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Index du Lineaire A: [Linear A] (Incunabula Graeca Vol. XLI) [SIGNED]
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Index du Lineaire A: [Linear A] (Incunabula Graeca Vol. XLI) [SIGNED]

by Jacques Raison / Maurice Pope / [Sinclair Hood]

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1971
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Roma (Rome): Edizioni Dell'Ateneo, 1971. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 7.25 x 10.75 inches (18.5 x 27 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Two light stains to rear cover. A little light creasing to ends of spin. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Cream cloth binding with very slight browning.… Read more about this item
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Turkish: A Guide to the Spoken Language (TM 30-318)
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Turkish: A Guide to the Spoken Language (TM 30-318)

by U.S. War Department

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Used - Very Good
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1st Edition
Published
1943
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Washington: War Department, 1943. 1st Edition . Very Good. 4.25 x 5.25 inches (10.5 x 13 cm). Card wraps with slight rubbing. Rusting to staples, clean text throughout. Previous owner's name to title page. A scarce WWII language guide from the US War Department. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate.… Read more about this item
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Serbo-Croatian: A Guide to the Spoken Language (TM 30-346)
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Serbo-Croatian: A Guide to the Spoken Language (TM 30-346)

by U.S. War Department

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Used - Good
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1st Edition
Published
1943
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Washington: War Department, 1943. 1st Edition . Good. 4.25 x 5.25 inches (10.5 x 13 cm). Card wraps with rubbing. Previous owner's name to title page. Rusting to staples, centre pages are detached, clean text throughout. A scarce WW2 language guide from the US War Department. Overall condition is Good. International postage will be less than the stated… Read more about this item
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The Eskimo Tribes: Their Distribution and Characteristics, especially as regards Language. With a Comparative Vocabulary and a Map
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The Eskimo Tribes: Their Distribution and Characteristics, especially as regards Language. With a Comparative Vocabulary and a Map

by Henry Rink

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Used - Very Good Minus
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1887
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London: Williams and Norgate, 1887. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 6 x 9.75 inches (15 x 25 cm). First printing. Later quarter pebbled cloth binding with paper covered boards. Panels from the original wraps pasted to front and rear board (with light soiling). Single library stamp to title page, inked number to verso of title page. Light… Read more about this item
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Lars Porsena or The Future of Swearing and Improper Language
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Lars Porsena or The Future of Swearing and Improper Language

by Robert Graves

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Used - Very Good Minus
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Very Good
Edition
6th Impression
Published
1931
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. Ltd., 1931. 6th Impression . Very Good Minus/Very Good. 4.5 x 6.25 inches (11 x 16 cm). Dust jacket: Slight loss to ends of spine and corners. Short tear lower edge of front cover. A little light marking. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book:… Read more about this item
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Elements of Phonetics. English, French and German.: (Dent's Modern Language Series)
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Elements of Phonetics. English, French and German.: (Dent's Modern Language Series)

by Prof. Wilhelm Vietor / Walter Ripman (Trans.)

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Used - Very Good Plus
Edition
10th Edition
Published
1928
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London: J.M. Dent and Sons. Ltd., 1928. 10th Edition . Very Good Plus. 4.25 x 6.75 inches (11 x 17 cm). Lacking jacket. Red buckram binding with decorative front board. Very clean condition throughout. Illustrated. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania… Read more about this item
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The Reader Over Your Shoulder: A Handbook for Writers of English Prose
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The Reader Over Your Shoulder: A Handbook for Writers of English Prose

by Robert Graves and Alan Hodge

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1943
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 6.25 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm). Dust jacket: Spine browned and has slight wear to ends. Tear to front flap joint. Slight wear and creasing to top edge. Some old paper repairs to reverse. Price clipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is… Read more about this item
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Essay on the Principles of Translation: (Everyman's Library No. 168)
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Essay on the Principles of Translation: (Everyman's Library No. 168)

by Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee

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Used - Very Good
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1st Edition
Published
1907
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London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1907. 1st Edition . Very Good. 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). First and only printing in the Everyman's Library series. Lacking jacket. Brown cloth binding with gilt spine. A little rubbing to edges of boards. Browning to page edges. Good solid binding, clean text throughout. Previous owner's name to… Read more about this item
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Homer and the Origins of the Greek Alphabet
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Homer and the Origins of the Greek Alphabet

by Barry B. Powell

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Used - Very Good Plus
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Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1991
ISBN
9780521371575
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 7.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Dust jacket: Light shelf wear only. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: First printing. Orange cloth binding. Light foxing to page edges, otherwise in excellent condition throughout. . Overall book… Read more about this item
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Development of the Long-Vowel System in Ancient Greek Dialects [SIGNED]
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Development of the Long-Vowel System in Ancient Greek Dialects [SIGNED]

by Antonin Bartonek

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Used - Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1966
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Prague: Statni Pedagogicke Nakladatelstvi, 1966. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6.75 x 9.5 inches (17 x 24 cm). Signed by Author. Card wraps with slight creasing to edges. Light browning throughout, a few small patches of foxing. Signed by the author to title page: 'With compliments, A. Bartonek'. Very scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 6.75 x… Read more about this item
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The Short-Hand Standard: Attempted by an analysis of the circle as an introductory foundation of a new system of stenography: which demonstratively proves that a speaker can be followed with one third less inflections of the pen, and consequently in one third less time than by any other system extant: [Moat's Short-Hand Standard]
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London: Privately Published, 1833. 1st Edition . Good. 5.5 x 8.75 inches (13.5 x 22 cm). First printing. Privately published by the author. Brown blind stamped cloth binding with gilt title to spine. Wear to ends of spine and corners of boards with slight loss to cloth. Decorative endpapers with some cracking to joints. Binding a little loose… Read more about this item
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Bob Stubbs' Original Yorksher Awmynack for 1926
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Bob Stubbs' Original Yorksher Awmynack for 1926

by Bob Stubbs / E.C. Richardson (Illust.) / Alfred Teal (Lyrics)

