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ANN PALE KREYOL

By Valdman, Albert

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Creole Institute, 2006. Revised edition. Softcover. Good/No dust jacket. An Introductory Course in Haitian Creole. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Creole Institute, 2006. Revised edition. Numerous b/w illustrations. xiii, 264 pp. Softcover. Small Folio. Gray trade paperback. Light edge wear. Small stains and foxing to front cover. Pages clean and bright. A good copy overall. Good/No dust jacket.

LOGICAL APPROACH TO SYNTAX: FOUNDATIONS, SPECIFICATION, AND IMPLEMENTATIONS OF THEORIES OF GOVERNMENT AND BINDING

By Stabler Jr., Edward P

Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1992. 433 pp. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Light purple cloth. Interior clean, bright and tight. A very nice copy in like dustjacket. Very good/Very good.

GREAT FRENCH DICTIONARY, THE

By Miege, Guy

London, England: J. Redmayne, 1688, 1687. First edition; there are two title-pages, the first dated 1688, the second, 1687. But, this was the first and only edition.. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. London, England: J. Redmayne, 1688, 1687. First edition; there are two title-pages, the first dated 1688, the second, 1687. But, this was the first and only edition.. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Folio. brown Rebound in period 3/4 spreckled calf over marbled boards. Period rebinding. 6 raised bands tooled and ruled, with gilt decorative devices in compartments; gilt lettering to red title label. Front gutter partially cracked; preliminaries toned and soiled; very light, scattered foxing; otherwise, binding tight and pages unsoiled. A very nice copy. Very good/No dust jacket. (Insurance required to ship this item).

SYNTACTIC STRUCTURES

By Chomsky, Noam

Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2002. Softcover. Very good+/No jacket issued.

PROVERBES INEDITS DES VIEILLES FEMMES MAROCAINES

By Sbihi, Si Ahmed

N.p: EditŽ par deux, 1930 . Softcover. Very good/No jacket issued. N.p: EditŽ par deux, 1930 . Translated, with annotations by A. Benchehida. In-text illustrations and colored front wrapper by Matteo Brondy. 358 pp. Text in French and Arabic. Softcover. Square 8vo. Beige paper wrappers. This collection of 300 Berber proverbs collected by Nadir Habous Meknes is very lightly worn, with slight foxing to edges, else very good. Very good/No jacket issued.

ESSAY ON CONVERSATION

By Taft, Henry W

New York: Macmillan, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. New York: Macmillan, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Signed by the author. 75 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Aqua cloth backed, paper covered boards. Paper title-label slightly stained and browned, spine slightly faded, else crisp and clean in a lightly worn slipcase. Very good/No jacket issued.

CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF MILITARY TECHINICAL TERMS

By Chinese Communist Academy of Science

N.p.: U. S. Gov.?, N.d.. Based upon the 1963 Chinese publication. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. N.p.: U. S. Gov.?, N.d.. Based upon the 1963 Chinese publication. 206 pp. Hardcover. 4to size. Burgundy cloth. Very light wear to covers, else clean and tight. Very good/No jacket issued.

SONGS AND POEMS, IN THE GAELIC LANGUAGE

By Mackay, Robert

Inverness: Kenneth Douglas, et al,, 1829. Hardcover. Good+/No dust jacket. Inverness: Kenneth Douglas, et al,, 1829. lxxi, 360 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. 3/4 morocco over marbled paper-covered boards. Covers very worn; front hinge repaired; bookplate; front free endpaper missing; some very minor scattered foxing and browning. Overall, quite good. Good+/No dust jacket. (Insurance required to ship this item).

BOOK OF SIGNS

By Koch, Rudolf

London: First Edition Club, 1930. One of an edition limited to 500 editions. Hardcover. Good+/No dust jacket. Fritz Kredel. Which contains all manner of symbols used from the earliest times to the middle ages by primitive peoples and Early Christians. London: First Edition Club, 1930. Translated from the German by Vyvyan Holland. One of an edition limited to 500 editions. Numerous b/w woodcuts. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. 104 pp. Hardcover. Large 8vo size. Blue cloth. Extremities lightly worn; head and heel bumped; spine and boards quite toned; rear binding cracked and sprung; small price sticker to front paste-down; edges and preliminaries lightly foxed. Interior clean. Good+/No dust jacket. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

UMMA IN THE SARGONIC PERIOD

By Foster, Benjamin R

Hamden, CT: Archcon Books, 1982. Hardcover. Near fine/No dust jacket. Hamden, CT: Archcon Books, 1982. Numerous b/w figures. 228 pp. Hardcover. 4to size. Blue cloth. Gilt lettering. Head lightly bumped; Interior tight, bright, and clean. Near fine/No dust jacket. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

TRAVELLERÕS MANUAL OF CONVERSATION IN FOUR LANGUAGES

By [Baedeker] No author stated

Leipsic/ London: Karl Baedeker/ Dulau & Co., Nd. 331 pp. Hardcover. 16mo size. Red cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities. Heel lightly worn. Spine slightly sunned and shaken. Boards lightly soiled. Edges and pages lightly toned. Front hinge starting to crack. Interior still clean and tight. Very good-/No dust jacket.

SANSKRIT HANDBOOK FOR THE FIRESIDE

By Burritt, Elihu

Hartford, CT: Brown & Gross, 1876. Hardcover. Good+/No dust jacket. Hartford, CT: Brown & Gross, 1876. 96 pp. Hardcover. Large 8vo size. Coffee cloth. Extremities quite bumped and rubbed; boards lightly soiled with moderate scattered insect damage and dampstaining; all edges, endpapers and pages toned with light to moderate scattered foxing and soiling, light insect damage to fore-edge; pencil on rear paste-down; first and last signatures sprung, else good. Tight binding. Good+/No dust jacket. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

GESCHICHTE DER ABENDLANDISCHEN SCHREIBSCHRIFTFORMEN

By Delitsch, Hermann

Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1928. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1928. Numerous b/w illustrations and 16 b/w plates at rear. 289+ pp. Text in German. Hardcover. 8vo size. Beige cloth. Extremities rubbed; head, heel and bottom corners bumped; spine toned; spine, boards and edges lightly soiled to small areas. Interior clean and bright; sound. Very good/No dust jacket.

THOMAS MANN ODER DER DEUTSCHE ZWIESPALT

By Karst, Roman

Wien, Germany: Fritz Molden, 1970. Signed and inscribed by the author. Numerous b/w illustrations. 360 pp. Text in German. Hardcover. 8vo. Pale gray cloth. Minor shelf wear. Top & bottom board edges slightly sunned. Few, minor scattered stains on boards and edges. Top page edges lightly dust soiled. Still clean, tight and bright. Dj is lightly edge rubbed and yellowed with few, minor scattered stains. Very good/Very good.