Names: Journal of the American Name Society

Berkeley and Los Angeles and New York: University of California Press and American Name Society, 1953 First editions. Edited by Erwin G. Gudde, et al. Broken run from Volume I to Volume 43. The first five volumes separately bound in cloth, others as individual issues bound in stiff wrappers. Together 5 volumes plus approximately 60 separate numbers. Fine condition. Covers the first 5 years of this Journal in hardback (1953-1957) plus various separate issues in wrappers from 1962 to 1995, the most complete run being from Volume 24, Number 4 (1976) through Volume 38, Number 4 (1990) [4 issues per volume]. Also included is the separate American Name Society Monograph No. 2 (1983): "German Family Names in Kentucky Place Names" by John Leighly. This run of the Journal covers everything about "names" that one might need, and then some. In volume one alone, we have, among over 60 articles, "Girl's Names of Possible Arabic Origin," "Named Engines of the Central Pacific Railway," "Funny Train Names," "The Name Dante," "More Latin American Name Literature," "Place Names of the Death Valley Region," "Indian Place Names in Delaware," "A Book of Welsh Names," "Idaho Town Names," "The Name of Jesus," etc., etc. The number of authors contributing to this Journal are too numerous to mention. Two that are very obvious are Erwin G. Gudde and George R. Stewart. More information upon request..