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The History of the Alphabet; An Account of the Origin and Development of Letters ( New Edition ) ( Two Volumes ) by Taylor, Isaac - 1899
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The History of the Alphabet: An Account of the Origin and Development of Letters Volume 2
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Valletta, Malta: Gulf Publishing, 1980. First edition. Hard cover. Published Valletta, Malta: Gulf Publishing, 1980, first printing, with errata slip laid in.. 8vo., vii+499pp. Slight wear to lower corner, else near fine.. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.
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London: William Clowes and Sons, 1967. Library Buckram. As New Limited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 590 pp. v.I; 518 pp. v.II; 356 pp. v.III. Text in English and French, one article in Russian. Successive years (1967-1969) of the linguistic journal "Word," in honor of the work of the influential French Saussurian of the early-mid 20th century.
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Oslo, Norway: Instiuttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning , 1932. Very Good, SCARCE in the 1932 First Edition, front cover small edge chips, missing the rear cover. . From the collection of noted semiotician and linguist Thomas A. Sebeok, his signature in ink title page. A Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, Sebeok was among the founders of biosemiotics and editor-in-chief of the journal Semiotica, the leading periodical in the field. Excellent linguistics Association Copy. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Nuzi Dialect of Akkadian; Orthography and Phonology
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Philadelphia: Linguistic Society of America, 1937. RARE. Supplement to LANGUAGE, Journal of the Linguistic Society of America, Language Dissertations, Number 23, January-March, 1937, edited by George Melville Bolling, Hans Sperber, W.F. Twaddell, and Edward Sapir. About Very Good, small name in ink top edge front cover, moderate edge wear to wrappers, what appear to be coffee stains to margins, not affecting text. 64 pp. . First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Bruxelles, Belgium: Institut Royal Colonial Belge, 1949. From the collection of noted semiotician and linguist Thomas A. Sebeok, his signature in ink title page. A Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, Sebeok was among the founders of biosemiotics and editor-in-chief of the journal Semiotica, the leading periodical in the field. Very Good, also from the collection of noted anthropologist, linguist, and ethnomusicologist George Herzog, his signature in ink "Herzog" top of front cover, stamped Herzog Collection at title page, missing the rear cover. 119 pp, with 3 foldout tables of gong types at rear, the foldouts are Fine. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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