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BATCHELOR, JOHN: - An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary. (Including a Grammar of the Ainu Language). Two parts in one volume. Tokyo, Published by the Methodist Publishing House, Ginza,1905.
. Pp. (vi), 11, errata (1), 526; (ii), 159, errata (1), (1). Old Japanese inscription on front endpaper. Original blue cloth, a few stains to upper cover,slightly shaken, hinges weak. The second, much enlarged and improved edition of the first proper Ainu-English dictionary (first 1889). A grammar has been added to this edition. The Reverend John Batchelor (1854-1944) was a British missionary who lived among the Ainu people for more than sixty years. During this time he became close to the people and knowledgeable about their culture, religion and language. He was the first to write in Ainu, creating a writing system for the language. Cordier BJ 618-19.
EUR 850.00 [Appr.: US$ 922 | £UK 723.75 | JP¥ 145046] Booknumber: 121371
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EUR 850.00 [Appr.: US$ 922 | £UK 723.75 | JP¥ 145046] Booknumber: 121371
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