Learn German with Stories: Café in Berlin -- 10 Short Stories for Beginners
S.l. LearnOutLive, 2013. Paperback. 93, [3] p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
Dictionaries & Language Study
Epistles, Elegant, Familiar, & Instructive: Selected from the Best Writers, Ancient as well as Modern; intended for the Improvement of Young Persons, and for General Entertainment; being a proper Supplement to Extracts in Prose, & in Poetry
London: Rivington, 1791. Hard Cover. "Printed for Messrs. Rivingtons, Longman, Law, Dodsley, Whites Johnson, Robinsons, Cadell, Murray, Richardson, Baldwin, Bew, Goldsmith, Faulder, Hayes, Ogilvy & Co., Bent, Scatcherd & Co. Vernor, Wynne, Wilkie, Lowndes, Evans & Kearsley." iv, [12], 776 p.: engraved title page with vignette ; 25 cm. Signatures..... More
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Diakopes ste Santorine [Mikres Istories se Apla Ellenika: 3. Epipedo]
Athens: Deltos Publishing, 2012. Paperback. 87 p.: illustrations; 17 cm. Stapled paperback with illustrated cover. Entirely in Modern Greek. Part of the series Mikres Istories se Apla Ellenika = Greek Easy Readers. Includes vocabularies in English, French, and German. Bookseller's label on back cover for Greekshops, Santa Monica, CA. In..... More
The Late Mr. Lang's Dialogues Translated Out of the French and Italian Tongues into the English, with the Words and Phrases of Every Dialogue, for the Advantage of Young Scholars, by John Justin Herwig [provenance: Mifflintown, Pa.]
Nurembergh [Nürnberg]: Christoph Riegels seel. Wittib, 1763. Paperback. 78 p. [incomplete, probably of 96 p.]; 17 cm. Signatures: A-E8 (-E8) (8vo). The remains of a contemporary wrapper are attached along the spine, but lacking otherwise. The remaining paper cover is lined with part of a page of a German-language book..... More
Dear Doosie: Eine Liebesgeschichte in Briefen -- auch eine Möglichkeit, sein Englisch spielend aufzufrischen; Mit 21 Zeichnungen vom Verfasser
Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1987. Paperback. 259, [13] p.: illustrations; 18 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Publisher's advertisements on final 10 unpaginated pages. An amusing correspondence in German and English. In Very Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; clean and tight. More
New Perspectives in Greek Linguistics; Edited by Nikolaos Lavidas, Elissavet Nouchoutidou, and Marietta Sionti
Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. Hardcover. xxix, [1], 309 p.: illustrations, tables; 21 cm. Black cloth with silver spine title. Dust jacket. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Conditon: 3 punctures along back joint; otherwise, clean and bright... More
Elementar-Unterricht in der französischen Sprache, oder ganz neue und interessante Methode, diese Sprache recht schnell verstehen, sprechen und schreiben zu lernen, für Schulen
Halle, Germany: Renger Buchhandlung, 1806. Hardcover. xiv, 330 p.; 17 cm. Original dark brown paste-paper boards with original handwritten grey paper spine label. All page edges speckled red. Front free endpaper bears two inscriptions: "W.B. Schulte 1946" and, in an older hand, "Jenisot." Front fixed endpaper bears small bookplate of..... More
The Big Yellow Book of German Verbs 555 Fully Conjugated Verbs with cd
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005. Paperback. iii, [1], 38, [2], 555, [1], 647-700 p.; 25 cm. Paperback. With cd inside back cover. In Near Fine Condition: a few pencilled underlines in the first pages; otherwise, clean and tight. More
A Vedic Grammar for Students by Arthur Anthony MacDonell
Delhi: Low Price Publications, 2009. Hardcover. x, [2], 508 p.; 19 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover. Black endpapers. First published in 1916. Includes indices. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
Madrigal's Magic Key to German; illustrations by Reisie Lonette
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1966. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. [4], 474 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. No dust jacket. Ex-library: black library buckram with white spine title and call number; number stamped at lower edge of table of contents page. No other library markings. In Near Fine Condition: ex-library with..... More
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Picture-Writing of the American Indians by Garrick Mallery; Foreword by J. W. Powell [2 volumes]
New York: Dover Publications, 1972. Paperback. 2 volumes: x, [1], 6-460 p.; xiv, 461-822, [8] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperbacks with illustrated covers. Includes bibliography and index. Publisher's catalog on 6 pages following text in vol. 2. Gift inscription on first (blank) page of each volume covered with blank bookplate..... More
Aramaic Hebrew English Dictionary of the Babylonian Talmud
Jerusalem: Samuel and Odette Levy Foundation, 2005. Hardcover. xx, [2], 599 p.; 25 cm. Hardback. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper. Includes abreviations and a chronology. "The original Milon Arami-Ivrai with a new English translation. Aramaic terms are presented alphabetically, in the form in hwich they appear in the..... More
The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States by H. L. Mencken; The Fourth Edition and the Two Supplements, abridged, with annotations and new material, by Raven I. McDavid; With the assistance of David W. Maurer
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. Hardcover. "One-volume abridged edition." [2], xxv, [1], 777, [1], cxxiv, [4] p.; 24 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. top page edges green. Dust jacket with design based on an original by W. A. Dwiggins; price-clipped. A heavy book; for international shipping, it..... More
