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A. J. Arberry, Editor The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and Other Persian Poems
London Dent Everyman's Library 1976 0460019961 / 9780460019965 Reprint Paperback Very Good 12mo
239 pp. Covers rubbed, corners slightly curled/creased. Edgewear. Sticker to back cover. Spine uncreased. Interior bright, clean and tightly bound. An Anthology of verse translations. "From the large number of English versions available, the editor has taken a selection of passages translated from Omar Khayyam and the more mystical Rumi among practitioners of the quatrain, and lyrics by Sana'i, Sa'di, Iraqi, Hafiz and 7 others. The odes include those of Farrukhi and Bahar, and the selection concludes with extended passages from the epic Shah-nama, or Book of Kings, of Firdausi. Altogether 25 Persian poets of this classical period (which corresponds to our Middle Ages) are represented, and there is poetry of more recent times. The editor contributes an elegant and illuminating preface."
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Adkins, Leslie Empires of the Plain: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon
London HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2003 0007173954 / 9780007173952 First Paperback Very Good Remainder Octavo
424 pp. Light edgewear to illustrated covers. Faint yellowing to edges of text block and outer page margins. Remainder mark to lower edge of text block. Internally unmarked; solidly bound. Black-and-white plates. Maps. "The key to understanding the many cuneiform scripts and languages was an immense inscription high on a sheer rock face at Bisitun in the mountains of western Iran, carved on the orders of King Darius the Great of Persia over 2,000 years ago. Only Rawlinson had the physical and intellectual skills, courage, and self-motivation and opportunity to make the perilous ascent and copy the monument."
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Bragg, Melvyn The Adventure of English 500 AD to 2000: The Biography of a Language
London Hodder & Stoughton 2003 0340829915 / 9780340829912 First Hard Cover Very Good Octavo
354 pp. Light wear (creases, small chips, tiny tears) to upper edges of unclipped dustjacket. A little wear to board corners and to head and heel of spine. Very faint yellowing to edges of text block and outer page margins. Internally unmarked; solidly bound. Colour and black-and-white plates. "A fascinating tableau of a Darwinian struggle to survive and evolve." -- Observer
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Cameron, Deborah (editor) The Feminist Critique of Language: A Reader. Second Edition
London Routledge 1999 0415164001 / 9780415164009 Reprint Paperback Very Good Large 0ctavo
368 pp. Light general and edgewear to illustrated covers. Spine creased, but binding is solid. Internally bright and unmarked. "Both an established guide to the major debates and directions in current feminist thinking about language and a digest of the history of 20th century feminist ideas about language. This new edition has been thoroughly updated and expanded to take account of new developments in feminist debates about language, including new material on sexist language and political correctness."
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Clark, Herbert H. Using Language
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003 0521567459 / 9780521567459 Reprint Paperback Good Octavo
xi, 432 pp. Light general and edgewear to covers. Corners a little curled; spine uncreased. Faint discolouration and slight scuffing to edges of text block. Internally unmarked and solidly bound. References, index of names, subject index. "...sets out the thesis that language use is really a form of joint action."
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Corcoran, Paul E. Political Language and Rhetoric
St Lucia University of Queensland Press 1979 070221339X / 9780702213397 First Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good Octavo
216 pp. Very light general and edgewear to unclipped dustjacket. Spine a little sunned. Faint dust foxing to upper edge of text block. Internally unmarked; solidly bound.
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Crystal, David The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1992 0521424437 / 9780521424431 Reprint Paperback Very Good Quarto
vii, 472 pp. B&W illustrations and diagrams. Light general and edgewear to illustrated covers. Corners curled. Faint stains and scuffing to edges of text block. Internally unmarked; solidly bound. "Trucker talk, mystical letters, Shakespeare in pidgin, sneezing in Tongan, the qwerty keyboard, talking with drums, speaking in tongues -- any list can only begin to convey the enormous and fascinating range of topics."
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Drysdale, Helena Mother Tongues: Travels Through Tribal Europe
London Picador 2001 0330372807 / 9780330372800 Reprint Hard Cover Fair Near Fine Octavo
400 pp. Extremely light edgewear to unclipped dustjacket. All else as new. Black-and-white maps. Bibliography. "This beautiful book delves not only into the highs and lows of peripatetic family life, but digs deeper into the very nature of the powerful bond between languge and identity that affects us all, whether we know it or not."
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Editorial Staff, The East Magazine Kanji Kanji
Tokyo The East Publications 1972 Second Printing Hard Cover Good Good Octavo Ban Kojin
191 pp. Light general and edgewear (creasing, a few small chips, discolouration esp. along upper edge), to unclipped dj. Boards square and clean. Light discolouration to edges of text block. Prev. owners' details embossed on ffep; another prev. owner's name to half-title page. One or two small splotches, and a shallow crease, to first few pages. Text is clean, bright, solidly bound. Calligraphy-based b/w ink paintings throughout. "Reveals the secrets of Chinese characters and the stories and legends that surround them in a manner so interesting you won't be able to forget them."
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Emblen, D.L. Peter Mark Roget: The Word and the Man
London Longman 1970 0582108276 / 9780582108271 Hard Cover Very Good Good Octavo
368 pp. Light general and edgewear to price-clipped dustjacket. Foxing to edges of text block. Internally unmarked; solidly bound. Black-and-white plates. Appendices: Advice to the Poor; and The Published Writings of Peter Mark Roget. Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Faris, James C Nuba Personal Art
London Duckworth 1972 0715605941 / 9780715605943 First Cloth Good Good 0ctavo
130pp. Dustjacket slightly worn at edges; two 1-inch tears on lower edge. Price clipped. Light wear to lower board edges. Two tiny red dots to edges of text block. Internally unmarked; solidly bound. With 15 line drawings, and 52 b/w and 28 colour photographs. Tables and diagrams. List of plates. Notes, bibliography, index. "...Documents the unique Nuba art tradition, placing it in its social, ecological and cultural setting. ...Also specifies the principles of the visual grammar in algorithmic form, using methods derived from generative linguistics."
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Folsom, Franklin The Wonderful Story of Language
London Odhams Books Limited 1963 Hard Cover Good + No Jacket Quarto John Hull and Tran Mawicke
192 pp. Very light general wear to illustrated glossy boards. Ends of backstrip and (unbumped) corners are a little chipped. Internally unmarked and solidly bound. Linguistics for children. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout.
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Franzen, Jonathan, translation and notes The Kraus Project
London Fourth Estate 2013 0007517440 / 9780007517442 First Paperback Very Good Remainder 12mo
318 pp. Very light general and edgewear to illustrated covers. A little sticker residue to back cover. Remainder mark to lower edge of text block. Internally as new. Kraus's essays in German on one page, Franzen's translations facing. Franzen's notes below both pages. "With assistance and additional notes from Paul Reitter and Daniel Kehlmann."
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