First Edition. A 19th century collection of 5742 Turkish proverbs in Ottoman Turkish (written with the Arabic alphabet). 384 pages. 3-1/2 by 5-1/4 inches. This copy has been bound in blue sheepskin, preserving the original wrappers printed in red and black. The title page is dated AH 1311; the wrappers.....
Price: $150
First Edition. The scarcest of the Northwestern California native language books. It is based on field work with Isaac Duncan, one of the few remaining native speakers, then living near Petrolia, in Humboldt County, near the mouth of the Mattole River in far northwestern California. The author of the book.....
Price: $150
First Edition. A landmark in the history of American Chinese language instruction, Chinese Made Easy is the first teach-yourself Chinese textbook published in the United States, and the earliest known attempt to teach the spoken dialect of Chinese immigrants living in the U.S., specifically, a variant of Cantonese. The book.....
Price: $1,250
Later printing. A dictionary of a language spoken on Malaita in the Solomon Island. vi, 261, 16 pages. Pacific Linguistics, series C, no. 25. Second printing. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, slightly faded at the spine.
Price: $125
First Edition. "Puluwat is an atoll west of Truk in Micronesia; linguistically it lies approximately midway between the languages of Truk and Woleai." With many words related to canoeing and navigation. ix, 400, 10 pages. Pacific Linguistics, series C, no. 24. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a......
Price: $200
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First Edition. Volume I: vii, 213, 16 pages. Series C, no. 31; Volume II: iv, 262, 14 pages. Series C, no. 42; Volume III: xi, 326, 10 pages. Series C, no. 45; Volume IV: iv, 436, 10 pages. Series C, no. 49; all in the Pacific Linguistics series. First editions.....
Price: $300
First Edition. xi, 347, 15 pages. Pacific Linguistics, Series C, no. 43. First edition (first printing). A near fine hardcover copy in a very good, spine-faded dust jacket.
Price: $75
First Edition. xiii, 361, 16 pages. Pacific Linguistics, Series C, no. 51. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket (a bit faded at the spine).
Price: $75
