mexicana, 6. Mesa De Postres (Dessert Table), 7. Mesa De La Primera Semana En La Cocina De Una Recien Casada (Table for the first week of the newly married), 8. Salsas, 9. Equivalencias. Dedication: To all the ladies who appreciate the beauties of life, the family, the joy to live, the flowers and the good table, and whose generosity make our continued work possible. -- The Vespertine School of Enrique of Osso. Puebla's food culture, known as Cocina Poblana, is popular all over Mexico. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 9" x 6-1/4". Limited Edition. Cooking. more information

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Chicago IL: Scott, Foresman & Co., 1951. Red cloth, black decoration, black & yellow lettering, 544pp including Spanish - English Dictionary. Spine ends bumped & lightly rubbed, corners bumped & rubbed to boards as is front cover bottom edge, edges soiled, a bit of light marginalia & underlining scattered thruout text. A good study copy.. Second Edition, Third Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. REFERENCE, SPANISH, TEXTBOOK. more information

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New York: Silver, Burdett & Co., 1901. Green cloth w/gilt lettering & black decoration engraved on front cover, 115 pp. Spine ends & corners bumped & lightly rubbed, very faint reddish stain on front cover, pages crisp & clean, usual library markings. Edited with Notes and Vocabulary by George Carter Howland.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. DRAMA, SPANISH. more information

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Buenos Aires, Argentina: Coleccion Austral, 1945. Novela en siete jornadas. Complete With Original Dust Jacket. White wrappers, brown lettering & fine border, title & logo emblem within, 151pp. Wrappers bright white, no creases, etc., minimal library markings of small stamp near top corner of front free endpaper, small stamp on top edges, pocket neatly removed from inside back with top remaining, text agetoned to light tan. No library markings on dust jacket, which is agetoned to light tan, small little-fingernail sized label lift on spine, tiny closed tear on back top edge.. Second Edition. Mass Market Paperback. (Very Good)/(Very Good). Ex-Library. LITERARY FICTION. more information

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Munchen - Wien: Franz Schneider, 1979. Pictorial covers w/black & red lettering on spine, 93 pp. A Schneider-Buch. Text in German. Spine cocked, ends & corners lightly bumped.. Edition Uncertain. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Nikolaus Moras. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. YOUNG ADULT. more information

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New York: Prentice-Hall, 1933. Very dark green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 473pp, glossary. Headband worn, corners bumped, covers bottom edges rubbed, bottom corners to boards, name inked on front free endpaper, edges slightly faded, pages crisp & clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FRENCH, HISTORY. more information

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New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1949. Beige/gray linen pattern soft covers, red & black lettering, 339pp, vocabulary. Reprint of 1928 edition. Title page & Preface in English, text in German. A bit of edgechipping, small split at back hinge bottom, one small crease across back bottom corner, edges lightly faded.. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. (Very Good -). 5" x 7-1/2". GERMAN, MODERN LITERATURE, TEXTBOOK. more information

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Boston, Massachusetts: Benj. H. Sanborn & Co., 1917. Pale maroon cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine, gilt- and black-stamped lettering on cover, gray endpapers, 117pp plus four pages of advertisements for additional Latin texts, later printing, copyright 1909. Spine slightly cocked, a few spots of light soiling on front, name penciled on front free endpaper, edges lightly faded, text bright, clean.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. LATIN, TEXT BOOK. more information

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New York: D. C. Heath & Co., 1921. Green cloth, blind emboss lettering & decoration, maps on endpapers, 342pp, including Index & Appendix, numerous photo plates, many aerial views of famous Paris sites, center-fold map of France. Spine cocked, ends tattered, corners bumped & rubbed to boards, dampstain at front bottom edge, edges faded & with graffiti, brown stain on top corner margin on first half of text block, marginalia on endpapers & primarily on first half of text. Binding quite firm, text complete.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. FRENCH FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY. more information

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Chicago IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1921. Dark brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 107pp, vocabulary,iIndex and Key to Derivation. Spine ends & corners lightly bumped & rubbed, gilding slightly faded, names & notes on end papers, a bit of light marginalia, pages reasonably crisp, tight, offwhite, edges faded.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. GREEK, TEXT BOOK. more information

