Edwin Mellen Press, 2001. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 157 pages. First edition thus. A very good copy in illustrated cloth covers. Covers are foxed. Contents near fine. No dust jacket. With his suicide in 1903, at the age of 23, Otto Weininger became a central figure in the mythology of.....
United Committee of South-Slavic Americans, 1946. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8 pages. 2-page map on pp. 4-5. Adamic argues for a more favorable border line for Yugoslavians between Italy and Yogoslavia. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback) addressed with stamp on rear cover.
First Edition. Trade Paperback. Volume II: 464 pp. with 2 folding maps and 4 plates, i folding; Vol. III: 378 pp., with 3 folding maps and 4 plates of birds, missing Plate IV (birds). 'Ouvrage traduit du Hollandois par les soins du Governement, enrichi de Notes, & orne de cartes.....
Calve'sche Buchhandlung, 1843. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 63 pages. Text in German. Leo von Thun(-Hohenstein) (1811-1888) was a prominent statesman and leader of the Federalist party in Bohemia and a supporter of the Czech language and literature. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in green wrappers (paperback).
Verlag von Wihl. Engelmann, 1845. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 24 pages. von Thun (1811-1888) was a prominent leader of the Federalist party in Bohemia and supporter of the Czech language and literature. First edition (first printing). Very good in wappers (paperback).
Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 557 pages. B/W illustrations. Text in Portuguese. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in blue cloth with bright gilt lettering on front cover and spine. In very good dust jacket with edge and corner wear and small edge chips. Spine slightly tanned.....
1954. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 56 pages. Text in Armenian. Abstract only. OCLC locates 21 cc of full work, 520 pp. First edition (first printing) of abstract. Very good in pale blue wrappers (paperback), stapled. Covers mildly soiled and tanned.
Kemink en Zoon, 1858, 1861, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Vol. I: A-K: lxxviii,463 pages; Vol. II: L-Z: lxxxviii, 517 pages; Vol. III: cccxviii, 489. Contains collection of proverbs from the Netherlands. First editions (first printings). A very good uniform set in marbled paper over boards and leather covers with title.....
n.p., ?Antuna Jakica, n.d., ca. 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. 199 pages. . First edition (first printing), presumed. A very good rebound copy in decorated paper over boards and red cloth covers with title 'Bosanski priujatelj' and '2' in gilt on spine. Tape repair to tear on page 191-2. Pages foxed.....
Antuna Jakica, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. 208 pages. Text in Croatian. 'Magazine containing necessary, useful and fun information' - English translation. WorldCat finds 1 copy. First edition (first printing). A very good copy rebound in decorated papert over boards and red cloth covers with title and ruling in gilt on.....
Tiskem C.K. Dvorni Knihtiskarny Synuv Bohumila Haase, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. 240 pages. (1799-1852) was a Czech writer and translator. He published Bohemian, Moravian, and Slovak poetry. At the same time, he also translated Russian, Serbian, and Lithuanian folk songs. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in green paper.....
Alliance College, 1952. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 50 pages. Signed by the authors: 'with the compliments of the compilers.' - opposite the copyright page. First edition (first printing). Very good in illustrated cream printed wrappers (paperback). Wrappers are browned.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, May 1984. Hardcover. La Place de la Concorde Suisse is John McPhee's rich, journalistic study of the Swiss Army's role in Swiss society. The Swiss Army is so quietly efficient at the art of war that the Israelis carefully patterned their own military on the Swiss.....
Indiana University, 1947. Trade Paperback. Rebound in blue cloth.
(the author?), 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. xxiii, 1055 pages. Papahagi, according to Wikipedia (I know, I know) was 'an acknowledged authority on the life and languages of the Romance-speaking peoples from south of the Danube, the Aromanians and Megleno-Romanians; he wrote several foundational texts on the subject that are classic.....
Polskie Tow. Ludoznawcze, 1954. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 161 pages. Proverbs from Cieszyn Silesia in Poland. An edition of 3000 copies. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers in a near fine dust jacket.
Stockmann, 1846. First Edition. Pamphlet. 80 pages. Later expanded and retitled Die Sprichworter der Polen historisch erlautert. A collection of Polish proverbs, with German translations and explanations. Scarce, with two holdings in OCLC (Harvard, National Library of Sweden). First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Bookplate of the.....
V kommissi u Frantiska Rivnace, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. 644 pages. Novoceska Bibliotheka vydavana nakladem ceskeho museum, XIV. Sayings of the Slavic nations, in Czech. First edition (first printing). Rebound in modern cloth; perforated stamp from a libary on a few pages; no other library markings.
Kiadja Kokai Lajos, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. 770 pages. This collection of Hungarian proverbs and idioms was the most extensive and important up to its day, with neary 20,000 entries. The book was reprinted a number of times, most recently in 1998. Uncommon and important. First edition (first printing). A......
The Czechoslovak Information Service, 1942. Trade Paperback. 138, 96 pages. No. 2 includes selected documents covering the period from the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Germans, 1939, to the end of 1942. No.3 is the fourth revised edition of 'Democracy in Czechlslovakia' by Brackett Lerwis and presents a summary of.....