The Search For the Perfect Language

Oxford / Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1995. Signed on the title page by Umberto Eco and dated 4.12.96. First edition / First printing. Black cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Original wrap around band and pamphlet laid in, also fine.

Oxford, England and Cambridge, USA: Wiley-Blackwell. A clean, tight hardcover in good condition; lightly bumped lower corners, mild shelf wear. Good plus DJ moderately rubbed. . Good. Hardcover. 1995.

Wiley-Blackwell, 1995-10-30. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1.4016 in x 8.9016 in x 6.0000 in. No DJ. Very little shelf wear. Spine lettering in very good condition. Slight foxing to page edges only. Occasional underlining, marginalia. Former owner's name on front endpaper.

Wiley-blackwell,, 1995.. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Almost like new book without dust jacket. Hardcover, 1995, Blackwell Publishers. Cover has no wear, upper pages lightly foxed, very small (1/4") coffee stain on lower page edges. Nice condition. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING… Read more about this item

Wiley-Blackwell. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good; Hardcover in dustjacket. First Edition.This copy is Signed by Umberto Eco on the title page. Condtion is Very Good in a Very Good- dustjacket. Book has clean covers, tight binding and unmarked pages except for a short gift inscription on the first endpage. Jacket clean and bright with several short… Read more about this item

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Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Very Good. 2002. Softcover. 0631205101 . Covers have shelf wear, bumped corners and edges and price sticker on back cover. No stamps or ownership marks. Spine has shelf wear but still tight. Inner text has some annotations. No foxing or mold. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 385 pages .

Paperback. Very Good.

Wiley-Blackwell, April 1997. Trade Paperback . Good. no. A good reading copy. Can show some wear, creases, or few if any markings consistent with a normal used book.

London: Fontana, 1997 0006863787. Softcover. VG, Previous owner's neat signature on front end page. Otherwise no inscriptions or annotations. 385 pages including index. From the early Dark Ages to the Renaissance it was widely believed that the language spoken in the Garden of Eden was a perfect language, expressing all possible things, and that all current languages were its decadent… Read more about this item

Fontana Press, 1997. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Wiley-Blackwell, 1995-11-07. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Blackwell Pub, 1995. Hardcover. Like new condition in slightly rubbed dust jacket. 385pp.

UsedVeryGood. Clean copy. No major signs of wear save for light shelfwear.

Wiley-Blackwell, 1997. Very Good softcover . Softcover. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

Williston, Vermont, U.S.A.: Blackwell Publishing. New. 1995. Hardcover. 0631174656 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless -- with a bonus offer-- .

Fontana Press, 1997. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New. The idea that there once existed a language which perfectly and unambiguously expressed the essence of all possible things and concepts has occupied the minds of philosophers, theologians, mystics and others for at least two millennia. This is an investigation into the history of that idea and of its profound influence on European thought, culture and history.… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. Ranging from the writings of Augustine, Dante, Descartes and Rousseau, arcane treatises on cabbalism and magic, to the history of the study of language and its origins, this book shows how the late eighteenth-century discovery of a proto-language (Indo-European) for the Aryan peoples was perverted to support notions of racial superiority.