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Chicago [and] New York: Scott, Foresman & Co., 1899. Latin text. Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 797pp, notes, index, vocabulary; forword includes bibliography & historical sketches in English. Vocabulary is partially neatly tab-indexed by previous owner -- tabs do not protrude. Significantly rubbed, gilt faded but legible, spine ends & corners bumped & rubbed, edges browned, pencil marginalia on endpapers & a bit of marginalia & underlining scattered throughout text.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY, LATIN. more information

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New York: Twayne Publishers, 1965. Orange cloth, black-stamped lettering, 110pp, index. Pale blue dust jacket with green lettering. Spine very slightly cocked, sharp corners, text crisp & clean. Dust jacket has a few spots of light rubbing on front & back panels, light bump to spine ends, protected in a new Gaylord-brand archival clear plastic cover (removable). Terranglia is a first appraisal of a heretofore little-appreciated yet increasingly vital phenomenon -- the world-wide appearance of new literatures in English: Canadian, West Indian, African, South African, Indian, Australian, New Zealand, Malaysian, and Philippine, among others. Breaking through our traditional preoccupation with British and American literatures, this pioneer work [by a Professor of English at the University of Texas] explores the problems and opportunities confronting scholars, librarians, and readers with the growth of "Terranglia" -- "World-English" in both linguistic and a literary sense.. ISBN: LCCC 65-24395. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Foreign Language Study. more information

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New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1947. Dark Green cloth, light green lettering & decoration, 212pp, notes & vocabulary. Preface, Introduction, Notes & Vocabulary by A. B. Nichols in English; Text in German, which is that of the second edition of 1770 as given in the Lachmann-Muncker edition of Lessing's works. Included are 12 reproductions of sketches by Chodowiecke as examples of costumes of the period and a portrait of Lessing at about the time the work was written. Spine bottom very lightly bumped, corners lightly rubbed, a bit of light rubbing & spotting on back cover, edges lightly faded, name discreetly inked to front pastedown, pages white, crisp, clean.. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. DRAMA, GERMAN, HISTORY. more information

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Boston, Massachusetts: Bibliophile Society, 1905. Three volume set, illustrated, introduction by William Cranston Lawton, one of 477 copies issued to members only; tan boards, gilt-stamped lettering on spine, blind-stamped panel on front with green emblem, green top edge dye, leaves unopened (uncut), text in Greek & English; lightly agetoned with a bit of shelf wear evident. Vol. I: Arguments -- Idylls I-XIV; frontis ill. under tissue, lx, 195pp plus 3pp ill. plates. Vol. II: Theocritus -- Idylls XV-XXX; xxvk, 229pp plus 1p ill. plate. Vol. III: Bion -- Moschus; xvi, 248pp, alphabetical list of translators, plus one page with illustrated plate. First Thus Edition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. CLASSICS, LITERARY COLLECTIONS, FOREIGN LANGUARE STUDY. more information

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London: Linguaphone Institute. Orange cloth w/gilt lettering, 144 pp, n.d., n.ed., (language record not included). Spine slightly cocked, top lightly bumped, gilt partially eroded on spine but clear on cover, covers lightly soiled, pages crisp, clean, offwhite.. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FRENCH, TEXTBOOK. more information

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Boston, Massachusetts: D. C. Heath & Co., 1948. Text in Spanish. Gray cloth, maroon lettering, 318pp, Bibliography, Vocabulary, Index, numerous photo illustrations. Spine slightly cocked, ends & corners lightly bumped, name discreetly inked on front paste down, top edges lightly spotted, text crisp & clean.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. GEOGRAPHY, REFERENCE, SPANISH. more information

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Berlin Universitat: Deutschen Instituts fur Auslander, 1943. Light gray soft covers, black lettering & decoration, 285pp. Spine just barely off-square with light wrinkles in the clear lamination, a bit of light soiling on front, more on back, corners lightly bumped -- no creases, text edges lightly soiled, pages crisp & clean. Adjutant General imprimatur on back cover is only indication of reprint.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. (Very Good). 5-3/4" x 8-1/2". GERMAN, REFERENCE, TEXTBOOK. more information

