The Loom of Language
by Bodmer, Frederick; Hogben, Lancelot (Ed.)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1944. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. Frontispiece: The Rosetta Stone. Editor's Foreword by Lancelot Hogben. foreword by aut5hor. Book divisions: Part one - The Natural History ofLlanguage, Part Two - Our Hybrid Heritage, Part Three - The World Language Problem, Part Four - Language Museum. 682 pp. plus Index. Red cloth covered boards have have black title box on spine with gilt text and decorations. Book is illustrated with 46 illustrations , mostly photographic b/w plates. Book is tight and square with minute scuffing at extremities, spine ends slightly rolled, fon ffep. Bookseller's Inventory # 224557.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004557
- Title
- The Loom of Language
- Author
- Bodmer, Frederick; Hogben, Lancelot (Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Pages
- 692
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- FON
- Former Owner's Name. Indicates that the previous owner of the book has written their name in the book.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....