Search Results: Language, Dictionaries, Trivia, Law from Lawrence Jones

Armidale: Armidale Christian Book Centre, 1975. xvii, 193pp, folding maps. Or pale green card. Light foxing to page edges. Intended originally to be a supplement of new information on Queensland Aboriginal languages only, the scope spread into the Northern Terriotry, NSW, South Australia through to the Western Desert and West Australian coast.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1902. 2 volumes-complete. xxxii, 543; xiii, 560pp, index, corrigenda, appendices. Or green cloth. Very slight flecking to cloth on Vol I, small prev owner name stamp on each, tear to bottom of front blanks and half-title, small bookseller label inside front cover of each. Scarce first edition of this important work on Roman law by Roby. A very nice set.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

London: Selden Society., 2021. HEAVY. 2 VOLUMES. lix, 936pp, index, appendices. Or blue cloth. Near new. Eyre rolls of Hugh Bigod, justiciar of England from June 1258 to October 1260 including actions against Henry III.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to.

Brisbane: Jollen Press, 1992. 2 volumes. viii, 239; iv, 76pp, map, tables. Wraps. Light edge wear. light crease to cover Thaayorre/English volume, bottom front corner crease to Englsih/Thaayorre volume. Printed for the Pormpuraaw Community & School, Edward River, Cape York Peninsula. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Gottingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht., 1968. VERY HEAVY-will requrie additional postage to most destinations. 4 volume set. 2778pp. Dark green cloth in jackets with slipcases. Near new with a couple of extremely slight blemishes. Published from 1968 (Volume I) to 1973 (Volume IV). Scarce Lithuanian-German dictionary-particularly so as a complete set in this excellent condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Small 4to.

Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1980. VERY HEAVY- WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE TO MOST DESTINATION (ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA). 5 volumes (inc supllementary volume).xxxi, 875pp + 24 col maps; vii, 1030pp; vii, 978pp; vii, 964pp; xxv, 987pp + 13 maps (almost 5000pp in total), bw ills, pictorial endpapers in each volume. Cloth boards in jackets. Minor edge wear to jackets, some spotting to red tinted page edges, prev owner bookplate in each volume. A nice set with NO underlining or notes. Identifying and explaining all proper names and significant terms and subjects in the holy scriptures, including the apocrypha with attention to archaeological discoveries and researches into the life and faith of ancient times.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

London: Eden Fisher., 1883. xxii,480pp + ads, addenda, few diagrams. Or brown cloth. Spine with significant insect depradation, a few stains and spots to cloth, moderate foxing. Not the prettiest example, but complete and tight. Telegraphic code for encrytpion of busness and commercial information messages.. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo.

Richmond, Vic: William Heinemann Australia, 1989. 268 pages. Prev owner's three-line details at the centre left of the title page. Pictorial card covers. A handbook for the family researcher.. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Good to Very Good. 4to.

London: Michael Joseph, 1981. 253pp, bw ills. Or brown cloth lacking jacket. Foxing to first and last few pages. A-Z dictionary of psychology.. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: Fontana/Collins, 1976. 192pp, text-ills. Paperback with some wear at the spine. From Aberration of Starlight to Zodiacal Light. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Diagrams by Cyril Deakins. 8vo.

Marleston, SA: J.B. Publishing, 2004. 446pp, bibliography, num col & few bw ills. Or laminated boards in jacket. Near new. Biographical data on more than 1000 Aboriginal artists.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

New York: The Free Press, 1994. xi, 253 pages, bibliographical note. Cloth-backed papered boards in dust-jacket. The story of Ruth Barnett who performed 40,000 illegal abortions between 1918 and 1968 and never lost a patient. The author shows how the law, more than the abortionists, hurt women, demonstrating the real threat of re-criminalized abortion today.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: The Free Press, 1993. xviii, 313pp, index, notes. Or card covers. Remainder line on bottom edge-near new. A disturbing look at the use of excessive force by law enforcement officers.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Philadelphia: S. T. Souder & Company, 1876. 348pp + 1pp +2pp ads. 2bw ills + bw frontis. Or green cloth with gilt and black decoration.Some edge wear, wrinkling of cloth on rear and spine, corners bumped, prev owners inscription on ffep. Tight, bright, clean copy. Previously published as Whiskey Drips (1873). True story told by an IRS detective of the operations, investigation and prosecution of a whiskey ring. Also speaks of corrupt agents.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo.

Beirut, Lebanon.: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, 1998. HEAVY. 2000+pp. Or blue boards, lacking jacket. Slightly shaken and a couple of pages creased. . Edition Not Stated.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Small 4to.

New York: National Temperance Society & Publication House, 1886. 411pp, index. Brown cloth, no jacket. Ex- library of the QueenslandTemperance League with their stamps to front endpaper and title page, round paper label to spine. Lacks front free endpaper. . . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Boston: David R Godine, 1993. 307pp, index, bibliography, bw ills. Or card. Very light edge wear to cover. Drawing from myhtology, cosmology, history, the Bible, literature and esoteric and conventionla sources, this book takes a tour of each of the 26 letters of the Roman alphabet.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Rohnert Park: Pomegranate Communications, 2002. 240 pages, b/w ills. There are a few spots on the fore-edge and a black remainder line by the spine foot. Or cloth boards in dust-jacket. There are almost 1,500 entries in this romp through the ever-changing world of lexicography.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

New York: Viking Penguin, 1986. xiv, 230pp. Cloth-backed papered boards in lightly edge-worn dust-jacket which is faded at and by the spine. The book presents American dialects as they are spoken today [1980s], celebrating the cultural diversity of the nation.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Burbank, Ca.: Ohara Publications Inc., 1986. 96pp, appendix. Pictorial card covers. Slight edge wear and minor creasing to covers. Chapters include The Martial Arts; Assault and Battery; Self-Defense and the Trained Fighter; The Effect of Consent; with an appendix detailing some state laws on a state-by-state basis.. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.