Discoveries in Hebrew, Gaelic, Gothic, Anglo-Saxon, Latin, Basque and Other Caucasic Languages: Showing Fundamental Kinship of the Aryan Tongues and of Basque with the Semitic Tongues (Signed)
by DRAKE, Allison Emery
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Denver: Herrick Book, 1907. Bound in 1/4 brown leather over green cloth, stamped in gold. Four raised bands on spine. This copy is inscribed to a professor at the top of the title page. 402 pp. Quite scarce, especially signed. There is rubbing to the leather extremes of the book. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Discoveries in Hebrew, Gaelic, Gothic, Anglo-Saxon, Latin, Basque and Other Caucasic Languages: Showing Fundamental Kinship of the Aryan Tongues and of Basque with the Semitic Tongues (Signed)
- Author
- DRAKE, Allison Emery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Herrick Book
- Place of Publication
- Denver
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Linguistics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed; Language;
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- Rubbing
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