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Boston, Massachusetts: Allyn and Bacon, 1896. Blue cloth, gilt lettering & cover decoration, 193 pp incl Index. Spine very slightly cocked, bottom & corners lightly bumped & rubbed, gilt faded, edges lightly faded, pages offwhite, scattered marginalia on ffep & text. Nice firm book and not at all brittle.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Boston, Massachusetts: Allyn and Bacon, 1913. Faded olive green cloth, black-stamped lettering on spine, gilt-stamped lettering & illustration of horses & chariot on cover, 321pp, appendix, Latin-English Vocabulary, plus four pages of advertisements for additional Latin texts on back end papers, copyright 1913, no edition statement of publication date. Spine cocked, ends & corners bumped, name inked on front free endpaper, a center signature/gathering protrudes at the fore edges. Much illustrated with drawings & steel engravings.. Edition Uncertain. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. REFERENCE, TEXT BOOK. more information

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New York: Bantam Books, 1965. "A brilliant collection of short stories presented in both the original Russian and a new, authoritative English translation." White wrappers, photo of Russian architecture on front, xi, 396pp, notes, questionaire, vocabulary. Spine slightly rolled, white label adhesive residue near bottom, wrappers & edges slightly faded, graffiti penciled on fore edges, text crisp & clean. Includes stories by: Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Leskov, Sologub, Bunin, Zamyatin, Babel, Zoshchenko.. Fourth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. (Good). FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY. more information

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New York: Scholastic Inc, 1997. Children's story in English & Spanish, 32 pp (16 pp each language -- flip the book over for the other language). English version has a short Glossary of Spanish terms at the end.. ISBN: 059004320X. Eighth Printing. Soft Cover. (As New). Illus. by Ana Lopez Escriva. 8-1/4" x 10". CHILDRENS BOOKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY SPANISH. more information

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New York: Scholastic Inc, 1997. Children's story in English & Spanish, 32 pp (16 pp each language -- flip the book over for the other language). English version has a short Glossary of Spanish terms at the end.. ISBN: 059004320X. Eighth Printing. Soft Cover. (As New). Illus. by Ana Lopez Escriva. 8-1/4" x 10". CHILDRENS BOOKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY SPANISH. more information

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Gottingen: W. Fischer-Verlag, 1979. Text in German. Pictorial covers on cloth, black lettering, 142 pp incl Glossary, n.ed. Spine sharply cocked w/slight fall-in, edges a bit smudged.. ISBN: 3439798011. Edition Uncertain. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ADVENTURE, SAILING, YOUNG ADULT. more information

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Wien: Elisabeth Lafite, 1967. Red & black lettering & decoration on white soft covers, 111pp, indexes & eight pages of photographs, text in German, no publication date or edition indicated, copyright 1967. Name inked to top of front cover.. Edition Uncertain. Soft Cover. (Near Fine). 6-1/2" x 9-1/2". MUSIC. more information

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Boston, Massachusetts: D. C. Heath & Co., 1943. Burgundy cloth w/red & black lettering on gray plates on spine & cover, 263 pp incl Vocabulary & Index. Spine slightly cocked, ends & corners lightly bumped & rubbed, name penciled on front free end paper, notes on back end papers, edges slightly faded.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. REFERENCE, SPANISH, TEXTBOOK. more information

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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964. Orange cloth w/black & red lettering, 214 pp plus 9 pp List of Idioms & 136 pp Vocabulary. Spine ends & corners bumped & rubbed, covers lightly soiled, edges slightly faded, name inked on front cover near top corner, also on pastedowns, light narrow dampstain in gutter of first & last couple pages, text crisp & clean with a bit of marginalia on first couple pages.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. REFERENCE, SPANISH, TEXTBOOK. more information

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Stockholm: A. Sigurdssons Forlag, 1907. White boards with red & green lettering & decoration on cover, blue cloth backstrip with gilt lettering on spine, steel engraving illustration on frontispiece, 158pp + three full page plates. Spine cocked, ends bumped & lightly rubbed, covers agetoned to tan & lightly spotted, edges faded, gift note pencilled on front flyleaf, text crisp & clean, agetoned to very light tan.. Edition Uncertain. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. CHILDRENS BOOKS, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY, SWEDISH. more information

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Boston, Massachusetts: D. C. Heath & Co., 1942. Blue cloth, yellow lettering, 273pp, Appendix, Vocabularies & Index, with maps of Spanish language countries on endpapers. Spine very lightly sunned, a bit of light rubbing on covers, a few small areas of light soiling on edges.. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. REFERENCE, SPANISH. more information

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