American University of Beirut, (1985). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. xiv,179pp. Cream cloth with brown lettering on spine in original dustjacket. Some staining and scuffing to boards. Slight rippling along spine on back board. Discoloration, creasing and water staining to dj. Tiny closed tear on head of spine on dj. Some..... More
Tokyo: Methodist Publishing House, 1903. First English Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. XXXII, 573 pp. Three quarter leather over green covered boards. This is an English edition of the first German edition published at Berlin in 1890. The author of the original German edition, Rudolf Lange (1850-1933) was lecturer for Japanese at..... More
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: William Penn Fraternal Association, 1957. Hardcover. 12mo. 197pp. Blue cloth. Minor scuffing to boards. Owner's signature to title page. Great English-Hungarian dictionary, published by the William Penn Fraternal Association. In near fine condition. On William Penn: William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania..... More
[Ann Arbor]: The University of Michigan, 1962. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. IV, 274pp. Original printed wrappers with publisher's logo on front cover. This work is intended to provide a graded introduction to the reading of Pashto texts, and not only material for classroom use but also for self-study. The Reader..... More
Louvain: J. B. Istas, 1899. Hardcover. 8vo. 34 page pamphlet stapled and bound in modern brown paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine. Original front wrapper of pamphlet has been pasted onto front board. Discoloration to paste-down and boards. Chipping to back wrapper. Two inch closed tear to top edge of..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. Paperback. 8vo. v, 116 pp. Gray paper cover. Pages uncut at top edge. Back cover detached, but present. Chipping to page edges. Else, in good condition. More
Karlsruhe: H. Reuther, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 65pp. Three-quarter cloth over marbled boards with pasted-down cover plate. Blue paper with handwritten title taped to spine. Head and tail of spine chipped. Wear to corners and edges. Abrasions and scuffing to boards. Hinges starting. Ex libris of Wolf Leslau, the..... More
Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1864. Hardcover. 8vo. vi, 550pp. 3/4 black leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Essays on classical philology and literaure written by renowned 19th century German philologist and antiquarian (see below). Front board loose but present, with spine starting to detach..... More
Philadelphia: Conat Press. Academy Book Room, 1922. Hardcover. 8vo. 122pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped and rubbed, corners rubbed. Minor scuffing and staining to boards. Stamps of Rabbi Saul B. Appelbaum on free front endpaper. "There has long been..... More
Leipzig: Caspar Fritz, 1789. Second edition completely revised and greatly expanded. Hardcover. 8vo. xxxx. 2839pp. 3/4 leather over paper covered boards. Title vignette. Printers devices. Latin-German dictionary. Complete in one volume. With two columns to each page and pagination according to columns. Seminal work of Latin lexicography. Scheller was the..... More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (2) vii, 229pp. Self-bound black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. "The phonological changes responsible for the development of Old Persian and Avestan consonants are the subject of this study. An inventory of Proto-Indo-European phonological segments is taken for granted..... More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1965. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. vi, 209pp. Signed and dedicated to Herbert Paper on title page by Jim Snow. Self bound blue wrappers with typed black lettering on label on cover. Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of..... More
Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2003. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv, 347pp. Green cloth with embossed gilt lettering. Work on Medieval Grammar of Iraqi Arabic, written by the late Orientalist Rafi Talmon (see below).Fine condition. Rafi Talmon was born in Haifa on January 9, 1948. In 1973 he completed his B.A. studies in..... More
Malibu: Undena publications, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. vii, 87pp., 131 plates. Original illustrated red buckram with black lettering on cover and spine. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica: Primary sources and interpretive analysis for the study of Mesopotamian civilization and its influences from late prehistory to the end of the cuneiform tradition, volume..... More
Cambridge: American Schools of Oriental Research, (1980). Hardcover. 4to. x,43pp. Illustrated blue cloth with white lettering. Authoritative work by Z. Zevit on ancient Hebrew epigraphy. Contents: The Study of Matres Lectionis. The Eighth Century - Israel. The Eighth-Seventh Centuries - Judah. The Sixth century. After the Sixth Century. Bibliography. Minor..... More
Philadelphia: Published for the American Schools of Oriental Research by the University of Pennsylvania, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 321-427pp. Half cloth over gray paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Wear to bottom front corner. Water stain to upper part..... More
Leipzig: Christoph Breitkopf und Sohn, 1777. Hardcover. 8vo. 300pp. Blue paper covered boards with red label to spine. Illustrated title page. Printers devices. Printed on high quality cotton rag. Work on German grammar by renowned 18th century German writer ande critic, Johann Christoph Gottsched. Text in German, in Gothic script..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Sm. 4to. xx,49,118pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine. Some scuffing and discoloration to boards. Signature of previous owner to free front endpaper. Volume XIV of Harvard Semitic Series. Texts from excavations at Nuzi conducted by the Semitic Museum and the..... More
Napoli: Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 1982. Softcover. 8vo. 86pp. Original wrappers. "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
Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 412pp. Original printed paper covered boards. The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Betanure, which has hitherto remained unattested, is among the rarest and most seriously endangered varieties of Aramaic spoken at the present time. One of the most archaizing Jewish Neo-Aramaic varieties and..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11 3/4 x 8 3/4"). 48pp (Text), 74 leaves (Plates). Modern 3/4 black cloth over blue paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine. In this volume, Dr. Tremayne has published 198 texts dating from the reigns of the first..... More
Ankara: Ministry of Education; Directorate of Publications; Printed Education Materials Development Center, ND (ca 1960). First edition. Softcover. Oblong folio. 220pp. Original half black cloth over printed wrappers. This report of a study by the staff of the Georgetown University Language Program in Ankara, Turkey, was designed to provide information..... More
New York: Hebrew Publishing Company, 1924. Hardcover. 4to. ix,1749pp. Blind-stamped black cloth. Heavy age wear and staining to binding. Split and frayed along spine on front board firmly holding. Marbled endpapers. Expertly reinforced with brown binders tape along gutter at front- and rear endpapers. Heavy pulling, chipping and creasing to..... More
München: Max Hueber, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 270 (1)pp. Original green cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. Textbooks for the Study of Oriental and African Languages, Vol. XII. Persian, also defined as New-Persian is an Iranian language belonging to the family Indo-Germanic languages. Documents reach back to..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Ukranian Research Institute Sources and Documents Series, 1978. Hardcover. Sm. 4to. x. 179pp. Embossed black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original dj. Slight discoloration to bottom edge and some scuffing on boards. Chipping, some discoloration and minor scuffing to dj. Head and tail of dj..... More