Search Results: Language Learning from Black Cat Hill Books

New York, NY Harpercollins Interactive, 1994. Boxed Set Second Edition Boxed Set: all items included. Very Good+: Includes Book in Near Fine condition, showing no wear at all; shows a slight spine lean, but binding remains perfectly secure; text clean and CD-Rom for Macintosh [appears unused], housed in a colorful cardstock case [just about As New]. These elements are all housed in a colorful cardstock box which shows moderate wear to its extremities and some mild rubbing [about Very Good]. Overall, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. Very Good++. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. (Harper Collins Interacitve Reference Tool).

New York, NY Perseus Group: Basic Books, 2001. Hardcover First Edition; First Printing indicated. First Edition; First Printing indicated. Very Near Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows only minute indications of use: there is a small, very faint smudge at the top edge and the binding is very slightly off square, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. The flawless DJ's price is unclipped; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 276pp. Hardback with DJ. One way of looking at this book is that it deals with what Mr. Baker calls the "Navajo Code Talker" paradox (that's basically the author's engaging way of introducing his subject): languages on this planet are very much alike (within limits, any human can learn any language) but also very different. The best example of this is the use of the "Navajo Code Talkers" during WWII: those american citizens were enrolled to translate important messages into their own… Read More

Atherton, CA Environmental Design & Research Center, 2003. Hardcover First Edition (2003), unstated. Fine: flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no flaws. Bright and Clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. (10.3 x 7.25 x 0.55 inches). 112 pages. Language: English. Weight: 1 pound, 1.2 ounces. First Edition (2003), unstated. Hardcover: Pictorial Laminate Boards. 

Beijing, Peoples Republic of China Sinolingua, 1992. Hardcover First Edition [1992]; Second Printing [1994]. Very Good: shows sparse foxing at top edge of the text block; the boards are slightly bowed; else only a hint of wear to the front corner tips; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tighly bound, showing only the mildest wear and a couple of flaws. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.25 x 1.7 inches). 774 pages. Han Ying Xuci Cidlan. Grey cloth over boards with silver titles and designs at front face and backstrip. Language: Chinese & English. Weight: 1 pound, 8.6 ounces. First Edition [1992]; Second Printing [1994]. Hardback: Lacks DJ.

New York, NY Grosset & Dunlap, 1973. Paperback First Ed, First Printing stated. First Ed, First Printing stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very light use: light wear to extremities; mild rubbing and faint soiling; binding secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 246pp. Paperback: Plastic comb binding.

Lincolnwood, IL NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company, 1991. Paperback First Ed thus, later printing. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 156pp. Edited by D. Bondar. An Annotated Reader for Students of Russian. Text in Russian. Notes in English. First Ed thus, later printing. The corrupt officials of a small town in Tsarist Russia mistake a penniless clerk from Moscow for a government agent in Gogol's satire on the grotesque side of human nature. A play described by Vladimir Nabokov as the greatest ever written in the Russian language. Includes text, notes, commentary and background. Nikolai Gogol (1809â€"1852) was the leader of the realist revolution in19th century Russian drama and literature. His plays include Marriage and The Gamblers.

Cambridge, MA Massachusetts Institute of Technology: M.I.T. Press, 1981. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. First Ed, unstated. Very Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ: Book shows the slightest spine lean, but remains perfectly secure; else flawless; text clean. DJ shows light wear to extremities; mild rubbing; short, closed tear & faint crease at top edge front panel; unclipped; mylar-protected. No longer 'As New', but close to it. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club. NOT Ex-Library. 8vo. 233pp. Charts; tables. An outgrowth of the Language Acquisition Workshop held at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in April, 1978. Hardback with DJ.

Malden, MA Blackwell Publishers, 1997. Paperback First Edition (1997), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Scattered UNDERLINING IN INK. Else, Very Good in Wraps: just a hint of wear to the outside edges; the binding leans a little but remains secure. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A lightly used reading copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and unobtrusive flaws - and of course the underlining. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.65 x 6.75 x 0.85 inches). xvi, 297 pages. Liberally illustrated with charts, graphs and tables in black & white. Language: English. Weight: 22.5 ounces. First Edition (1997), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Academic Press Paperback.

Tokyo, Japan Taiseido Shobo, 1951. Hardcover Very Good in Very Good DJ: Both book and DJ show indications of moderate use. Book shows just a hint of wear to the extremities; moderate spine lean; a tiny soil spot at the top edge of the text block; faint soiling at the bottom edge; binding secure; text clean. DJ shows mild rubbing; light wear to extremities; a bit of wrinkling at the upper front corner; unclipped. A lovely little book with minimal wear. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 64mo. 1783pp. Hardback: Flexible Linen over Boards with DJ.

Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishers, 2001. Paperback First Edition (2001), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. [Unopened CD included]. First Edition (2001), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: just a hint of wear to the corner tips; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creases to the covers. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing unobtrusive cosmetic flaws only. Very close to "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.75 x 6.75 x 0.7 inches). 191 pages. Liberally illustrated with photographs, charts, graphs and tables in black & white. Language: English. Weight: 14.8 ounces. Academic Press Paperback.

Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishers, 2001. Paperback First Edition (2001), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. [Unopened CD included]. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition (2001), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: just a hint of wear to the outside edges and the minutest indications of shelving along the bottom edge; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creases to the covers. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing unobtrusive cosmetic flaws only. Very close to "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo.(9.75 x 6.75 x 0.7 inches). 191 pages. Liberally illustrated with photographs, charts, graphs and… Read More