Escuela Paleographica, ó de Leer Letras Antiguas, desde la Entrada de los Godos en Espanña, Hasta Nuestros Tiempos
Madrid: Juan Antonio Lazano, 1780. Hardcover. [36], 443, [1] p.: 57 leaves of paleographic engravings; 36 cm. Half calf with marbled paper over boards (possibly a 20th-century binding). Six spine compartments between raised bands; red morocco labels in the second and fifth compartments with gilt-tooled title "Letras Cursivas Antiguas y...... More
Novo Vocabulario contendo as Palavras mais Usuaes com a Pronuncia Figurada: Portuguez-Allemão por R. de Mesquita [bound with] Praktisches Taschenwörterluch der Umganssprache: mit der Aussprache Sämtlicher Wörter und einem Verzeichnis der Unregelmässigen Haupt und Zeitwörter: Deutsch-Portugiesisch
Paris / Rio de Janeiro: H. Garnier, 1902. Hardcover. [4], 289, [5], 254 p.; 14 cm. Brown leather-grain cloth with white spine and cove titles. Embossed publisher's emblem on back cover; endpapers have a continous pattern of the publisher's emblem. "Vocabularios Garnier" -- at head of front cover and title..... More
NTC's Dictionary of Latin and Greek Origins; Bob Moore and Maxine Moore; Illustrated by Suzanne Shimek Dunaway
New York: McGraw Hill, 1997. Paperback. vii, [1], 382 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback. In Very Good Condition: cover very lightly soiled; edges rubbed; pages are clean and tight. More
Talk Dirty French
Avon, Mass. Adams Media, 2008. Paperback. iv, [4], 200 p.: illustrations; 18 cm. Paperback. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
Classical Syriac for Hebraists
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1987. Paperback. xv, [1], 131 p.; 24 cm. Paperback; red covers with white spine and cover titles. In Near Fine- Condition: edges rubbed; upper corner of front cover lightly creased; clean and bright. More
A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Antient Greece vol. 4 [provenance: Winchester College]
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1859. Hardcover. Second Edition. Vol. 4 only: xii, 568 p., 1 folded map of the world according to Hecataeus; 22 cm. 19th-century polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title "Literature of..... More
The English Reader, or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Selected from the Best Writers: designed to assist young persons to read with propriety and effect; to improve their language and sentiments; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue
Utica, N.Y. William Williams, 1828. Hardcover. "To Which are Prefixed, The Definitions of Inflections & Emphasis, and Rules for Reading Verse, with a Key . . . Actually Applied . . . to the Whole of Mr. Murray's Selections by M.R. Bartlett." Stereotyped by H. & E. Phinney, Cooperstown. Copyright..... More
Introduction to the English Reader: or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Poetry; calculated to improve the younger classes of learners in reading, and to imbue their minds with the love of virtue; to which are added, rules and observations for assisting children to read with propriety
Albany, N.Y. Websters and Skinners and D. Steele & Son, 1825. Hardcover. 166 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary calf spine with plain grey paper over boards. "21" at head of front board, the digits printed separately on small pieces of paper. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: James Fir?. Small..... More
Introduction to the English Reader: or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Poetry; calculated to improve the younger classes of learners, in reading; and to imbue their minds with the love of virtue; with Rules and Observations for assisting Children to read with Propriety
Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1813. Hardcover. "J. Downing, Printer." 204 p.; 17 cm. Contemporary full calf (which a more recent owner coated in an unknown shiny protectorant). Although born near Harrisburg, Pa., Lindley Murray (1745-1826) moved to a Quaker community in York, England, after the American Revolution. He wrote and..... More
Murray's Abridgment of English Grammar Improved: The Text Being Revised; and Illustrated with Copious Explanatory Notes; Interspersed with Parsing Exercises, Sentences to be Corrected, and Questions for Examination; To which is added, an Appendix, Containing Composition, Punctuation, Capital Letters, Abbreviations, etc. by the Rev. John Davis.
Belfast: Simms and McIntyre, 1834. Hardcover. [2], ii, 188 p.: 1 illustration; 15 cm. Remnants of original plain calf with later home repair using calf over spine and half of boards. Former owner Samuel Ohara wrote ownership poems on the front free endpaper, added his name in the some upper..... More
De Lingua Othomitorum Dissertatio; auctore Emmanuele Naxera, Mexicano, Academiae Litterariae Zacatecarum Socio [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XII]
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 250-296 p.: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. "Communicated to the American Philosophical Society, 6th March 1835." Includes Errata on p. 296. Father Najera (1803-1853) was a linguist who was in exile in Philadelphia from his native Mexico..... More
A Dictionary of Modern Greek Proverbs, with an English Translation, Explanatory Remarks, and Philological Illustrations
S.l. Scholar Select, 2015. Hardcover. This is a reproduction of the copy presented to the Harvard College library by the author, which was published in Edinburgh by Thomas Clark in 1831. [4], xi, [1], 144 p.; 24 cm. Brown and black hardback with white spine and cover titles. In Near..... More