Jedo (Tokyo): Daigaku Nanko, 1870. First printing. Softcover. Quarto (11 3/8 x 8 3/8"). 2 leaves, 8pp., 1 leaf, 24pp. Original stab-bound drab wraps housed in blue cloth folding portfolio with plain tan paper strip (7 5/8 x 1 3/8") mounted to cover at lower foredge. Title page printed in..... More

London: Richard Bentley, 1851-1854. First edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xvi, 182pp., 6 fold-outs, vi, (6) 300pp., 12 fold-outs,1 sleeve with fold-out. Dark green cloth with blind-stamped ruling and gilt illustration with reverse lettering on front, gilt lettering and blind-stamped ruling on spines, with additional sleeve with gilt lettering on cover..... More

Lublin: K. U. L., 1947. First edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 46, [2]pp. Original printed wrappers. Written by Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (1905-1997), a renown Polish linguist who was interned at Auschwitz during the Nazi-occupation of Poland, this rare and unusual work relates to the linguistic dehumanization of concentration camp inmates. "Język polski..... More

Leipzig; Halae: Vogel; In Libraria Rengeriana, 1837-1825. Hardcover. Quarto. xxxviii, 481pp, 48 leaves of plates, 30 pp. Three-quarter leather with raised bands over cloth boards, marbled endpapers. Spine and edges slightly worn, part 3 has some foxing, otherwise a very good copy. Forty-eight plates of lithographic illustrations, plus one fold-out..... More

Amstelaedami (Amsterdam): Apud J. Weststenium & G. Smith, 1738. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 1/8 x 8"). [16], 220pp. Original full calf rebacked with modern olive cloth. Title page in red and black lettering. Title vignette. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initials. Dedication page to Sir Richard Ellys ornated with a...... More

Romae (Rome): NP, 1808. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (11 1/2 x 8 1/2"). VII, [1], 368pp (Text), 8pp (Appendix), [2]pp (Errata). Original full vellum with gold lettered leather title label on spine. All paper edges red. Engraved title vignette. Fifteen years before the decipherment of the hieroglyphs by Jean-François..... More

Madrid: Libreria General de Victoriana Suárez, 1930. Limited edition. Softcover. 125/150. Quarto. ix, 95 (2)pp. Original tan wraps with red and black lettering and ruling on cover, black lettering and ruling on spine, in original brownish glassine dustjacket. Title page printed in red and black with black double border and..... More

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