Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxix, 744(2)pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. There are at least 3 distinct Gurage languages, possibly as many as 12, according to Leslau. It is spoken in the South Ethiopic group of Semitic. Includes articles on Gurage in..... More
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxix, 744(2)pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. A fine, as new copy. There are at least 3 distinct Gurage languages, possibly as many as 12, according to Leslau. It is spoken in the South Ethiopic group of Semitic..... More
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 105pp. Rebound in boards with red buckram, gilt, spine strip. Original wrappers lacking. "Amharic is a Semitic language. Together with Geez, Tigre, Tigrinya in the north, and Gurage, Harari, Agrobba and Gafat in the south, it belongs to the Semitic language family..... More
Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2000. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. XIX, [1], 232, [4]pp. Original printed wraps. First edition of this classic work on the Amharic language. Wraps and interior as new. Laid in at front are a letter to Laslau from the publisher and a review of this work in a...... More
Paris: Librairie C. Klincksieck, 1938. First edition. 8vo. viii,501,(3)pp. Red buckram, gilt. Pages somewhat fragile (poor paper stock) and final 5 leaves are present but loose. This is Wolf Leslau's earlist recorded publication. Collection Linguistique Publie par la Société de Linguistique de Paris - XLI. From the collection of Wolf Leslau..... More
Napoli: Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 1982. Softcover. 8vo. 86pp. Original wrappers. Fine. "Tigre is a Semitic Ethiopian language spoken in the eastern, western and northern lowlands of Eritrea, including the Massawa region and the Dahlak islands in the east, and up to the Kassala province and in the border regions of..... More
Napoli: Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 1982. Softcover. 8vo. 86pp. Original wrappers. Fine. "Tigre is a Semitic Ethiopian language spoken in the eastern, western and northern lowlands of Eritrea, including the Massawa region and the Dahlak islands in the east, and up to the Kassala province and in the border regions..... More
1995: Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xlv,(1), 1044pp. Maroon cloth with black spine label, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Small stain on fore-edge, text unaffected. A detailed reference grammar on Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia by the famous UCLA Professor. "This grammar is not intended for..... More
New Haven, CT: American Oriental Society, 1945-1948. First edition thus. Hardcover. 4to. 203,(1);(127)-139pp. Green cloth, original offprint wrappers bound in. Spine strip with hand lettered blue/gray binders tape. Bookplate of Wolf Leslau on front pastedown. Wrappers lightly age toned. Two offprints from The Journal of the American Oriental Society: v...... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1958. First edition. 4to. x,86pp. Index. Rebound in boards with red buckram, gilt, spine strip. Original front wrapper mounted on front board. Volume 21 of the series "University of California Publications in Semitic Philology." From the collection of Wolf Leslau. Wolf Leslau was undoubtedly the..... More