Foreign Languages, Language Study, Linguistics from JWMah

Roma: Franco Spinosi Editore, 1966. (ITL) Presumed 1st softcover edition. No markings, Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket with a couple of minor edge faults. Grey wraps with dust jacket, [88]pp, plates in colour of the characters of the Commedia dell'Arte. This was an early form of prefessional theatre characterized by masked types. 19 of the characters are presented… Read more about this item

Italy: Raetia, 1996. (ITL) Presumed 1st eidtion. iNSCRIBED by Tudy Sammartini who provided the text: "To Joy, Ty=udy Sammartini, 9 August 1999" no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 99pp, B&W photos. This book of B&W photos by Parlato and Gardin looks at the hutterite communities in Alberta. The text is entirely in Italian. (2.5 JM… Read more about this item

Genova: Tormena, 2003. (ITL) Presumed 1st edition (nov 2004 on the last page but 2003 on the copyright page). No markings, Fine. Wrasp wth flaps, 190pp. many B&W photos of tranastlantic ocean liners from the 1920s to the 1960s, with special reference to the role of Genoa in transatlantic travel. All the ships are decribed with a capsule chronology… Read more about this item

London: Duckworth & Co., 1998. (UK) "Reprinted in 1998". No markings, Fine. Wraps, 108pp, no illus. This teacher's key provides the answers to all of the 256 exercises contained in North and Hillard's Latin Prose Composition, the standard school tectbook on the subject. (1.3 JM 0526. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: The English Universities Press Ltd, 1968. (UK) Later printing 1968. Owner's name stamp to end paper, edge of pages foxed, Good used copy in price-clipped Good only dust jacket with wear to spine extremities. Hardcover, 299pp, no illus. 20 lessons, each consists of a number of explanations of points in the construction and use of the language, an… Read more about this item

Milano: Mudima, 2005. (ITL) Presumed 1st edition No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Hardcover, 246pp, reporductions of paintings in colour, B&W photos. The text is in Italian and in English. Since being featured in the 2003 Venice Biennale, Papetti emerged as one of the most important Italian painters today. Papetti is a self-taught artist. His most noticeable… Read more about this item

Osaka Japan: Torataro Hayashi, 1909. (JPN) Meiji 42 (1909) The covers are soiled and have spots with some rubbing to edges and cover corner tips; the back cover hinges is stratig to detach, pages generally clean with some spots here and there, Fair used copy; no dust jacket. 10.75 x 7.75", grey cloth cover with blind embossed design, 384pp.… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Em. Querido, 1998. (NETH) Tweede, herziene druk, (Second, revised edition) 1998. No markings, touch of rubbing to panel gloss, thus Near Fine. Wraps, 192pp, B&W photos of India and Dutch Indonesia from 1870- to 1920. The text is in Dutch. (2.0 JM HOJ 301/6. 2nd. Paperback. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Chiapas Mexico: Taller Lenateros, 2005. (MEX) This is the second edition after the first edition which was limited to 200 numbered copies. No markings, a touch to rubbing to the spine edges, Near Fine; no dust jacket as published but missing the slipcase. Hardcover with 3 dimension cast of mask; 295pp, B&W silk-creened illustration by… Read more about this item

NY: Walker & Co, 2001. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, [381]pp, no illus. This is a collection of letters written by Virginia Galilei, the elder daughter of Galileo, to her father after she was placed in a convent in Florence and took the named Suor Maria Celeste, captures the events of the time… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1988. (NETH) Presumed 1st of this edition. Owner's 7 word inscription to the title page, a brace of tiny very faint spots (from foxing?) to the top edge of pages, otherwsie Very Good in Very Good dust jacket with a small faint stain just to the base of the spine panel, noticeable only… Read more about this item

Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, 1931. (JPN) This book has the year 1931 on the title page, but I believe it is a recent reprint, possibly 1975. Bookseller's stamp in Japanese to the front endpaper, no other markings, Fine in Near Fine clear acetate dust jacket with a small tear to the base of the spine, in Fine printed card slipcase.… Read more about this item

Basel: Holbein Verlag, 1951. (SWIT) Second edition (Zweite ausgabe) 1951. Owner's 5 word inscription to endpaper, no other markings, touch of moiture intrusion to leading edge of colour plates, making the margins slight wavy, hinges fine and covers in clean nice condition, Good copy in Good dustjacket with small edge tears to flap fold corners, in Acceptable only slipcase… Read more about this item

River Vale NJ: Cosmos Publishing, 2004. (USA) Presumed 1st eidtion. There is a tiny errant pen mark to the top edge of pages, no other markings, otherwsie Fine in Fne dustjacket with a tiny piece of clear tape to the front panel. Dj is in mylar sleeve. Dark blue cloth, xxviii, 993pp, index of titles. Colour frontis by Yannis Moralis.… Read more about this item

Mexico: Siglo Veintiuno XX1, 1991. (MEX) 8th edition 1991. No markings, but small faint spot to top edge of page, thus Near Fine in Acceptable acetate dust jacket which is torn at the spine (repaired with clear tape)and has a large piece missing from the back panel and the spine panel. Hardcover,viii, 783pp, no illus. This book is in Spanish,… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 1976. (NETH) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, tiny spot to top edge of pages, hinges solid, Very Good in Good (-) only dust jacket with edge chips and tears; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Cloth hardcover, plan of the museum to end papers, 911pp, subject index, inventory numbers, thousands of small B&W reproductions of the paintings in the… Read more about this item

Peru: Marisabel Guiulfo Zender, 2012. (Peru) "Primera edicion, 2000 ejemplares" First edition of 2000 copies, so stated in Spanish. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, no page numbers,about 280pages, 4 ribbon markers, colour photos with specially designed post cards with text in Spanish,and business card of the author laid into the book. Marisa Guiulfo,… Read more about this item

Verona Italy: Santa Margherita, 2002. (ITL) Presumed 1st edition, no markings, Fine in fine dust jacket. White boards with drawing in brown ink, 68pp, colour plates, line drawings, this book on the use of colour in the architcture of Verona is entirely in Italian. (2.0 JM LVR 206/0. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Lisboa: Centro De Estudos Filologicos, 1961. (PORT) Three volumes. Small ownership label to end papers, no markings, some rubbing and small trears to head or foot of spine in two of the volumes, Very Good. Volume I: xxix, 334pp. Volume II: 393pp, there is a coloured fold-out map in perfect order; a couple of line maps in text.… Read more about this item

Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1957. (USA) Presumed 1st edition 1957) Owner's name, no other markings, Very Good in unclipped Acceptable dust jaccket in mylar sleeve. Blacck cloth, xii, 271pp, index, no illus. Leonard Bloomfield (1887- 1949) was an American linguist who led the development of structural linguistics in the United States during the 1930s and… Read more about this item