Language Arts & Disciplines from Adamstown Books

Princeton NJ: Princeton Architectural Press, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversize softcover w/ wraps. 72 pp. w/ b&w illustrations and script samples throughout. Collection of 9 essays primarily dealing with the cultural nationalism of blackletter type in Germany during the transition from the Enlightenment to Romanticism and into the early… Read more about this item

Allentown PA: Schlechters, 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Revised Edition. Hardcover, 170 pp. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Vol. 27. Includes inlaid piece from the Society to its members. 20 short lessons and commentary on vocabulary and grammatical rules with a section of prose and poetry. Includes an overview of the language,… Read more about this item

Westport CT: Greenwood, 2001. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, 296 pp. w/ b7w photos and illustrations. Dictionary format catalog of both colloquial terms and proper names/titles specific to the Civil War period. Hundreds of entries as well as a guide by category of terms. Book Condition : Very Good; gift inscription on front… Read more about this item

Cambridge, ON, Canada: The Author, 1977. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1977 self-published (Ontario, Canada) hardcover, 227 pp. Contains a Pennsylvania German-English dictionary, Pennsylvania German proverbs and sayings and short conversations (with English translations). Second half is an autobiography in the context of the Old Order Mennonite church. Book Condition : Near Fine ;… Read more about this item

Swift Current, Canada: Jacob M. Fehr, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on reverse of title page. Softcover, 76 pp. w/ b&w photos throughout. Collected poems and short stories, expressing a love for the Low German dialect. Self-published by Canadian author. Book Condition : Near Fine; no… Read more about this item

New York NY: Globe book company, 1926. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition Hardcover. Consists of primarily drill exercises focused on grammar and punctuation - adjectives and adverbs, comma, fragmentary sentences, sentence unity, pronouns, double negatives, and more. Summary of rules is provided. Book Condition : Good; no text marks;… Read more about this item

Reading PA: Daniel Miller, Publisher, 1903. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In PA German with English introduction. Anthology of 45 poems and 58 short prose pieces transcribed in PA German compiled by Daniel Miller. Book Condition: Good-; no text marks; occasional foxing; binding relaxed but intact, tear to bottom title page… Read more about this item

Charlottesville VA: University Press of Virginia, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scholarly monograph on Anglo-Saxon linguistics and the GE- preverb. Section 1 is A Re-Examination of Some Current Doctrines, Section 2 is The "Meaning" of the Morpheme ; Empirical Assumptions and Linguistic Evidence. Book Condition : Near Fine; no text markings;… Read more about this item

Cincinnati OH: Boe & Hitchcod, 1864. Book. Good (ex-library). Hardcover. Probable 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Text in German - a teaching tool for understanding and learning the German language c. 1864. Useful in understanding German grammar and writing with easy-to-understand explanations. Quite rare in this edition, presumed first. Dark gray cloth with stamped border… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society Library, 1968. Book. Good. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). First Edition. 4to up to 12" tall. Pale blue wraps, staple-bound, cover and pages in typewriter style, 54 pages. Contents: "Franz Boas Collection" by George Stocking; "The Value of the Speck Papers for Ethnohistory" by Anthony Wallace; "Value of the Radin Papers for Linguistics" by Dell Hymes; "Little-Used Collections… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1916. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover, protected by seminary library pressboard wraps, with original spine visible. 142 pp, 2 plates (1 color). Text in German. Probably first edition. 14 articles, each with a different author, on Andreas and his work. Condition: Good; ex-seminary library with typical markings, labels, stamps and… Read more about this item

Columbus, OH: Hann & Adair, 1953. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gray-blue cloth hardback, 316 pp, unillustrated. First edition, an important historical work. From the author's preface: "My object has been to produce a book that would be read with interest... by people whose knowledge of German does not extend much beyond the… Read more about this item