Philadelphia: Stanley Wemyss, 1950. 1st Printing. Hardcover. 237p. A blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine faded. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight. Provides the alphabets and basic information on pronunciation and grammar for languages around the world. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1933. Hardcover. 564p. Ex-library. A tan cloth hardcover book in good condition. Scribbled-out call number on spine. Stamps, bookplate, and card pocket residue inside. Front hinge shaken, but holding. Text clean. A revision of INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE. A beginner's study of linguistics. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970. Hardcover. 190p. A red-orange cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Sticker residue and signature on front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. Lectures on the inflection, syntax, derivation, and phonemics of the Japanese language. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1966. Hardcover. 426p. A blue cloth hardcover book in good condition. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Bookplate inside front cover. Inscription on front endpaper, blotted out with white correction fluid. Scattered marks in margins, but still mostly clean. Binding tight. More
New York: Philosophical Library, 1948. Hardcover. 607p. Ex-library. A blue cloth hardcover book in good condition. Spine tanned. Rubbed out call number on spine. Library and former owner's stamps inside and on foredges. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Contains black and white photographs and charts. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Hardcover. 920p. A navy blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight. Histories and analyses of alphabets and other modes of written language, ancient and modern and from all parts... More
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1954. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 238p plus 57 plates. Ex-library. A dark green cloth hardcover book in good condition. Spine faded. Call number on spine. Library markings inside. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Scattered underlining in text. Binding tight. The... More
New York: Charles Scriber's Sons, 1892. Hardcover. 792p. A dark brown cloth hardcover book in good condition. Edges rubbed. Stain on front cover. Page 777 is loose, but still attached. Otherwise, text clean and remaining pages secure. Monthly issues of SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE for January, February, March, April, May, and June... More
Columbus: Oliver Davie, 1898. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 106p. Ex-library. A gilt teal cloth hardcover book in acceptable condition. Corners worn. Spine tanned. Call number on spine. Library markings and card pocket inside. Lacks rear free endpaper. Scattered light pencil marks, but pages mostly clean. Binding secure. Offered as-is. Limited edition;... More
Sao Paulo: Typographia do, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 300p. A 3/4 green cloth hardcover book with marbled boards. Edges and spine rubbed. Corners lightly bumped. Bookplate inside front cover. Pen inscription on front free endpaper. A few scattered pencil marks in text, but still mostly clean. Binding tight. Overall good... More
Columbus, OH: Fr. McEniry, Mt. Carmel Hospital, 1940. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 536p. Ex-library. A blue cloth hardcover book in good condition. Edges rubbed. Sticker on spine. Library markings, stamps, and card pocket inside. Otherwise, text clean and binding secure. Daily meditations incorporated excerpted writings of Aquinas. More
San Antonio: Corona Publishing Company, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 160p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. Book is clean and tight. The jacket is lightly edgeworn, but fully intact. Inscribed by Henry Cisneros and signed by author Ken Diehl on front free endpaper. A biography... More
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 233p. A light blue gilt cloth hardcover book in good condition. Spine rubbed and slightly discolored. Front hinge reinforced with archival tape. Fingerprint-sized chips off last two pages. Otherwise clean and tight. Catholic fiction. Short stories reprinted from THE ROSARY magazine. More
New York: Macmillan, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 743p. A blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine tanned. Corners bumped. Table of contents edgeworn. Otherwise clean and tight. An Anglican biblical commentary. More
Washington DC: The National Geographic Society, 1923. Edward Herbert Miner. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 118p. A light brown gilt cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spotty stains near bottom of spine. Rubbed-out inscription on front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. Color paintings by Edward Herbert Miner. Also contains many... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 117p. A golden-yellow decorated cloth hardcover book in acceptable condition. Back cover badly dampstained. Spine discolored. Edges heavily rubbed. Otherwise, interior clean and tight. A biography of one of the four famous beauties of ancient China. Contains black and white... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1895. Hardcover. 382p. A decorated tan cloth hardcover book in good condition. Spine tanned and edges worn. Notes on rear endpaper. Pencil marks in margins. Otherwsie, binding secure. Revival sermons preached at Hanson Place M.E. Church in Brooklyn, New York. More
Philadelphia: Edgewood Publishing Company, 1899. Hardcover. 544p. A decorated navy blue cloth hardcover book in good condition. Cloth splitting along rear exterior hinge. Stains on front cover. Spine tanned. Pages 307-310 detached, but present. Corners torn off rear blank endpapers. Otherwise, text clean, and remaining pages secure. Contains many black... More
Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Son, 1841. 4th Edition. Leather. 430p. A 3/4 burgundy leather hardcover book with marbled boards. Back cover cracking off, but still weakly attached. Spine is faded to a tan color. Sticker inside front cover. Tan spotting along bottom of decorative title page. Stamp on p. 50... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1947. Hardcover. 209p. A pictorial hardcover book in very good condition. Edges rubbed. Light brown stains on pages 78-79. Otherwise clean and tight. Rick Brant Electronic Adventure #2. Map illustrations on endpapers. Last page advertises SEA GOLD. Back cover lists the series through RICK BRANT'S SCIENCE PROJECTS. More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1896. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 9 vols, each approx. 475p. A complete set of nine brown cloth hardcover books in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed. Old signatures on front endpapers. Scuff on side foredge of Part Seventh, Volume I. Otherwise clean and tight. Complete set... More
Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Paperback. 2 vols. 227p; 368p. A set of two softcover books in good condition. Underlining on a few pages in each volume. Otherwise, the binding is tight in both books, and their covers are in excellent condition. Vol. I covers Mark 1-8:21;... More
New York: The Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 262p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Dustjacket has small chip at top of spine else in otherwise very good condition. Former owners name else book is clean and tight. A history of alphabets... More
New York: Random House, 1965. Harry Kane. Hardcover. 181p. A pictorial hardcover book in good condition. Mild shelf wear to cover. #4 in the Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators series. Reprint with ads listing through Coughing Dragon. Blue spiderweb endpapers. Illustrated by Harry Kane. More
New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. New Revised Edition. Hardcover. 245p. A green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers. Otherwise clean and tight. A textbook and speaker's guide to Esperanto. More