CARDENAS, BENJAMIN

Spanish in One Lesson with Phonetic Pronunciation

Laredo, TX: Benjamin Cardenas, 1940. 3rd Revised Edition. Paperback. This is a small format paperback book. (approx. 6" x 4.5"). The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is a folded map of Mexico adhered to the rear inside cover of the book that is in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's name ink stamped to the top edge of the front endpaper.. Very Good+ .

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Boeknummer: 48096

Catalogus: Language Studies

Trefwoorden: Language Studies Benjamin Cardenas Spanish - English Translation

DONNEGAN, M. D. , JAMES

A New Greek and English Lexicon Principally on the Plan of the Greek and German Lexicon of Schneider: The Words Alphabetically Arragned

Boston, MA: Hilliard, Gray & Company, 1832. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. This is the "First American, from the Second London Edition, Revised and Enlarged by R. B. Patton" (from the title page) . This is an oversized (thick) volume (approx. 3" in depth). The calf covered boards are in generally good condition and the hinges are secure (which is probably a miracle, considering) , however, there is tearing to the outer front joint and all four corners of the covers have wear, and bits of leather missing, showing the boards underneath. The rear cover of the book has the outer layer of leather rubbed away or torn away for about one third of the area, giving it a well used look. The text pages are generally clean, though there are spots of foxing, what looks like a couple underlinings done by either the tip of a hot poker or a burning tool. One page has several small splotches of paint. The front pastedown page includes an inked math problem, along with several penciled math problems. "We start in Oxford, in the nineteenth century. The first Greek-English dictionary was published by a man called James Donnegan in 1826, but it was riddled with errors and inconsistencies, and so classicists were clamouring for an alternative. This is where we meet two friends: Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott who both worked at Oxford University. It was Liddell, the more authoritative of the two, who was initially asked to start compiling a new English-Greek dictionary, but he consented only if Scott would be asked as well. Liddell was from an affluent background and went on to become Vice-Chancellor of the whole university (he had a daughter called Alice who would become immortalized in Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland). "(from gorffennol blog). And also: "Spare a thought for the little-known James Donnegan, the Irish physician whose 1826 A New Greek and English Lexicon; Principally on the Plan of the Greek and German Lexicon of Schneider was the British market leader prior to L&S. Donnegan’s fourth edition was published in 1842, the year before L&S appeared. Apparently a denunciation of Donnegan’s work was suppressed from the preface of the first edition of L&S, which itself was derived from F. Passow’s Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache (1st ed. 1819-24, 4th ed. 1831)." (from Quinquennium). Good .

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Boeknummer: 45547

Catalogus: Language Studies

Trefwoorden: Language Studies James Donnegan, M. D. Lexicon Greek Language Reference Books Greek Studies

THE AMERICAN ESPERANTIST CO. INC.

The Whole of Esperanto and the Means of Learning It without Lessons, By Reding a Little Story

West Newton, MA: The American Esperantist Co. Inc, 1910. Paperback. C1910. This is a small format paperback book / booklet (approx. 4" x 3") with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good- condition. The bottom spine end has tearing and a bit of beginning rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's ink stamped name and address on the front cover of the booklet. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, though with some beginning generalized toning. This small booklet teaches beginning Esperanto with basic grammatical elements, alphabet, and a beginning story. "Esperanto is a constructed international auxiliary language. L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish-Jewish ophthalmologist, created Esperanto in the late 19th century and published the first book detailing it, Unua Libro, in 1887 under the pseudonym Doktoro Esperanto, Esperanto translating as "one who hopes". His original title for the language was simply the international language (lingvo internacia) , but early speakers grew fond of the name Esperanto and began to use it as a name for the language in 1889, which quickly gained prominence and has been used as an official name ever since.". Very Good- .

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Boeknummer: 36401

Catalogus: Language Studies

Trefwoorden: Language Studies The American Esperantist Esperanto Contrived Languages Language

MUTSU, HIROYOSHI

A Japanese Conversation Course

Tokyo, Japan: The Maruzen-Kabushiki-Kaisha, 1907. 4th Edition. Flexible cloth. This is a small format book with flexible cloth covers. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. There is some light fraying to the edges of the book covers. The top rear cover by the top spine joint has a patch of discoloration. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There are a couple of edge nicks to the text pages. There is a previous owner's name on the front endpaper, and an inked name on the front cover of the book. "Moreover it is only designed to give a knowledge of the conversational part of the language, and does not go in for its writing form, the difference between the two being much wider than in European languages. It is however hoped that the student will, by following this book with deligence and intelligence, be able to prepare himself for a deeper and higher study of the language.". Very Good+ .

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Boeknummer: 37079

Catalogus: Language Studies

Trefwoorden: Language Studies Hiroyoshi Mutsu Japanese Language Japanes Studies Conversational Japanese

PIKE, EVELYN G. & RACHEL SAINT (EDITED BY)

Workpapers Concerning Waorani Discourse Features (English and South American Indian Edition)

Dallas, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1988. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0883126257. Trade PB. This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book cover has several small spots of ground-in dirt, and one spot of rubbing to the front cover where there is some color loss. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Waorani (Huaorani) language, commonly known as Sabela (also Wao, Huao, Auishiri, Aushiri, Ssabela ; autonym: Wao Terero; pejorative: Auka, Auca) is a vulnerable language isolate spoken by the Huaorani people, an indigenous group living in the Amazon rainforest between the Napo and Curaray Rivers in Ecuador. A small number of speakers with so-called uncontacted groups may live in Peru. Huaorani is considered endangered due to growing bilingualism in Quechua and Spanish and diminishing Huaorani usage among youth. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Boeknummer: 42996

Catalogus: Language Studies

Trefwoorden: 0883126257 Language Studies Evelyn G. Pike Rachel Saint Waorani Langauge Amazon Rain Forests Huaorani People Ecuador

REED, IVY KELLERMAN

A Practical Grammar of the International Language (Esperanto)

Washington, D. C.: American School of Esperanto, 1915. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. This is a small format paperback with cardstock covers and a glued spine. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The corners of the book covers have some light bumping and beginning creasing. The text pages are clean and bright. The endpapers have a previous owner's penciled notations and there is an ink stamped previous owner's name and address on the front endpaper. "Ivy Kellerman Reed (Oshkosh [Wisconsin], July 8, 1877 – La Jolla [California], February 7, 1968) was an American author in the international language Esperanto. An accomplished linguist with four academic degrees for work in Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, and Persian and half a dozen modern languages, Reed was an ardent Esperantist. Her Practical Grammar of the International Language, first published in 1915, ran to several editions, and is available today online from Project Gutenberg free of charge. She was the translator with Ralph A. Lewin, of the famous Esperanto edition of Winnie-the-Pooh. She also translated Shakespeare’s As You Like It, the first performance of which was given at the sixth World Esperanto Congress in Washington D. C. In 1910." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: 38610

Catalogus: Language Studies

Trefwoorden: Language Studies Ivy Kellerman Reed Esperanto International Language American School Of Esperanto Languages