Ko e Uluaki Tohi Laukonga

Auckland, New Zealand, Leightons. 1943, First Edition. Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Tongan language primer. Thin card wraps stapled, 16 pages. Toned to edges, drip mark to front, a chipped at spine ends, internally clean. Very Good.

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Book number: 15710

Catalogue: Language & Linguistics

S A (SISTER MARY JOSEPH AUBERT)

New and Complete Manual of Maori Conversation: Containing Phrases and Dialogues on A Variety of Useful and Interesting Topics, Together with A Few General Rules of Grammar and a Comprehensive Vocabulary

Wellington, New Zealand, Lyon & Blair. 1885, First Edition. Hard Cover, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Rare variant Blue cloth binding commonly purple of tan cloth. Blue cloth with Red title (faded with the odd small mark) 197 pages a bit loose with some atmospheric toning, mostly nice copy. Good.

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Book number: 14985

Catalogue: Language & Linguistics

BARTLETT, JOHN

Familiar Quotations : Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passage and Phrases in Common Use

London, United Kingdom, George Routledge & Sons. 1890, Re-Issue. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Authors Edition. Not Dated (c1890) Elaborate Victorian bindings in Purple cloth bds with Black embossed Title and borders, bright Gilt spine title and decoration, mostly fresh though spine head and mid spine have some chips to cloth, Blue decorated eps, pp viii 542, interior is tight and incredibly bright, not inscribed. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 10293

Catalogue: Language & Linguistics

CHURCHWARD, C MAXWELL

A New Fijian Grammar

Fiji, Fijian Government. 1941, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Tan bds with bright title (unworn) 94 pages, bright and crisp as new. Only faults are gift inscription to front pastdown and slight mark to rear bd. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 15201

Catalogue: Language & Linguistics

CHURCHWARD, C MAXWELL

A New Fijian Grammar

Fiji, Fijian Government. 1941, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Tan bds with bright title (some marks) 94 pages, a little spotted to ends, some pencil marginalia to rear index, odd small mark internally. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 15607

Catalogue: Language & Linguistics

CORCORAN, PAUL

Political Language and Rhetoric

Australia, University of Queensland. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0292764588) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Australian based university lecturer, bridging the gap between scholarly linguistic theory and todays' issues of general, social, political and educational importance. CONDITION Yellow bds with black title, unworn, Orange eps, inscribed, pp 216+, tight and unread, original yellow wrapper is unworn. An excellent copy. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 7501

Catalogue: Language & Linguistics

Keywords: Language Languages Political Aspects Science Terminology Arts Disciplines Linguistics Reference 0292764588

DAVIES, E P

How to Write for the Press : Affording comprehensive instructions for reporting all kinds of Events

London, United Kingdom, Guilbert Pitman. 1910, First Edition. Card Covers, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Covers reporting on anything imaginable including accidents, shipwrecks, religion, sports, social functions etc. Stiff Paper wraps with pastedown title label to front (clean with sl chipping to title edges) pp vii 178 plus catalogue to rear, printed on art paper, bright and clean not inscribed. An excellent copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 9074

Catalogue: Language & Linguistics

DOWNS, E. A.

Everyday Samoan : A Samoan Grammar Elucidated By the Use of Numerous Examples from Ordinary Conversations in the Samoan Language

Papakura, New Zealand, Southern Reprints. Reprint. (ISBN: 0909053146) Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Facsimile reprint of 1949 2nd edition. Stapled card wraps, pp 140. New/N/A.

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Book number: 17207

Catalogue: Language & Linguistics

Keywords: Language and Linguistics Pacific Studies 0909053146

FOX, G E

Dictionary of the Nggela Language (Solomons)

Auckland, New Zealand, Unity Press. 1955, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Nggela Islands, also known as the Florida Islands, are a small island group in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands and lies immediately north of the more famous island of Guadalcanal. CONDITION Red cloth is bright and unworn, 271 pages are bright and crisp. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 16058

Catalogue: Language & Linguistics

FRANKLIN, K J & JOICE; KIRAPEASI, YAPUA

A Kewa Dictionary with Supplementary Grammatical and Anthropological Materials : Pacific Linguistics Series C No 53

Australia, Australian National University Press. 1978, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Language from the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Blue bds with crisp incised gilt titled (bright and unworn) pp xi 514 plus publishers cat at rear, map to front and illus through text. DJ unworn. OVERWEIGHT. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 15377

Catalogue: Language & Linguistics

GIBSON, ALEXANDER CRAIG

The Folk-Speech of Cumberland and some Districts adjacent, being Short Stories and Rhymes in the Dialect of the West Border Counties

London, John Russell Smith. 1869, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Purple blind embossed bds with bright gilt spine title, insect damage causing a couple of small nicks to inside edge o/w unworn, pp viii 232. Copy is very bright and crisp with odd dust spot. Very Good.

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Book number: 15519

Catalogue: Language & Linguistics

LUZBETAK, LOUIS J

Middle Wahgi Phonology and Standardization of Orthographies in the New Guinea Highlands

Sydney, Australia, University of Sydney. 1956, First Edition. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Card wraps, 48 pages. Original taped spine has been re-taped. Cover a little toned o/w a very nice copy. Good.

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Book number: 15627

Catalogue: Language & Linguistics

A PAKEHA MAORI (F.E.MANING)

Korero Maori : First Lessons in Maori Conversation

Wanganui, New Zealand, A D Willis. 1920, Re-Issue. Card Covers, 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 9th Ed. Maori phrase book. Not Dated [1920 NZNB K460] Grey card wraps, 43 pages. Clean copy with split to bottom quarter. Good/N/A.

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Book number: 15403

Catalogue: Language & Linguistics

Keywords: Maori Language

A PAKEHA MAORI (F.E.MANING)

Korero Maori : First Lessons in Maori Conversation

Wanganui, New Zealand, A D Willis. 1915, Re-Issue. Card Covers, 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 8th Ed. Maori phrase book. Not Dated [1915 NZNB K459] Grey card wraps, Grey card wraps, 40 pages. Toned with some finger marks, chipped to spine ends, crisp copy. Good/N/A.

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Book number: 15699

Catalogue: Language & Linguistics

Keywords: Maori Language

NICHOL, JOHN

English Composition : Literature Primer

London, United Kingdom, MacMillan & Co. 1893, Re-Issue. Cloth, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 9th reprint by the Professor of English Language and Literature, Glasgow University. Covers the use of language, punctuation, verse writing etc. Red cloth boards with black titles and sunned spine. Some page browning and minor foxing to endpapers. pp 128. Otherwise a very tight book with clean bright text. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 6480

Catalogue: Language & Linguistics

Keywords: Grammar, Punctuation, Words, Brevity, Versification, Composition