Search Results: Linguistics from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Philadelphia: Published and Sold by Uriah Hunt, 1835. Very Good, bound in otiginal calf with clear gilt lettering at spine, edges rubbed, moderately toned and mostly evenly browned throughout, early prior owner names front end papers. 1028 pages, printed in three columns. A solid and well-bound copy. . Later American Edition. Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Thick 8vo.

London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1911. Near Fine, end papers toned, slight fading to rear boards. Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering at spine. xx, 100, (2) Appendix pages. Interior clean, tight, and unmarked. Uncommon in lovely condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Roma: Pontifcium Institutm Biblicus, 1964. Analecta Orientalia Commentationes Scientificae de Rebus Orientis Antiqui 34/39, 1955/ 1964/1967 ( 3 volumes bound as one). Bound in handsome blue buckram gilt lettering at spine, the signature of noted Egyptologist E. Cruz. Uribe front paste down. Near Fine, faint bottom corner creases near back of book, binder's instruction slip laid in from Director's Library, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. lxxxiii, 625 pp., Paradigmen 15 pp., Register der Zitate, (1967) ix, 55 pp. Text in German. Uncommon in lovely and durable binding. A heavy book, priority and international mail will require added shipping charges - please inquire before ordering. . First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine. Thick 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on presentation bookplate "This book is especially Autographed by the Author (signed H.L. Mencken in ink) Kroch's Bookstores Chicago". Near Fine, small corner bumps, toning from bookplate glue at front end pages, in a Very Good dust jacket, small chips at spine ends and corners. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 1965. Original blue cloth with silver lettering at spine bright, x, 251 pages, illustrations. From the collection of noted medieval scholar, linguist, and polyglot James W. Marchand, his name stamp front end page. Fine in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, small rubs at edges, light soiling, 1/2" closed tear bottom edge rear panel, the spine showing none of the common fading from green to blue. First Edition, First Printing of Chomsky's pioneering first book, which helped to earn him the distinction of "the father of modern linguistics". A quite handsome copy of an elusive and important book. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Early English Text Society /Oxford Univ. Press, 1964. Fine in brown cloth with gilt lettering. Prior owner name in ink front endpage. Early English Text Society, Original Series No.65, 1876, reprinted 1964 (this copy being the reprinted edition).. Reprint. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

Helsinki, Finland: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1980. From the collection of noted sociologist Allen Grimshaw, with his name stamp front endpage and top edge of page block. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page -" To the Grimshaws, Affectionately, Roger". Additionally, laid in is a single page handwritten letter from the author to Allen Grimshaw requesting his help with a reference he was using in the book. The book is Fine in Wrappers, As Issued. A nice Association Copy. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued. Association Copy.

Chrisitania : Jacob Dubwad, 1919. RARE, from the libraries of two notable linguists, with the ink name of John M. Echols and the name stamp of James W. Marchand front paste down and end page respectively. Fine in original paper wrappers bound in dark green cloth, the cloth Near Fine with top corner bumps. With gilt titles front cover. 4 preliminary leaves, 172 pages , text in French. Carl Johan Sverdrup Marstrande was a Norwegian linguist best known for his work on the Irish language. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine. Tall 8vo.

London: Printed for the Author and Sold By J. Booth , 1804. In period James Toovey signed fine binding of gold crushed morocco, the back with ornate floral gilt tooled designs and gilt lettering, triple gilt rules to covers, marbled end papers, all edges gilt, the armorial bookplate of Johannis Naylor Leightonensis front paste down. Near Fine, slight shelf rubs, scant toning at end pages, a quite handsome book with distinguished provenance. . First Edition. Crushed Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo.

1701-1703 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia : The American Baptist Publication Society Bound in original green cloth with Cherokee alphabet printed rear covers. No Date, circa 1908-1924, the dates the American Baptist Publication Society was located at 1701-1703 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia. A pocket-sized book, 3 1/2" x 5 1/4", 96 pages with Index. Without music, except "The Land of Beulah" (p. 86). Near Fine, cloth lightly rubbed. Gift inscription front end page from the Rev. and Mrs. Enoch Oule. Oule was listed as an Asst. Moderator for the Cherokee Indian Missionary Baptist Assoc. 86th Annual Session , Cherokee, NC, 1966. Originally published in 1866, Rare. See Pilling's Iroquoian bibliography, p. 173, one copy located (as of 1974). SCARCE in any early edition. . Later Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 3 1/2" x 5 1/4".

Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1899. RARE in the 1899 First Edition. Very Good, sticker abrasion bottom front and rear wrappers, rubbing and a few small stains to wrappers. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library, Folklore Institute, Indiana University, its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page and a few interior pages with blindstamp as well. 48 pp. A Lecture delivered at the request of the Senate of University College, Liverpool. Edward Harper Parker ( 1849-1926 ) was a barrister and noted China scholar, and although not a trained linguist, his greatest contribution historically may well be his unusual outlook on colloquial Chinese language. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Sarasota, Florida: Carnival Publishers of Sarasota, 1980. 112 pp., with numerous black and white photographs. Near Fine, the book wavy from storage. With SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author piece of advertising laid in, a request for circus slang by Tom Dalzell, on which McKennon wrote "Why make a(sic) issue of this ? Joe McKennon". Tom Dalzell is the author of The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang. NY: Routledge, 2009. . First Printing. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bruxelles, Belgium: Institut Royal Colonial Belge, 1949. From the collection of noted semiotician and linguist Thomas A. Sebeok, his signature in ink title page. A Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, Sebeok was among the founders of biosemiotics and editor-in-chief of the journal Semiotica, the leading periodical in the field. Very Good, also from the collection of noted anthropologist, linguist, and ethnomusicologist George Herzog, his signature in ink "Herzog" top of front cover, stamped Herzog Collection at title page, missing the rear cover. 119 pp, with 3 foldout tables of gong types at rear, the foldouts are Fine. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Francisco: US Dept HEW, Office of Education, Regional Research Program , 1972. vi, 153 pp. SCARCE. Very Good Plus, wrappers lightly soiled. "The general subject matter of this study is argot; specifically, the argot elicited from Black male youths living in the South Central Los Angeles Ghetto". (Abstract, pg. i.). First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Harper & Brother Publishers, 1870. x pages, 1 leaf, 253 pages, 6 pp. adverts. RARE in the First Edition, 1869 cp, 1870 tp. In original brown cloth, gilt lettering at spine, Very Good, a few widely scattered spots of toning, pages uniformly browning at edges. From the collection of noted medieval scholar James W. Marchand, his name stamp front end page. Francis A. March was on the faculty of Lafayette College for 50 years, where he became the first individual to hold the title "Professor of English Language and Literature" anywhere in the United States or Europe. Considered March's masterpiece and a classic linguistics text. a book that was reprinted as recently as 2020. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, MA: The Mediaeval Academy of America, 1929. ix, 585 pp. Original printed wrappers, Very Good, small chips and tears and light edge wear to wrappers. Uncommon in current commerce. The Mediaeval Academy of America Publication No. 2. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Budapest, Hungary: Akademiai Kiado, 1986. Near Fine, wrappers lightly rubbed at edges. Contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1909. SCARCE. Handsomely bound in half-leather and orange cloth, gilt lettering and rules at spine, 624 pp. Near Fine, a few spots light soiling to edges of page block. . Fourth Impression. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Wiesbaden, Germany: Otto Harrassowitz, 1961. Association Copy SIGNED BY EDITOR Milton Cowan at front paste down -"For Big Jim to help him get the nodding acquaintance. Milt Cowan, Feb. 1966". With the name stamp front end page of James Marchand, noted medieval scholar, linguist, and polyglot. Fine in Fine dust jacket. In publisher's original plain brown cardboard slipcase with slight wear at corners, also bearing Marchand's name stamp. . SIGNED BY EDITOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.

Uppsala, Sweden: Almqvist & Wiksel Intl., 1941. From the collection of noted semiotician and linguist Thomas A. Sebeok, his signature in ink title page. A Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, Sebeok was among the founders of biosemiotics and editor-in-chief of the journal Semiotica, the leading periodical in the field. Very Good Plus, small stain at bottom edge, toning and faint prior owner name top edge front wrapper. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.