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Wiesbaden, Germany: Franz Steiner Verlag GMBH, 1962. Near Fine, slight wear to wrappers at spines. the wrappers coming away from the spines of both volumes. The prior owner signature and business card laid in of Ruth I Meserve, longtime secretary of The Mongolian Society in Bloomington, Indiana. Most pages uncut, 2 pages noted with tidy scholarly underlining and annotations. Text in German. The Secret History of the Mongols. Part I: Text, Part II: Dictionary. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Helsingfors: mprimerie de la Société de Littérature Finnoise, 1896. 224 pp., text in French. SCARCE in the First Edition. Near Fine, small loss of paper at head of spine, top corner crease rear wrapper. Vilhelm Ludwig Peter Thomsen (1842-1927) was a Danish linguist and Turkologist, considered one of the greatest linguists of all time. His successful translation of the Orkhon inscriptions opened the window into the Old Turkic alphabet. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berlin: Verlag Der Konigl. Akademie Der Wissenschaften , 1913. RARE. 111 pages with 2 plates. Cloth spine over printed paper covered boards. Near Fine, wear at spine ends and corners, prior owner inscription in ink top edge front cover. Friedrich W.K. Muller (1863-1930) was " a scholar of oriental cultures and languages who, confronted with the texts discovered by the four German expeditions to Central Asia (1902-1914), was able to make groundbreaking discoveries about many languages hitherto almost unknown and to make a major contribution to the establishment of the philological and historical study of texts in Middle Iranian and Old Turkish and the study of original Manichaean texts. He is considered "the founder of the study of the Parthian and Sogdian languages as well as of Manichaean Middle Persian.(Encyclopaedia Iranica). No copies found at auction or in current commerce. . First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Bloomington, Indiana: The Mongolian Society, Inc. , 1978. RARE. Part One published 1978, Parts Two and Three, 1984. Fine, two words with highlights noted in Part One. Publications of the Mongolian Society. . First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Fine in Wraps, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Roma: Pontifcium Institutm Biblicus, 1964. Analecta Orientalia Commentationes Scientificae de Rebus Orientis Antiqui 34/39, 1955/ 1964/1967 ( 3 volumes bound as one). Bound in handsome blue buckram gilt lettering at spine, the signature of noted Egyptologist E. Cruz. Uribe front paste down. Near Fine, faint bottom corner creases near back of book, binder's instruction slip laid in from Director's Library, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. lxxxiii, 625 pp., Paradigmen 15 pp., Register der Zitate, (1967) ix, 55 pp. Text in German. Uncommon in lovely and durable binding. A heavy book, priority and international mail will require added shipping charges - please inquire before ordering. . First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine. Thick 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on presentation bookplate "This book is especially Autographed by the Author (signed H.L. Mencken in ink) Kroch's Bookstores Chicago". Near Fine, small corner bumps, toning from bookplate glue at front end pages, in a Very Good dust jacket, small chips at spine ends and corners. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Rand McNally & Co. , 1949. RARE lithograph wall chart for the device called the "Structural Differential" which Alfred Korzybski patented in 1925 as a means to aid in visualizing the process he called "abstracting". This was to be used as a training device in general semantics, a field of study Korzybski is credited with founding. The chart is Near Fine, rubbed lower right, mounted on two stained wooden dowels with ribbon hanger 18" wide by 38" high. Korzybski's work in semantics heavily influenced science fiction authors such as A.E. Van Vogt, Robert A. Heinlein, Poul Anderson, and H. Beam Piper, as well as L. Ron Hubbard and Joseph W. Campbell. His most famous quote "The map is not the territory" comes from this longer quote "A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness."( Science and Sanity, Korzybski, 1931). OCLC locates no copies; no… Leer más

London: William Tegg, 1860. liv, (2), 739, (1) pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Finely bound in contemporary full polished calf, the back intricately tooled in gilt with black morocco label gilt, end papers and page edges marbled, Near Fine, slight rubs to calf, shadow of engraving to title page. " With numerous additions from the copy prepared by the author for republication: to which is annexed his letter to John Dunning, esq. Rev. and cor., with additional notes, by Richard Taylor." A quite handsome copy of this rather uncommon edition of Tooke's great philological work. . Later Edition. Full Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Crapelet, 1831. SCARCE. In full contemporary red morocco, signed "Lebrun Relieur", the back covered with repeating gilt decoration, the covers with triple gilt rule outer border and triple gilt rule inner border around gilt tooled floral band and with gilt decorations at corners, all edges gilt, marbled end papers, a lovely example of early 19th century fine French binding. Very Good mInus, old dampstain mostly to margins and where in text not affecting legibility, rear end page edge chipped, small chip to morocco at head of spine. With two fold-out facsimiles at rear, one in color.. First Edition. Morocco. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Longman, Brown and Co.; T. Cadell; J. M. Richardson, Whittaker and Co., Etc. , 1831. SCARCE< the 8th Edition, 1831. In two volumes, Vol. I Spanish and English; Vol. II Ingles y Espanol. "Thoroughly revised, greatly improved, enlarged by the addition of many thousand words, and the two parts most carefully collated by M. Seoane, M.D.". Finely bound in signed Riviere contemporary binding of full calf, , the backs ornately tooled in gilt with gilt lettering on red and brown morocco labels, marbled end papers, all edges gilt. Very Good Plus, early expert repair rear cover Vol. II, covers lightly rubbed, moderate toning to end papers only. A quite handsome set. . 8th Edition. Full Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: J. Johnson, R. Baldwin, W.J.E.J. Richardson et al.,, 1807. In two volumes, contemporary full calf, later expertly rebacked with gilt lettering. Very Good, small prior owner label, even browning, light scattered toning, boards rubbed, later corner repairs. A solid and well-bound set, . 4th Edition. Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Printed for the Author and Sold By J. Booth , 1804. In period James Toovey signed fine binding of gold crushed morocco, the back with ornate floral gilt tooled designs and gilt lettering, triple gilt rules to covers, marbled end papers, all edges gilt, the armorial bookplate of Johannis Naylor Leightonensis front paste down. Near Fine, slight shelf rubs, scant toning at end pages, a quite handsome book with distinguished provenance. . First Edition. Crushed Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo.

Paris: V. Baudry's European Library , 1857. Title page states "thirty-first, edition revised, corrected and improved". ix, 428 pages. Bound in full contemporary vellum, back with red morocco label lettered in gilt on a field of repeating gilt stamped decorations, ribbon marker. Near Fine, light soiling to boards, period inscription at half-title page. A SCARCE edition, handsomely bound. . Revised Edition, Corrected and Improved . Vellum. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Viking Society for Northern Research, Univ. Of London, 1937. RARE. Reprinted from Saga-Book, Vol. XII. Fine in stapled wrappers, small inked notations top edge front cover. 18 pp. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1909. SCARCE. Handsomely bound in half-leather and orange cloth, gilt lettering and rules at spine, 624 pp. Near Fine, a few spots light soiling to edges of page block. . Fourth Impression. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Baltimore, Maryland: The American Oriental Society, 1937. From the collection of noted linguist and semiotician Thomas A. Sebeok, Near Fine, his name stamp front cover and his extensive and informed notes and underlining throughout.. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Uppsala, Sweden: Almqvist & Wiksel Intl., 1941. 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 Plus, small stain at bottom edge, toning and faint prior owner name top edge front wrapper. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1899. RARE in the 1899 First Edition. Very Good, sticker abrasion bottom front and rear wrappers, rubbing and a few small stains to wrappers. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library, Folklore Institute, Indiana University, its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page and a few interior pages with blindstamp as well. 48 pp. A Lecture delivered at the request of the Senate of University College, Liverpool. Edward Harper Parker ( 1849-1926 ) was a barrister and noted China scholar, and although not a trained linguist, his greatest contribution historically may well be his unusual outlook on colloquial Chinese language. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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.

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.