DAVICO, Oskar

Pesma. Roman. Drugo Izdanje.

Belgrade Beograd, Novo Pokolenje, 1953. A very good copy in original dust-wrapper. Clean and tight. Just a little yellowed at edges. Text in Latinica. Used; Very Good Oskar Davico (1909—1989) was a distinguished Serbian Jewish novelist, poet and activist. A leading figure, both in pre-war and post-war Yugoslavia, he was one of the most acclaimed Serbian surrealist writers, and also a revolutionary socialist and a politician. Pesma (A Song), first published in 1952, is one of his best known works. Hardback.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Featured|Serbian|Judaica|Yugoslavia|Literature|Slavonic

DAVIES, Dic.

Byw Yn Y Wlad [Life in the Countryside] Text in Welsh.

Gwasg Gwynedd, 1992. P/b. 136pp. New . Paperback.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Welsh|Byw Yn Y Wlad|Wales|Biography

(DAVY, Charles)

Conjectural Observations on the Origin and Progress of Alphabetic Writing.

London, Printed for T. Wright, 1772. Presumed first edition and published 1772 (see COPAC). 8vo. disbound, complete. [4],ix,[1],126,[2]p.3 folding plates (all present), with dedication leaf. Title vignette. Coat of Arms of Sir George Beaumont to whom work is dedicated. Illustrative head-and tail-piece. The 3 plates bear alphabetic tables, and an Egyptian inscription with facing translation. Used; Very Good A scarce and unusual early work on the formation of alphabets. Davy posited writing as a human invention (rather than having Divine origin, commonly thought at the time) in a way that has relevance to today's theories. Pp. 123-[127] contain 'Conversation between Queen Elizabeth and Dr. Symson' and a 'Hymn to Isis'. Paperback.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Philology|Antiquarian|Linguistics|Featured|Alphabets and Scripts

DAWSON, S. W..

Drama and the Dramatic the Critical Idiom. General Editor: John D. Jump.

Methuen & Co Ltd, 1970. A very nice bright copy. Clean and tight. Cover a little faded at spine. Two small ink annotations to contents list. Used; Very Good With bibliography and index. Paperback.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Literary Criticism|Book-Cover Design|Literature|Style|Linguistics|Featured|Linguistics

DE CAYLUS [Anne Claude Philippe Comte]

Bonnes Fortunes.

Paris, Editions Nilsson, 1895. Very attractive edition. Decorated Yapp-edged paper covers, 11x8cm. decorated end-papers, 247pp. Spine ends just a trifle chipped else in very good condition. Used; Very Good Imprimé par "La Semeuse" Etampes. The endpaper design is particularly striking. Paperback.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Book-Cover Design|French|Literature|Romance Language|Featured

DE RÔME, Denise

Soluzioni! a Practical Guide to Italian Grammar. Arnold Concise Grammars.

London, Arnold, 2003. Large p/b. vi+330 pp. 17 x 24 cm. As new, appears unused. Clean, tight and bright. Explains major aspects of Italian grammar clearly and concisely. Real language examples and plenty of varied and imaginative exercises show how the grammar works in practice. With many literary and journalistic quotations which can be used in essays and increase vocabulary.

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DeFRANCIS, John.

Beginning Chinese. Revised Edition.

Yale, Yale U.P. 1963. Large 8vo. h/b. xxxi+498pp. Cloth rubbed at edges and spine ends, leading corner creased, light signs of wear, generally tight, clean internally. Heavy item, may attract extra charges for postage overseas. Highly recommended Chinese course, still popular. Arthur Probsthain label to paste-down.

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Sonstige Stichworte: South & East Asia|Chinese|Sino-Tibetan|Featured

DELAPORTE, R.

Elementary Breton-English Dictionary. Geriadurig Brezhoneg-Saozneg.

Cork, Cork University Press, 1979. Printed card covers, xviii+110pp. In very good condition, clean and tight. Neat owner name inside. Breton into English only.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Breton|Celtic|Dictionary|Featured|France

DELETAILLE, Albertine, DAVANT, Jean-Louis (Père Castor)

Gatu Ttiki Galdua. édition Basque de L'Album Du Père Castor: Petit Chat Perdu. Père Castor.

Paris, Flammarion, 1976. A good copy. P/b. 16pp. Clean and tight but minor water damage affecting lower corner. Colour illustrated card covers and throughout. Used; Good . Paperback.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Basque|Children's|Illustrated|Père Castor|Featured

DEMBO, Umaru.

Wasanni Da Wakokin Yara. Ten Poems. (Hausa)

Zariya, Ganuwa, 1979. Printed wrappers, 26pp. illustrated. Very good condition. 10 poems in the Hausa language. Wrappers.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Languages|Arabia|Africa|Hausa|Featured

DERBYSHIRE, A. E..

A Grammar of Style: Second Impression. The Language Library. Edited by Eric Partridge and David Crystal.

London, Andre Deutsch, 1979. 8vo. brown boards, 269pp. Original khaki coloured dust-wrapper uniform with others in the series. In very good condition. Clean, crisp and tight. In very good unclipped dust-wrapper.

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Buchzahl: 38181

Katalog: Language Libraries

Sonstige Stichworte: Literature|Featured|English

Dewey, Godfrey

Relativ Frequency of English Speech Sounds Harvard Studies in Education. Vol. 4.

Cambridge, Mass, Harvard Business School Press, 1950. Original cloth, 199pp. Reprint. Collectable; Very Good From the library of Cristofr Upward. Hardcover.

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Sonstige Stichworte: I.T. A. |Spelling Reform|Cut Spelling|Phonology|Phonics|Speech|Featured

DHRUVA, N. M..

Gujarati Self-Taught. By the Natural Method with Phonetic Pronunciation (Thimm's System).

New Dehli, AES Asian Educational Services, 1999. Attractive binding, blue boards, lettered in gilt. A good, clean, tight copy. A very few light pencil annotations to vocabulary lists. Used; Very Good Hardback facsimile copy of original 1920 Marlborough edition. Hardback.

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DHRUVA, N. M..

Gujarati Self-Taught. By the Natural Method with Phonetic Pronunciation (Thimm's System).

New Dehli, Asian Educational Services, 1999. Attractive binding, blue boards, lettered in gilt. A good, clean, tight copy. A few occasional pencil annotations to vocabulary lists. Used; Very Good Hardback facsimile copy of original 1920 Marlborough edition. Hardback.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Gujarathi|Gujarati|Course|Grammar|Indo-Aryan|Featured

DIAKONOFF, I. M. D'YAKONOV

Semito-Khamitskie Yazyki: Opyt Klassifikatsii. [on the Semito-Hamitic Languages. Text in Russian]. Iaziki Narodov Azii I Afriki Ed. By T P Serdyuchenko.

Moscow, Nauka, 1965. As new apart from neat inscription inside cover. Francis Maddison's copy. Used; Very Good Reference grammar on Afro-Asiatic or Semito-Hamitic languages. In Russian with long bibliography. One of a remarkable and wide ranging series of descriptive grammars on the languages of Asia and Africa. By world-renown Russian orientalist and one of the greatest scholars in the Near Middle East. Paperback.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Afro-Asiatic|Hamito-Semitic|African Language|Semitic|Featured|Descriptive Grammar