New York: Brunner/Mazel, Publishers, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 256 p. 16 photographs, with textual illustrations. Inscribed by Deich on the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original mustard buckram binding, with black titles. Mild wear to the corners..... More
Paris: Chez Briasson, 1769. First Edition. Hardcover. Dumarsais (1676-1756) was a French lawyer, philologist, and free thinker who contributed to Diderot’s Encyclopedie (1751-72). In this posthumously published work, he treats the subject of grammar as..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. "This book reconstructs what the earliest grammars might have been and shows how they could have led to the languages of modern humankind." Studies in the Evolution..... More
Austin: The University of Texas Press and Linguistic Society of America, 1966. Hardcover. Fifth printing. Tall octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with dark blue titles. Internally crisp and clean. The dust jacket is a bit..... More
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. "Romani is one of Britain's oldest and most established minority languages. Brought to the country by Romani immigrants from continental Europe in the sixteenth century or even..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original glossy paper wrappers. A fine, unread copy. More
New York: Hippocrene Books, 1995. Hardcover. Octavo. Original cloth binding, with black titles. Issued without a dust jacket. Near fine. More
London: Luzac & Co., 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition in English. Unlike its predecessors, which were based on archaic Persian spoken in India, Rosen's Grammar drew on the colloquial language of what was..... More
Lugduni Batavorum: S. et J. Luchtmans, et A. et J. Honkoop, 1784. First Edition. Hardcover. Later writings by the Dutch philologist and critic Tiberius Hemsterhuis (1685-1766), with a selection of work by his disciple, Lodewijk..... More