Search Results: Language from Black Sheep Books

Alaska State-Operated School System Instructional Media Center, 1975. Soft cover. Very Good-. Hanson, Leslie J.. This is a story about a lost dog in the arctic, written for Native children learning English. "A production of the Bilingual Education Department of Alaska State-Operated School System". Each page is illustrated with black and white drawings. Book is staple bound, with a blue and white pictoral cover. Small blue stamp from the linguistics division of the British Columbia Provincial Museum, and two small stickers on the cover. 43 pages. Light shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Catholic Mission Press, Ho-Kien-Fu, 1915. Half-Leather. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Subtitled: "Their origin, etymology, history, classification and signification. A thorough study from Chinese documents." Translated into English by L. Davrout. Grey boards, black leather corners and spine with blind-stamped decorative borders, simple gilt decorative bands on spine, no titling on cover (with the exception of a barely legible title typed on a paper label on front), Chinese characters and English text, 246 pages. Corners, edges and spine ends worn, spine ends chipped with a half-inch open tear at bottom, sticker remnant on spine, faded sticker on front, back cover has several small, white spots, leather rubbed, text block edges darkened, end papers foxed, occasional small, pale spots in text, a two-inch by half-inch strip at upper edge of pp. 4-5 appears to have been repaired with paper. Text is clean, binding is tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel… Read More

Cedar Hills, UT: Applewood Arts, 2006. Soft cover. Very Good-/-. Revised Edition. The fine Points of Spec Writing. Every column Trottier has written for 'scr(i)pt' magazine is in this book and each entry has been updated. He answers 194 common questons with concise and clear with illustrative examples. Glossy soft cover, 195 pages. Minor shelf wear and minor sunning, appears to be unread. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London, UK: Harvey and Darton, 1839. Leather. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Compiled for the use of Ackworth School. 18th Edition, corrected and improved. Dark red leather with gilt titling to spine, black endpapers. Some rubbing to edges and corners, minor loss to spine ends, split to front endpapers - binding is sound, age darkened textblock, a tiny corner missing to first page. It is after all 183 years old. A beautiful little gem of a book.

Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1869. Quarter-Leather. Very Good-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Laut- und Flexionslehre. Gekronte Preisschrift. Grammar of Meklenburg dialect. Brown leather spine with gilt titling and decoration, raised bands, bright marbled boards and text block edges. 194 pages Usual library stickers, remnants and markings, spine is sunned, corners worn, edge of first free end paper has chip and small crease, otherwise this is a very handsome little book. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Australia: Peter Neely. Soft cover. Very Good-. The original surfer's guidbook to Indonesian surf spots & language, first published 1992; this printing 26th Revised Edition. Learn Indonesian surfing words, greetings, pronunciation, numbers, money, etc; learn about surf spots in Bali, Java, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumatra, Sumba, Timor, Roti; etc., travel tips include information on bargaining, what to bring, restaurants, malaria & black magic, health care, the right surfboards, etc. Colourful soft cover, colour illustrations throughout, 88+ pages. Book comes with over $70 worth of vouchers for free drinks, gifts & discounts. Cover has light shelf wear, otherwise this attractive book is in great shape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to -… Read More

Scranton, Pa.: International Textbook Company. Half-Leather. Complete subtitle: Form Letters and Follow-up Systems, Catalogs, Booklets and Folders, Management of General Campaigns, Management of Mail-Order Campaigns, Miscellaneous Details of Management, The Advertising Agency, How to Enter the Practical Field. Green cloth boards, red leather corners and spine, gilt titling, borders and raised bands onspine, gilt border lines on front and back, red text block edges, marbled endpapers, black and white illustrations, a few colour illustrations, unpaginated (text block is 1.5" thick.) Corners have wear, spine ends have more significant wear with half an inch missing at top end, green boards have a few tiny spots, spine cracked at table of contents, the remainder of spine is tight, cover is clean and bright, text is mostly tight and clean. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian… Read More

New York: Central Book Company, Inc., 1952. Fourth Edition. . Leatherette. Very Good/-. A reference manual of foreign languages which looks at aspects of a very large number of languages.l Brown leatherette hard cover with gilt titling on spine and front, black and white frontispiece, 414 pages. Corners and spine ends have quite light wear, book has usual library markings (Buffalo & Erie County Library, Lackawanna, N.Y.) end papers and text block edges darkened, there is a lengthwise cut in rear fixed end paper, otherwise book is in nice shape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

China: Chinese International Radio Press, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Red hard cover with gilt titling in Chinese on spine, front has gilt titling in Chinese, blind-stamped titling in English, 1253 pages. Upper corners of cover slightly bumped, text block edges have a few small spots and pale discolorations, book is clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, slight edgewear to spine ends, and is clean and bright. This is a handsome volume. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Byrgisey, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good/-. A comprehensive etymological dictionary of the Orkney dialect. Fully revised paper back edition. Glossy soft cover, black titling to front and spine, 144 pages. Minor shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Heidleberg: Groos Gyula, 1915. Hardcover. Further subtitled: "A Muvelt Nagy Kozonseg Szamara. Az Egyedul Valo Nyelvtanulas Fontos Szempontjaira Valo Kulonos Tekintettel Szerkesztette." German conversational grammar for Hungary, written in German script, includes illustrations of German script writing. This rare copy has blue stamps on endpapers indicating approval by censors for World War I Prisoners of War, library stamp of Switzerland and library stamp of Berlin. Green cloth with back titling and slightly rounded corners, end papers are a highly detailed map of Deutsches Reich and a detailed map of Berlin, publisher's advertising on last few pages, 447 pages. Cover has light edge wear, shelf wear, some staining to top front right corner and spine, top third of back board has been water damaged which has significant wrinkling and staining, damage continues to the top corners of pages in the last third of the book, text block edges darkened, front hinge split, pages 33-65 have two-inch… Read More

Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.. Soft cover. Very Good-. Book is an account of the writing systems of the world from earliest times to the present. Pale green soft cover with black titling, black and white illustrations, 302 pages. Cover has shelf wear, text block edges have some pale smudges, otherwise book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Ottawa, Ontario: National Museum of Man, 1970. Card Cover. Good. Publications in ethnology, No. 1. Book presents the orthography of the Nootka language, adapted to English spelling habits and typewriters to facilitate learning and usage. A guide to pronunciation is given first, followed by word illustrations of selected sounds, a list of numerals, the names of the West coast tribes, and seven texts. Finally the linguistic background o the orthography is explained. Red card cover with white titling, staple binding, 35 pages. Cover has light edge wear and shelf wear, otherwise book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall