Linguistics

  • Codex pseudepigraphus Veteris Testamenti,

    # 41298

    FABRICIUS, Johann Albert (1668-1736)

    Codex pseudepigraphus Veteris Testamenti,

    collectus castigatus, testimoniisque, censuris & animadversionibus illustratus à Johanne Alberto Fabricio, SS. Theol. D. & Professore Publ. in Gymnasio Hamburgensi.  Hamburg and Leipzig : Christian Liebezeit, 1713. First edition. Octavo (165 x 105 mm), slightly later full calf with gilt-tooled board edges, spine in gilt-ruled compartments with gilt decoration and contrasting leather title and volume …

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  • [NEW HEBRIDES; MISSIONS] A dictionary of the Aneityumese language. (Presentation copy from the author to Rev. Clark of Williamstown).

    # 41696

    INGLIS, Rev. John

    [NEW HEBRIDES; MISSIONS] A dictionary of the Aneityumese language. (Presentation copy from the author to Rev. Clark of Williamstown).

    In two parts. I. Aneityumese and English. II. English and Aneityumese. Also outlines of Aneityumese grammar. And an introduction, containing notices of the missions to the native races, and illustrations of the principles and peculiarities of the Aneityumese language. By the Rev. John Inglis, thirty-three years a missionary, first of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland, …

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  • Intercolonial Exhibition, 1866. Vocabulary of dialects spoken by Aboriginal natives of Australia.

    # 34589

    [BARRY, Sir Redmond]

    Intercolonial Exhibition, 1866. Vocabulary of dialects spoken by Aboriginal natives of Australia.

    Melbourne : Masterman, Printer, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, 1867. Only edition in English. Octavo, original printed green wrappers (some chipping to the edges, pale water stain and foxing to fore edge), sewn, pp xiv, [2], 6 large format tables of vocabulary (each folding to 460 x 580 mm, in fine condition), an excellent copy. Ferguson notes …

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  • Preces S. Niersis Clajensis Armeniorum Patriarchae viginti quatuor linguis editae.

    # 41312

    SAINT NERSES SHNORHALI [AUCHER, Paschal, editor]

    Preces S. Niersis Clajensis Armeniorum Patriarchae viginti quatuor linguis editae.

    Venice : In Insula S. Lazari [at the Armenian press], 1823. Duodecimo (150 x 100 mm), contemporary marbled calf  with ornate gilt borders, spine with stamped title and decoration; original owner’s inscription to recto of first blank: ‘Given to E. Alexander Whytt Esq. by Paschal Aucher, St. Lazarus 5th October 1824.’; verso of the front …

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  • Translations from the Manchu, with the original texts, prefaced by an Essay on the Language.

    # 38353

    MEADOWS, Thomas Taylor (1815-1868)

    Translations from the Manchu, with the original texts, prefaced by an Essay on the Language.

    Canton : S. Wells Williams, 1849. Octavo (220 mm), recent half calf over marbled papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; pp viii, 54, [48 texts in Manchu (Mongolian) script, block printed in the Chinese style]; facing title page, a title page in Chinese and Manchu printed on yellow paper (chipped at corners); leaves with browning and …

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  • [HERMANNSBURG] Dear Mr Heinrich : Ntaria letters 1933-35.

    # 38884

    OPPENHEIM, Ilona

    [HERMANNSBURG] Dear Mr Heinrich : Ntaria letters 1933-35.

    Hermannsburg, N.T. : Ntaria School, 2002. Large quarto (295 x 210 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers, stapled; pp 60, b/w photographic illustrations; text in English and Western Arrarnta; a fine presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page for bibliophile and former Hermannsburg resident Charles Fletcher. Hermann Adolph Heinrich (1895-1959) arrived at the Hermannsburg …

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  • A short Acoli-English and English-Acoli vocabulary

    # 12514

    SAVAGE, G.A.R.

    A short Acoli-English and English-Acoli vocabulary

    Kampala : The Eagle Press, 1955. Octavo, blue inlaid boards (covers stained), 50 pp; internally sound. Acoli is a language spoken in northern Uganda and southern South Sudan.

