John W. Parker, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. 176 pages. Proverbs in English, French, Italian, Spanish and German. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in stamped green cloth covers with bright gilt decorations and lettering on front cover and spine. Spine is tanned. No dust jacket.
The Folio Society, 2014. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 199 pages. Text of this edition follows that of the paperback edition by Penguin Books in 1999, with minor emendations. First Folio Society edition (first printing). A fine copy; no dust jacket. In publisher's origingal slipcase.
Harper Perennial, January 2003. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). "An essay in origins ... as theoretical as Hawking and Gorst in trying to see into the deep past. McWhorter is a clear and witty writer."-- Harper's In the first book written for the layperson about the natural history.....
University of California Press, 1971. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 209 pages. First edition (first printing). Very good in yellow wrappers (paperback).Slight cover wear. Crease in front cover lower front edge.
Mouton, 1974. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 428 pages. Dialogues with Allace Chafe, Noam Chomsky, Algirdas J. Greimas, M.A.K. Halliday and others. Jungua Linguarum, Series Maior, 93. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Privately Printed by Lintons Printers, Co. Durham, 2002. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 191 pages. B/W photographs. Book on Teesdale dialect. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Centre of Northern Studies School of Humanites University of Northumbria, 2002. Trade Paperback. Text, 144 pages; Survey, 145 pages. Second editions, revised, updated. Fine copies in wrappers (paperback).
W. Nicholson & Sons (No. 7) and Watmoughs Limited (No. 14), n.d., ca. 1900-1910. Trade Paperback. No. 7, 16 pages. No. 14, 16 pages. First editions (first printings), presumed. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Tanning and some wear to covers. Some rusting to staples on No. 14.
Yorkshire Publishing Press, n.d., ca. 1921. Trade Paperback. pp. 40-54. First edition (first printing). Very good in illustrated pink wrappers (paperback). Wear to covers with rust at staples. Scarce.
S.P.C.K., 1937. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Hand-Book: 95 pages; Elementary Exercises: 44 pages. Folding 'Table of Contents' opposite the title page. Hand-Book originally published in 1901. First edition thus. A very good copy in brown cloth covers with title in black on fron tcover. Edge and corner wear. Staining to.....
The A. B. M. Press (American Baptist Mission), 1945. Hardcover. 66 pages. Revised edition, originally published in 1883. Revised edition. A very good copy in white paper over boards and blue cloth covers with title on front cover. Mild soiling and edge wear. Title page with 2' closed tear. No.....
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 175 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in blue paper over boards and black cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Sheet of 'further additions and corrections' enclosed. Covers mildly soiled, upper corners bumped. Edge wear. No dust.....
Cambridge University Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 157 pages. Schuchardt is credited with founding the field of creole studies. Book is the first English translation of a selection of his most important essays. First edition in English (first printing). Near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket.....
Dorset Press, June 1995. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
James Clegg, 'The Aldine Press', 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. 488 pages. Rochdale is a large town in the Greater Manchester area of England. First edition (first printing). Volume I (one * on spine). A very good copy in red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Mile edge and corner wear.....
University of California Publications in Linguistics, 1944 and 1946. First Edition. Trade Paperback. University of California Publications in Linguistics: Volume 2, No. 1, pp. viii, 1-192; Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 1-190; Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. iv, 191-374. The Kotas are people of South India in the Nilgiri Hills.....
University of California Press, 1962. First Edition. Trade Paperback. University of California Publications in Linguistics, Volume 26. pp. x, 121. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in gray printed wrappers (paperback).
University of California Press, 1962. First Edition. Trade Paperback. University of California Publications in Linguistics, Volume 27. pp. xi, 90. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in gray printed wrappers (paperback).
Harvard University Press, (1984). First Edition. Trade Paperback. 435 pages. Pinker's first book; lays out his theory of computational language acquisition. The seventh book in Harvard's Cognitive Science Series. Published simultaneously in hardcover. First edition (first printing). A near fine, gently read copy in wrappers (paperback). From the Harvard office.....
University of California Press, 1950. First Edition. Trade Paperback. x, paginaged from 157 to 328, as issued. Map. University of California Publications in English, vol. 7, no. 4. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Inscribed by the author on the cover, 'To Bud, with best.....
Funk & Wagnalls Co, 1911. Hardcover. 133 pages. Includes index not present in the first edition. Illustrated with black-and-white charts and diagrams. Fifth edition. Near fine hardcover copy in brown cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine; no dust jacket. Light bumps and wear to corners.
Almqvist & Wiksell, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 644 plus 6 pages of errata and corrigenda. First edition (first printing). One page with a repaired margin tear. Neatly bound in gold cloth, lacking the original wrappers.
Harvard University Press, January 1973. Hardcover. For many years, Roger Brown and his colleagues have studied the developing language of pre-school children-the language that ultimately will permit them to understand themselves and the world around them. This longitudinal research project records the conversational performances of three children, studying both semantic.....
Indiana University Press, 1965. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 135 pages; reproduced from typescript. A linguistic analysis of the structure of Persian riddles. Persian text written phonetically in the Roman alphabet. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
HarperCollins UK, May 2008. Trade Paperback. Suitable for those captivated by language and our ability to abuse it, this title, by one of Britain's foremost commentators on English, collects and explains examples of verbal perfume.