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London: Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, 1902. First Edition. Paperback. 40 pp. As part of their missionary effort some Christian groups helped put native languages into writing. Nice copy. General wear. Full refund if not satisfied. 6.5" x 4"
Item #072522
USA: The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, 1934. Reprint. Paperback. Reprint. Pages 143-170 laid in tan paper cover entitled in black. Shading on covers, normal shelf wear with rubbing and soiled. Occasional small pencil notation within body of papers. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #071548
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Northwestern Publishing House, 1909. Hardcover. German text. Full green leather binding with blind stamped decorative patterns. Decorated end-papers. viii, 482pp. Spine and covers' borders are sunned (they are brown colored). Head and foot of spine are chipped, there is tearing along back upper part of the spine, and.....
Item #062239
New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1910. Illustrated. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Dark brown cloth with gold lettering. Illustrated. Text tight and clean. xv, 133pp., index. Nice copy. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #026520
Rostock [self-published], 1923. Paperback. Rostock Oriental Studies Volume 1. Basics of Sumerian grammar by Arno Poebel. An Darstellungen der sumerischen grammatik hat es in den sieben Jahzehnten, auf die nun die sumerische Forschung zuruckauch, wie sprode deas Sumerische sich gegen die Versuche, tiefer in sein grammatisches Verstandnis einzudringen, verhalten hat.....
Item #072166
![Item #072327 IL Ritorno Di Casanova [FIRST EDITION]. Arthur Schnitzler](https://shelleyandsonbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/072327.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1700253246)
Olivetti, 1985. Ludmil Siskov. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A gift from Carlo De Benedetti who was an Italian billionaire who owned Olivetti at the time of publication. Hardback. Text is written in Italian. Beautiful, colorful full-spread illustrations throughout book. Clean pages with no apparent markings or creasing. 78 pp.....
Item #072327
A Cologne: Ches Pierre du Marteau, 1671. Abraham Blooteling (Engraver). Early Edition. Hardcover. EARLY EDITION, PUBLISHED IN 1671. Loosely translated into English: "The Faithful Shepherd Translated From The Italian Of Guarini To Francois". Small hardcover, measuring 5" tall x 3" wide x almost 1.5" thick. Half brown leather with brown.....
Item #000982
London: Philological Society, 1921. Several folding charts. First Edition. Softcover. Wrappers soiled, edge wear, inside clean. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 262 pages. Illustrator: Several folding charts. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Language & Linguistics; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon.....
Item #057611
Paperback. Yellow coloration on front and back covers. Illustration on front cover, some illustrations within. This is a reprint of Keach's original work published 1710 (6 years after his death), using digitally recreated facsimiles. 149 pp. Like new condition. No writing within. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #063275
Wien: von Schmid & Busch, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Binding worn, hinges weak, back strip quite worn. Interior tight and clean save light spots of foxing. Small library stamp on the Hebrew title page. Save for the translation of the title page, the book is entirely in Hebrew.....
Item #055233
Journal of African Society, 1908. Softcover. Beige paper binding. Threaded together. 11pp. Covers and some pages have stains (a few minor dampstains to front cover). Spine has tearing to it's upper and lower portions (but everything is still holding together). Text body is free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Good.....
Item #062325
A Orange: Joseph Bouchony, 1810. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Engraved frontispiece plus an additional plate.1/4 leather, worn, back-strip torn loose, edges worn. Little foxing, mostly in rear. Size: 16mo. 345 pages. Text is in French. 16mo.
Item #045031
![Item #072324 Del Giardino [FIRST EIITON]. Bruno Caruso](https://shelleyandsonbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/072324.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1700253243)
Olivetti, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Indexed. Hardback. Text is written in Italian. Beautiful and colorful illustrations throughout book. Clean pages with no apparent markings or creasing. 202 pp. Colorfully illustrated end papers. Very light foxing on top and bottom edges of pages. Bright emerald green cloth cover with.....
Item #072324
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921. Hardcover. Hardcover. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Shuwa Arabic, the Afro-Arabic language spoken in Sudan, Chad and other states of Sahelian Africa. 29 stories, Indexed. 116pp. CONDITION: Front cover is cupped. Light shelf wear. Binding and text block are sound.....
Item #072781
New York: Appleton Century Crofts, 1938. Reprint Edition. Paperback. Stapled booklet, vi, 24pp., a few marks on the front cover, otherwise very good throughout, Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #021104
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1910. First Edition. Softcover. Wrappers worn, detached, edges chipped. Paper age toned and almost brittle. A publication from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South. Size: 8vo. 337-382 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Language & Linguistics; Pictures.....
Item #052513
London: The United Society For Christian Literature, No Date Listed. Hardcover. VOLUME I LOZI-ENGLISH. Lozi, also known as siLozi and Rozi, is a Bantu language of the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho–Tswana branch of Zone S, that is spoken by the Lozi people, primarily in southwestern Zambia and in.....
Item #072446
London: S.P.C.K., 1886. Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Binding rubbed, back cover creased, both front & back fly leaves stained. Library emboss & accession numbers on title page. A South African dialect. Size: Small Octavo. 104 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Language & Linguistics;.....
Item #057886
London: Trubner & Co., 1879. First Edition (?). Softcover(Saddle-stitched). Library emboss on front wrapper. Wrappers soiled, little edge wear. Page edges little soiled, slight wrinkling. This publication under the auspices of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. Size: 8vo. 11 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1.....
Item #049747
Lipsia: C. T. Rabenhorst, 1801. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). (Vol. 2 only of 2) Emboss of Society Library on fly leaf. Binding worn, corners bumped, spine quite scuffed. One spine label largely gone. Paper age toned, moderately foxed throughout. Printed in an almost microscopic type, but legible. Size: 12mo.....
Item #055509
Olivetti, 1984. Tullio Pericoli. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardback. Text is written in Italian. Beautiful and colorful illustrations throughout book; illustrations are both full-page and full-spread. Clean pages with no apparent markings or creasing. Illustrated end papers. 228 pp. Page edges have light foxing. Black cloth cover with small.....
Item #072326
Douglas: Clucas and Fargher, 1940. Second Edition. Softcover. Wrappers rubbed, slight chipping at edges. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. 74 pages. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Language & Linguistics; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon.....
Item #051792
Philadelphia: T. & G. Palmer, 1810. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). (Vol. 3 only of 3) Leather binding quite worn, hinges breaking. Paper foxed throughout. Contents page has some ink scoring. From the library of James Murdock with his signature and stamp. American Imprints #20,004. Size: Small Octavo. 647 pages.....
Item #055513
Reprinted from Journal of the American Oriental Society, c. [1938]. Paperback. Reprint. Volume 58, Number 1, Pages 173-201. Tan paper covers, stapled binding. Black print title on cover. Ex library, stamp inside front cover. Notations on front. Normal shelf wear. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #071545
Reprint from Journal of the American Oriental Society, [1935?]. Paperback. Volume 55, Number 4, Pages 432-443. Stapled paper pamphlet, pencil notations on blank cover and title page. No other writing within. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #071547