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Hard Cover. Contents include Before History, The Egyptians, The Phoenicians, The Greeks, The Romans, Small Letters, Carolina & Gothic Letters, The Invention of Type, Printing and the Alphabet, The Alphabet Today. 294 pages, index, illustrations throughout in red & black; Very Good in lightlyworn dust jacket. Stock#32933/h.

México [Colón Manrique, Colón Gómez], 1952-1954. Soft Cover. Two volumes: 126, [2]; 190, [1] p.; 23 cm. Deals with the difficulties English language presents to Spanish speakers and how to improve to more accurate translations. Owner signatures of Alan S. Trueblood, a sensitive translator of Spanish into English. Stock#46579. Vg / soft cover.

"Questa intende portare alla conoscenza degli studiosi tutti quanti gli scritti che servano ad illustrare la Sardegna. Una bibliografia, dunque, della quale la regione segua i limiti e precisa il contenuto. Ma entro questi limiti abbiamo voluto tener presente tutti i molteplici aspetti dell'essere e della vita, tutte quante le manifestazioni singole e collettive, da quelle più generali alle più caratteristiche dell'isola..." (Introduzione). "Fonti Principali Consultate", I: xliii-lxiii. Five volumes: I, lxiii, 526; II, 572; III, 600; IV, 555; V (Appendice), 319, [8] pages; 20.5 cm. Printer of volumes I & II was "Roma 1932-X - Ditta Tipografia Cuggiani"; of volumes III-V, "Arti Grafiche A. Chicca - Tivoli". The set uniformly bound in blue cloth with spines stamped in gold. Spines slightly darkened; small rubbed spot on front of vol. 3; top front edge of vol. 4 wrinkled; internally clean & unmarked; essentially unused. Stamped in gold on the bottom front cover of each volume is "Max L. Wagner", German… Read More

"The purpose of this book is to review from both the oral and written standpoints the essentials of French grammar, the principal irregular verbs, and the most frequent idioms, as employed in a series of dialogues on a variety of practical subjects." xi, 172 pages, vocabulary index; Good.Gray cloth stamped in red & black; no dj; Good. Stock#ofc0334.

"Help for the student and traveler in bridging the gap between the written word of the grammar and the dictionary and the living speech of the native." 159 pages; 18.5 cm. Good+, dust jacket spine darkened. Stock#ofc0185.

"Ogni uomo sa che la parola è mezzo di rappresentare il pensiero; ma pochi si accorgono che la progressione, l'abbondanza e l'economia del pensiero son effetti della parola" -- Ugo Foscolo. xxi, 1096 pages, thumb indexed; publisher's green boards, spine stamped in gold; cover edges rubbed; spine slightly cocked; no dust jacket; Good. Stock#ofc0338.

New York, Henry Holt [1944]. Hard Cover. viii, 219, lv p., index, vocabulary, endpaper maps; 19.5 cm. Stock# 40,302. Vg/ dj worn. Spanish linguistics, philology, reference, grammar.

New York, Henry Holt [1948].. Hard Cover. vi, 264, liii p., index, vocabulary;19.5 cm. Stock# 40,303. Vg, linen boards/ no dj. Spanish linguistics, philology, reference, grammar.

Estudios de Literatura Española y Comparada PPU, Barcelona. '1a edición 1987'. Soft Cover. 210 p., index; 21 cm. Contents incl. Santoyo, El Lazarillo en Inglaterra; La traducción inglesa (1581) de La Conquista del Pèru, de Agustín de Zárate; Traducciones inglesas de las obras de fray Diego de Estella: Aspectos bibliográficos; Chamosa, Bartholomew Yong: la traducción inglesa de las Dianas (1589); Verdaguer, Traducciones inglesas del Libro de la Vida; Cunchillos, Traducciones inglesas del Quijote (1612-1800); Verdaguer, Traducciones inglesas del Guzmán de Alfarache; Guardia, The Spanish Bawd, Londres, 1631; Luttikhuizen, Traducciones inglesas de las Novelas Esemplares; Navarro, Quevedo en lengua inglesa; Sanchez Escribano, La versián inglesa de Experiencias de Amor y de Fortuna, de Francisco de Quintana (1651). Paper; minor wear & spotting; good. stock#45380.

Macmillan [c1979]. 'Third Edition'. Soft Cover. 92 p., index; 21 cm. Contents: Elementary Rules of Usage; Elementary Principles of Composition; A Few Matters of Form; Words and Expressions Commonly Misused; An Approach to Style (With a List of Reminders). Paper; VG+. ISBN 0024182001. stock#46680.

Universidad de Barcelona, Departamento de Filología Española, 1989. Hard Cover. Volume one only: li, 866 p.; 25 cm. Includes an essay by Alan S. Trueblood, "La jaula de grillos" (Don Quijote, II, 731). This was Trueblood's own copy. Stock#45714. Vg / no dj as issued.

An extended vocabulary, with pronunciations, for understanding French restaurant menus. Stated first edition. 95 pages, a few illus.; Good+ in color pictorial dust jacket which is a bit darkened around the spine & edges. Stock#ofc0335.

109 pages. Anthology of short verse and prose (with full-color glossy reproductions of floral paintings and illustrations) on flowers from Amaryllis to Water Lily, in alphabetical order. Purple slipcover with title and full color illustrations on both sides; book has purple binding with gilt lettering and printed design; purple ribbon page marker. Pristine except for ink owner name on flyleaf. "Scented edition" infused with Violet fragrance. Nice gift for preteen or Mom. Stock#ofc0078.

1227 Italian proverbs explained. "Repertorio alfabetico", pages 593-612. 2 leaves, viii, 627, [2] pages, 24.5 cm. VG; hardcover; ex Yeshiva University library; bound in brown/tan marbled paperboard with brown leather spine; spine sides have slight tears; bookplate and library name stamped on fore edges. Stock#48176.

List of abbreviations; key to pronunciation; German-English dictionary with Index of German names, German abbreviations, Chemical elements, German irregular verbs, German weights and measures; English-German dictionary with English abbreviations, index of English names, and strong and anomalous verbs. xix, 630, 619 pages; publisher's black cloth, spine stamped in gold; no dj; edges & corners rubbed; Good+. Stock#ofc0337.

Spanish or Castilian-English and Inglés-español with synopsis, abbreviations, geographical terms, proper names, monetary units, weights & measures, maps, and spelling reforms. 788 pages, thumb-indexed. Black binder's cloth, spine stamped in gold; rear hinge cracked but holding; ink gift inscription on flyleaf; withal Good+. Stock#ofc0336.

N.Y., S.F. Vanni, 1945. Periodical. in Word, Journal of the Linguistic Circle of NY. Vol I: No. II, Aug. 1945. 30 p., 25 cm. Stock# 32,046. paper covers chipped, browned.

Phoenix/ Chicago UP [1963]. Soft Cover. ix, 105 p., index; 20.5 cm. "Probes the origins of American structuralism." Stock# 32,036. Good+/ paper.

N.Y., Dolphin/Doubleday, 1979. . Soft Cover. 179 p. 'A layman's guide to legalese. Over 2500 commonly-used terms and phrases clearly and precisely defined.' Stock #26553. Vg/paper. Law Language

Random House, NY [c1999]. Soft Cover. xxvi, 694 pages; 21 cm. Paper; front cover curled, evidence of water in upper textblock but neither mold nor stain; good. stock#45809.