Meched (Iran): Université de Méched, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth with gold lettering and ruling on spine. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper (Herbert H. Paper*). Scarce romanized transliteration of words, sentences and texts of the Bukhara dialect. Spine slightly age-toned. Upper front corner bumped..... More
London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1983. Hardcover. Lg. 4to. xix,217,38pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original dustjacket. Head and tail of spine and bottom corners slightly bumped. Some creasing and discoloration to dj. Excavations at North Saqqara directed by W.B. Emery. Documentary Series under the general..... More
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xii,582pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Minor scuffing to boards. Small mark of blue ink on fore-page edge. Frontisportrait of Leslau with his signature in facsimile. This work was dedicated to Wolf Leslau on the occasion of his..... More
Leipzig: Bei S. Hirzel, 1871. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 72pp. Paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine. Spine repaired with clear tape. Some spotting and scuffing to boards. Hinges starting. Ex libris of Wolf Leslau, the famous expert on Semitic languages and former Professor of UCLA to inside of front board..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11 3/4 x 8 3/4"). xvi, [2], 45, [3]pp (Text), 46 leaves (Plates). Modern 3/4 black cloth over blue paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine. Since the publication of Albert T. Clay's "Miscellanous Inscriptions in the Yale Babylonian..... More
[Teheran]: Bank Melli Iran Press, 1958-59. First edition. Paperback. Large octavo. 317, [5]pp. Original printed wrappers. Frontispiece portrait of Mohammad Rezâ Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. The first part of this Persian method focuses on acquiring the spoken aspect of Persian i.e. speaking the language correctly or, at least coming to..... More
Giessen: J. Ricker'sche Buchhandlung, n/d. Hardcover. Ex library. 8vo. viii,123pp. Three-quarter cloth over marbled boards with gold lettering on spine. Head and tail of spine and corners slightly rubbed. Small library stamp to inside of front board. Signature of previous owner to blank page preceding front endpaper, and small ex..... More
Pittsburgh, Bangkok: Self published, 1967. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. xiv, 323, xxvii, 324-552pp. Original cloth tape over illustrated green Wrappers with black lettering on covers. "The principles of aural-oral approach underline this text... The term aural-oral is used because it describes the point of entrance into the study of the..... More
Napoli: Istituto Universitario Orientale, 1994. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. XXIII, [1], 331, [1]pp. Original printed wraps with red and black lettering on front cover. Printer's device on front wrap and title-page. Fascinating work being a compilation of 14 Ethiopian studies on various subjects such as the origin of the Baria..... More
Brünn: NP, 1914. Hardcover. 8vo. 98pp. Original paper-covered boards. Spine has been crudely repaired with clear tape. Scuffing, discoloration and minor staining to boards. Browning to front and rear endpapers as well as title-page. Ex libris of Wolf Leslau, the former professor at UCLA and expert on Ethiopian Semitic languages..... More
New Haven: Published for Goucher College by Yale University Press, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11 1/2 x 8 3/4"). 67, [3]pp (Text), 56 leaves (Plates). 3/4 dark blue cloth over tan paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine. The 420 texts of this volume belong to the reigns..... More
Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xi, 664pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine in original dj. Head and tail of spine bumped. Some staining to back board. Minor creasing and scuffing to dj. Inscribed by author to Wolf Leslau on free front..... More
Washington DC: Reprinted by the Center for Applied Linguistics of the Modern Language Association of America, 1960. Reprint. Paperback. Quarto. 136, 18, 16, 15, [1], 21, [1], 18, 19, [1], 18, 19, 18, 24, 21, 20, [4], 83, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers with publisher's logo on front covers and title..... More
Samuel Amdemaskel, n/d. Hardcover. 8vo. [6],303pp. Rebound in half cloth over boards. Rubbing and some wear to boards. Ex libris of Wolf Leslau, the famous expert on Semitic languages and former Professor of UCLA to inside of front board. Frontispiece. Small stamp on title page. Age yellowing to pages. A...... More
Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. x. 85pp. Copies: Plates 1-213. Photographs: Plates I-X (10 plates). Gray cloth with gilt title plate to cover and gilt lettering to spine. Preface: "The present publication contains 988 tablets and seal inscriptions which date to the Third Dynasty of Ur..... More
The Hague: Mouton & Co., 1963. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 319pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine in original dustjacket. Bottom corners bumped. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Some creasing, discoloration and minor chipping and tearing to dj. "This book puts the main emphasis on a presentation..... More
Graz: Leykam Buchverlagsgesellschaft, 1997. Softcover. Small quarto. l,381pp. Original printed wraps. Frontispiece of Maria Höfner with her signature in facsimile. Collection of essays by various experts. "Der hier vorliegende Band, die Gedenkschrift für Frau Maria Höfner, ist der Versuch, die Reste der Erben zu bewahren und vielleicht zu neuem Leben..... More
Louvain; Paris; Dudley: Peeters, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. XVI, 539, [3]pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over red cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Since time immemorial the Song of Songs (SofS) has been a source of amazement and inspiration. The countless translations and interpretations of this book..... More
Warminster, Wilshire, England: Aris & Phillips, 1986/1992. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 2 vols. 156pp. 262pp. Original wrappers. Slight rubbing to head and tail of spine. Wear and scuffing to covers. Translations of texts and reproductions of cuneiform tables including Indices for Personal Names, Divine Names, Geographical Names, Toponyms, concordances and..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. vi. 660pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 1" tear to left of spine head. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Corners slightly bumped. Reference work. In overall good condition. More
London: Routledge, (1995). Softcover. 8vo. 373,[1]pp. Original color photographic wraps. Written by experienced teacher David Appleyard, the book offers a step-by-step approach for the beginner to written and spoken Amharic. Some age wear and creasing on wraps. Wrappers in good-, interior in very good condition. "From the last library of..... More
Paris: Publications Orientalistes de France, 1974. First edition. Softcover. Oblong 16mo. 434pp. Original printed wraps with printer's device on front cover and title-page. Wolf Leslau's ex-libris on inside of front cover. Scarce first edition of this Gueze-Amharic glossary of verbal forms. Some age-wear on wraps with 3" closed tear on..... More
Heidelberg: Carl Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1911. Softcover. Sm. quarto. 54pp. Original pictorial wraps. Illustrated title-page. Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Stiftung Heinrich Lanz, Philosophisch-historische Klasse, Jahrgang 1911. 7. Abhandlung. Minor creasing and sunning on wraps. Wrappers in good+, interior in very good condition. Scarce. More
Wien: Alfred Hölder, 1919. Ex-Library First edition. Softcover. Quarto. ix, 213pp. Original tan wraps with black lettering on cover and spine. Academy of Science Vienna: Philosophical-History Class. Contains extensive phonetic studies of the language and their relation to the grammar. With numerous phonetic examples, scores and texts. Register of words..... More
Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, Verlag Butzon & Becker Kevelaer, 1976. Softcover. 4to.85pp. Followed by 20 pages of photographic plates numbered I-XX. Original wrappers. Ex library. Research on ivory inscriptions at the Ancient cosmopolitan port city of Ugarit (modern site Ras Shamra) in today's Northern Syria. Includes introduction, transliteration, list of abbreviations..... More