Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1907. Softcover. 8vo. x, 114pp. Original wrappers. Some creasing, discoloration and staining to wraps. No. VIII of "Semitic Study Series" edited by Richard J. H. Gottheil and Morris Jastrow Jr. Text in English and Arabic. Wraps in good, interior in very good condition. More
Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, 1988. Hardcover. 8vo. 184pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. In three parts: 1) A list of more than 500 words relating to parts of body, terms of relationship, material and spiritual culture, the numerals, some adjectives and some verbs. 2) Few grammatical..... More
Washington DC: American Council of Learned Societies, 1960. Revised. Softcover. Quarto. XIII, [1], 295, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers. Previous owner's name (Herbert H. Paper*) dated 1960 on upper-half title. This remarkable introduction to spoken Vietnamese is based on the Southern (Saigon) dialect with explanation of Northern (Hanoi) differences. Moderate sunning..... More
Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1912. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. XII, 128pp. Uncut. Original printed wrappers, with publisher's logo on front cover and title page. From the collection of Herbert H. Paper* dated Feb. 1951 on title page. Scarce monograph on the Frahang-i Pahlavîg, a dictionary of (mostly) Aramaic ideograms with Middle..... More
Leiden/Köln: E.J. Brill, 1958. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 244pp. Original green wrappers. Small residue of price sticker on cover and spine. Spine sunned. Slight creasing to outer edges of wrappers. Pages unopened. Part of a series "Handbuch der Orientalistik." Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten. Vierter Band: Iranistik..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 219pp. Red library buckram, gilt. Original wrappers bound in. A fine copy. "This is the second volume in the series Ethiopians Speak: Studies in Cultural Background. As stated in the introduction to the first volume, the purpose of the series..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. IX, [1],236pp. Original green wrappers, spine lightly sunned. "This is the third volume in the series Ethiopians Speak...the purpose of this series is twofold: first, to present to the social scientist in general, and to the student in things Ethiopic..... 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
Wien; New York: Springer, 1970. Third edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XVI, [2], 482, XVI, [2], 896pp. Original printed wrappers over blue cloth with gold lettering on spines. Authorative manual of voice and speech therapy in 2 volumes. The first volume focusing on the voice and its disorders, the second volume on..... More
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. x,288pp. Orange cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. Some punctures on front and back board. Minor staining and scuffing to boards. Head and tail slightly bumped. Two small stamps and name of previous owner on free front..... More
Rio de Janeiro: Museu Nacional, 1959. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 263pp. Original printed wrappers. First issue of this publication devoted to investigate, record, and describe the indigenous languages of Brazil. This volume contains five articles prepared by the Summer Institute of Linguistics, concerning Indian languages outside Brazil but which are..... More
Washington DC: Foreign Service Institute, 1965. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 312 (30)pp. Manila folder with handwritten title on cover with hole-punched mimeographed paper bound onto metal clasps. Experimental language course assuming that students can hear sounds and perceive structures best without knowing the meaning, are unable to thrive for long..... More
Jerusalem: Divan, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. VIII. 97 + 92 pp. German and Hebrew. Gray cloth with black writing on front cover and spine. Interesting and hard to find early work to help German speakers lean Hebrew. Some bumping to crown and bottom of spine. Front and rear boards..... More
Costa Mesa; New York: Mazda Publishers, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 243, [11]pp. Original green coarse linen with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Scarce and major study of an important grammatical aspect of the Persian language: the class of loanwords from Arabic with the feminine ending -a(t). These..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1933. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. XIII, [1], 109, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers with publisher's logo on front cover and title page. From the collection of Herbert H. Paper* on front free endpaper and dated 1950. This study is a preliminary to a history of the..... More
Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Kirjapaino Oy, 1962. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 175pp. Original tan wrappers with black lettering on cover. Studia Orientalia Editit Societas Orientalis Fennica XXVII:1. With consideration of the Mâlamir-Texts. Orthographical and grammatical features of the Old Babylonian of Susa. Includes chapter on age determination of various texts and..... More
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1988. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. VIII, 209pp. Original green wraps. Author's business card laid in. First edition of this fascinating work being an introduction to classical Arabic, written by the world renown German Orientalist, Anton Schall. Text in German. Wraps and interior in overall very good condition..... More
Köln Graz: Böhlau, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xlviii, 686pp., 42 maps, 4 diagrams. Original Gray cloth with blue lettering on cover and spine. Inquiry into the emergence and structure of the "New High German Literary Language. Vol. 1: history of the language spoken in Thuringia-Upper Saxony in the late..... More
Bethesda, Maryland: Capital Decisions Ltd, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 402pp. Black cloth with red illlustration to cover and gilt lettering to spine. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Corners slightly bumped. Catalogue with descriptions of Neo-Sumerian texts, including indices for Personal Names, Divine Names, Toponyms and a Glossary..... More
Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. VIII, 516pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Remarkable work on the German language in late medieval Germany. Text in German. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. More
Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. x,229pp. Brown cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. Tiny abrasion on spine. Coreners rubbed. Bottom edges slightly bumped. A study of the Ugaritic language. Volume 2 of a series "Abhandlungen zur Literatur Alt-Syrien-Palästinas". Text in German. Very good condition. More
East Lansing: African studies center, Michigan State University, (1990). First edition. Softcover. 8vo. Original decorative wraps. "This book is an attempt to catalog, document, and assist the study of the languages of Ethiopia (more specifically, the non-Semitic languages, minus Somali)." Work lists and indexes publications on all the languages of..... More
Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1978. Softcover. Sm. 4to. vi,198pp. Original wrappers. Inscribed by author on free front endpaper "For Cyrus H. Gordon, to whom this work is dedicated, with my deep appreciation for the inspiration, guidance and friendship you have given freely for so many years. William A. Ward." "The..... More
Austin, TX: The University of Texas, 1960. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. VII, [1], 238pp. Original printed wrappers. Previous owner's name (Herbert H. Paper*) dated 1960 on upper-half title. Authoritative study on the laryngeal theory, a generally accepted theory of historical linguistics which proposes the existence of one or more consonants..... More
Jerusalem: Carmel, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 96 pp. Text in Hebrew with additional English half-title page. Green covered boards with white lettering on front, rear cover and spine. Author is a distinguished scholar and prolific author in the field of Hebrew literature and language. Book is as new. More