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The First English Dictionary 1604: Robert Cawdrey's A Table Alphabeticall
by Cawdrey, Robert
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- 1st
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- 2007
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- Hardcover
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- 9781851243853
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Oxford: Bodleian Library. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 2007. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 154 pp., Introduction by John Simpson. . Item Price
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Stylized: A Slightly Obsessive History of Strunk & White's The Elements of Style
by Garvey, Mark
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- 1st
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- 2009
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- Hardcover
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- 9781416590927
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New York: Touchstone /Simon & Schuster. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 208 pp. . Item Price
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Making Dictionaries: Preserving Indigenous Languages of the Americas
by Frawley, William; Kenneth C. Hill & Pamela Munro (editors)
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- 1st
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- 2002
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- Softcover
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- 9780520229969
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Berkeley: University of California Pre. Fine copy. 2002. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 449 pp. . Item Price
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The Cambridge Companion to Saussure
by Sanders, Carol (editor)
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- 2004
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- 9780521804868
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Fine copy. 2004. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 303 pp. . Item Price
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Chosen Words
by Brown, Ivor
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- 1955
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London: Jonathan Cape. Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1955. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 304 pp. . Item Price
$15.00
The Beginning of Speech: A Treatise on the Uni-Radical Origin of Indo-European Words
by Snell, Alpheus Loveys
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- 1910
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. Very good copy. 1910. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 267 pp., Inscribed by the author (with regards and compliments of the author) on the title page. . Item Price
$150.00
A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (Third Edition)
by Hall, John R. Clarke
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- 3rd ed.
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- 1931
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Fine copy. 1931. 3rd ed.. hardcover. 8vo, 437 pp. . Item Price
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The Adventure of Language
by Girsdansky, Michael
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- 1963
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Fine copy. 1963. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 347 pp. . Item Price
$5.00
The Oxford Guide to Word Games
by Augarde, Tony
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- 2nd ed.
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- 2003
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- Hardcover
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- 9780198662648
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Oxford: Oxford University Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2003. 2nd ed.. hardcover. 8vo, 240 pp. . Item Price
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Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Française
by Bloch, Oscar & Walther von Wartburg
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- 1968
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Paris: Presses Universitaires de Fr. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1968. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 682 pp. . Item Price
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Ancestral Voices: Decoding Ancient Languages
by Norman, James
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- 1st
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- 1975
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- Hardcover
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- 9780590173339
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New York: Four Winds Press. Very good copy in very good dust jacket. 1975. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 242 pp. . Item Price
$15.00
The German Language (Fifth Edition, revised)
by Priebsch, R. & W.E. Collinson
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- 5th
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- 1962
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- Hardcover
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London: Faber & Faber. Nearly fine copy. 1962. 5th. hardcover. 8vo, 496 pp., Fold-out map following the text. . Item Price
$10.00
Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases, Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States
by Bartlett, John Russell
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- 1st
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- 2003
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- Hardcover
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- 9780471228776
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New York: John Wiley & Sons. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2003. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 412 pp., Foreword by Richard Lederer. . Item Price
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Latin: A Historical and Linguistic Handbook
by Hammond, Mason
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- 1st
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- 1976
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- Softcover
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- 9780674512900
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Nearly fine copy. 1976. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 292 pp. . Item Price
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The Chronology of Words and Phrases: A Thousand Years in the History of English
by Flavell, Linda & Roger Flavell
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- 1st
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- 1999
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- 9781856055765
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Enderby: Silverdale Books. Fine copy. 1999. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 269 pp. . Item Price
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Chinese Calligraphy - From Pictograph to Ideogram: The History of 214 Essential Chinese/Japanese Characters
by Fazzioli, Edoardo
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- 1st
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- 1987
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- 9780789208705
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New York: Abbeville. Fine copy. 1987. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 251 pp., With calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. . Item Price
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Winchester, Simon
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- 1st
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- 1998
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- 9780060175962
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New York: HarperCollins. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1998. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 242 pp., First printing of the first edition. . Item Price
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In Other Words: The Science and Psychology of Second-Language Acquisition
by Bialystok, Ellen & Kenji Hakuta
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- 1st
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- 1994
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- 9780465075652
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New York: Basic Books. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1994. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 246 pp. . Item Price
$30.00
Pardon My French: Unleash Your Inner Gaul
by Timoney, Charles
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- 1st
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- 2008
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- Hardcover
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- 9781592403738
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New York: Gotham Books. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2008. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 240 pp. . Item Price
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Winchester, Simon
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- reprint
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- 1998
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- Hardcover
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- 9780060175962
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New York: MJF Books. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1998. reprint. hardcover. 8vo, 242 pp. . Item Price
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