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Used - Very Good Minus
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1926
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Bradford: Watmoughs Limited, 1926. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5 x 7.25 inches (12.5 x 18 cm). Paper wraps, illustrated front cover. Creasing and slight wear to corner of rear cover. Pages browned but otherwise clean throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20;… Read more about this item
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The Chimney Nook Original Almanac in the Yorkshire Dialect
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The Chimney Nook Original Almanac in the Yorkshire Dialect

by Sol Darrel

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Used - Fair
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1907
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Leeds: W.S. Crosland, 1907. 1st Edition . Fair. 4.75 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18 cm). Stapled pages. Lacking rear cover and spine, chipped front cover present but detached. Staples rusted but page block is securely bound. Some creasing to corners. Rare. Overall condition is Fair. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are… Read more about this item
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A Handbook of Asian Scripts
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A Handbook of Asian Scripts

by R.F. Hoskin (Ed.) and G.M. Meredith-Owens (Ed.)

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Used - Very Good Plus
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1966
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London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1966. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 6.25 x 9.75 inches (15.5 x 25 cm). Original card wraps, slight browning to covers, otherwise excellent. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World… Read more about this item
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Guide Elementaire de la Conversation Francais-Basque (Labourdin)
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Guide Elementaire de la Conversation Francais-Basque (Labourdin)

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Used - Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1873
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Bayonne: P. Cazals, 1873. 1st Edition . Good. 4 x 6 inches (10 x 15 cm). Original blue paper wraps with foxing and light marking, torn section to front cover. Page edges untrimmed, a few pages unopened. Foxing to first few pages and occasional spotting to text, a few marks and light stains. Scarce early guide to the… Read more about this item
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Staffordshire Dialect Words: A Historical Survey
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Staffordshire Dialect Words: A Historical Survey

by D. Wilson

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1974
ISBN
9780903485227
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Stafford: Moorland Publishing Company, 1974. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.75 x 8.25 inches (15 x 21 cm). Card wraps. Slight creasing to cover, otherwise very clean throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund… Read more about this item
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A New Pocket Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Language, in two Parts: Portuguese and English, and English and Portuguese
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A New Pocket Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Language, in two Parts: Portuguese and English, and English and Portuguese

by J.D. Do Canto / (Anthony Vieyra)

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Used - Good Plus
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1826
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London: J. Collingwood, Longman, Rees, Orme, Browne and Green, 1826. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 3.75 x 5 inches (9.5 x 13 cm). Cloth binding with worn paper title label to spine. Wear to board corners, lacking front free endpaper, previous owner's name to title page, one page gathering is very loose but still attached. Clean text throughout.… Read more about this item
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Abrege des Neuf Parties du Discours
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Abrege des Neuf Parties du Discours

by J.C. Heck

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Used - Fine
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1805
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Dordrecht: A Bluesse & File, 1805. 1st Edition . Fine. 3 x 5 inches (8 x 13 cm). Extremely rare early 19th Century educator. French language (although published in the Netherlands), discussing the nine parts of speech in a question and answer format. Bound in the original card wraps with printed decoration in green and black ink. Remarkable… Read more about this item
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Sobre el Idioma de los Yamana de Wulaia (Isla Navarino)
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Sobre el Idioma de los Yamana de Wulaia (Isla Navarino)

by Felix F. Outes

Condition
Used - Very Good Plus
Edition
1st Edition Offprint
Published
1926
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Buenos Aires: Casa Editora Coni, 1926. 1st Edition Offprint . Very Good Plus. 7.5 x 11 inches (18.5 x 28 cm). Offprint from the Revista de Museo de la Plata Vol XXX. Original card wraps with browning to edges, slight wear to ends of spine, very clean text throughout. Many pages unopened. Spanish language. From the library from… Read more about this item
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Datos Sobre la Ergologia y el Idioma de los Yamana de Wulaia (Isla Navarino)
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Datos Sobre la Ergologia y el Idioma de los Yamana de Wulaia (Isla Navarino)

by Felix F. Outes

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Used - Very Good Plus
Edition
1st Edition Offprint
Published
1926
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Buenos Aires: Casa Editora Coni, 1926. 1st Edition Offprint . Very Good Plus. 7.5 x 11 inches (18.5 x 28 cm). Offprint from the Revista de Museo de la Plata Vol XXX. Original card wraps with browning to edges, slight wear to head of spine, very clean text throughout. Many pages unopened. Spanish language. From the library from… Read more about this item
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