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Racial Proverbs: A Selection of the World's Proverbs arranged Linguistically -- With Authoritative Introductions to the Proverbs of 27 Countries and Races by Champion, Selwyn Gurney - 1938

by Champion, Selwyn Gurney

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Racial Proverbs: A Selection of the World's Proverbs arranged Linguistically -- With Authoritative Introductions to the Proverbs of 27 Countries and Races

by Champion, Selwyn Gurney

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London: George Routledge & Sons, 1938. Book. Very Good. Cloth (hardcover). First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown buckram cloth hardcovers. Some light edgewear, and gentle sunning to spine and upper boards. Minor marks from reference/non-lending library. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat. Bibliography, index. cxxx,767p..
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  • Publisher George Routledge & Sons
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1938
  • Keywords literature history folk oral tradition proverbs wisdom wise sayings dictums dicta
  • Size 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

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George Routledge & Sons, January 1966. Hardcover. Used Acceptable/Missing. Publisher's page/title page is missing. African language map is intact. Wear to cover, bumped corners, pages tanned and foxed but clean and unmarked. There is a previous owner's name on the inside. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item.
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London: George Routledge & Sons, 1938. 1st Ed. hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo, tan cloth binding, DJ is priceclipped, has large chips and 1/3 of spine missing, owner's name, a book of world proverbs, folk-lore, with subject matter, race, and alternative chief-word indexes, 767 pages
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New York, NY: The MacMillan Company, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo. Previous owner's signature and note. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975.
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Routledge Kegan Paul, 1963, 1963. Hardcover. As New/Fine. STORED AS NEW Photos of book emailed upon request
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Routledge Kegan Paul, 1963. 2nd impression of 2nd ediiton.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/VG+. cxxx+767pp, folding frontis map, index, a fine copy in a near fine, slightly edge worn dustjacket. A standard listing of approx 26000 Proverbs from around the world, taken from around 200 languages. ( as opposed to a list of racialy derogative proverbs ).
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London: Routledge, 1966. hardcover. very good(+). Folding frontispiece map, 767pp., thick 8vo, brown cloth. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, (1966). Reprint. Very good (+).<br/><br/> Text in double columns, with authoritative introductions to the proverbs of 27 countries and races.<br/><br/>
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Racial proverbs : a selection of the world's proverbs arranged linguistically. With authoritative...

Racial proverbs : a selection of the world's proverbs arranged linguistically. With authoritative introductions to the proverbs of 27 countries and races

by Champion, Selwyn Gurney

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London : G. Routledge & Sons, 1938. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy; gilt-blocked title to spine. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Minor library marks remain (internally). Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 767 pp. including double front (map), 26 cm. Subjects; Proverbs. Race. Racial Groups. Aphorisms.
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Racial Proverbs: A Selection Of The World's Proverbs Arranged Linguistically.

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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Good+ in Poor dust jacket. 1950. Second Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Gutter split at half-title page exposing spine webbing. Some rubbing and bumping to ends of spine. 3/8" tear to cloth at head of spine. 5/8" crease to lower corner of front board. Spotting to dust wrapper. Adhesive tape repairs to dust wrapper. 1 1/2" x 3/4" chip missing at head of front panel of dust wrapper. 2" to bottom of front panel of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is price clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; cxxix, [i], 767 pages. brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page Dimensions: 248mm x 160mm. "This book comprises about twenty-six thousand of the best and most interesting proverbs taken from nearly two hundred languages, arranged continentally under language headings, indexed by chief word, subject matter and cross reference." - from the dust wrapper blurb.; 8vo .
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