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  • [MISSIONS; AFRICA] Njembo

    # 35469

    WEEKS, John H.; STAPLETON, Walter Henry; DODDS, C. J.; STONELAKE, Henry Thomas

    [MISSIONS; AFRICA] Njembo

    Monsembe : Baptist Missionary Society, 1900. ‘Imprimerie “Hannah Wade”, Baptist Missionary Society, Bolobo, Haut Congo, État Indépendant du Congo’ (title page verso). Small octavo (174 x 121 mm), original pebbled red cloth over boards, upper board with stamped lettering and decoration in black; front pastedown with pencilled name of early owner Charles W. Carter, pp 79; …

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  • [NEW GUINEA] Police Motu : iena sivarai (its story)

    # 35367

    DUTTON, Tom (Thomas Edward)

    [NEW GUINEA] Police Motu : iena sivarai (its story)

    [PNG] : University of Papua New Guinea Press, 1985. Linguistics series ; no. 2. Quarto, publisher’s pictorial stiff wrappers; pp xiv, 297; with numerous b/w photographic illustrations, maps, index, bibliography; text in English, with some Hiri Motu; a fine copy, from The Papuan Collection of Charles Fletcher (Melbourne), his bookplate to the title page. Police …

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  • [NEW GUINEA; MISSIONS] Iesu Keriso nimo buaraigo gedaro nimo kowitorai dubu nou wade overa : Mataio ra Mareko ra Luka ra Ioane nei tau giuwodoirumo

    # 33291

    British and Foreign Bible Society. Commonwealth of Australia Council

    [NEW GUINEA; MISSIONS] Iesu Keriso nimo buaraigo gedaro nimo kowitorai dubu nou wade overa : Mataio ra Mareko ra Luka ra Ioane nei tau giuwodoirumo

    [=”The four Gospels in Kiwai, Fly Delta, Papua”]. [Sydney?] : Commonwealth of Australia Council of the British & Foreign Bible Society, 1947. Duodecimo, original dark green cloth over boards, spine stamped in gilt and with ‘KIWAI Gospels’ in ms. in white ink, pp iii, 393; endpapers with offsetting, but a fine copy; from The Papuan Collection …

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  • Annual Report on British New Guinea from 1st July 1889 to 30th June 1890; with appendices.

    # 34049

    British New Guinea. Administrator.

    Annual Report on British New Guinea from 1st July 1889 to 30th June 1890; with appendices.

    At head of title: 1890. Queensland. Brisbane : James C. Beal, Government Printer, 1890. Foolscap folio (330 mm), string bound, pp 168, with 3 lithographed plates (including profile of the Victor Emanuel Range and tribal designs) and 6 large folding maps at rear; Appendix X, Native Dialects (117-168) contains several important vocabularies of indigenous languages; …

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  • [NEW GUINEA; MISSIONS] Ita eda lohiabada bona hahemauri Iesu Keriso ena taravatu matamata.

    # 30757

    LISTER-TURNER, R. and J. B. CLARK (translators)

    [NEW GUINEA; MISSIONS] Ita eda lohiabada bona hahemauri Iesu Keriso ena taravatu matamata.

    [=The New Testament in Motu]. Cover title: Taravatu Matamata. London British and Foreign Bible Society, 1935. First edition. Small octavo (170 mm), black cloth limp covers (a few light marks) with stamped lettering to front, pp 510; a near fine copy; from The Papuan Collection of Charles Fletcher (Melbourne), his bookplate to the inside front …

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  • The handbook of Hindūstānī conversation : with a collection of familiar phrases and an easy vocabulary, English and Hindūstānī.

    # 30478

    S. C. AUDDY & CO. (CALCUTTA)

    The handbook of Hindūstānī conversation : with a collection of familiar phrases and an easy vocabulary, English and Hindūstānī.

    Calcutta : S. C. Auddy & Co., Booksellers and Publishers, 58 & 12, Wellington Street, 1909. “Revised and enlarged edition”. Duodecimo (160 mm), original printed wrappers (sunned and stained, upper wrapper chipped at bottom edge, lower wrapper with tear at foot of spine), pp [4], 60; bottom corners a little dog-eared, otherwise contents clean and …

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  • [NEW GUINEA; MISSIONS] Iesu Keriso eda Lohiabada Bona eda Hahemauri Tauna ena Taravatu Matamatana.

    # 30393

    [NEW GUINEA; MISSIONS] Iesu Keriso eda Lohiabada Bona eda Hahemauri Tauna ena Taravatu Matamatana.

    [=The New Testament in Motu]. London : The British and Foreign Bible Society, 1959. Small octavo (175 x 125 mm), publisher’s black cloth over boards lettered in gilt, edges stained red, pp 528; a fine copy; from The Papuan Collection of Charles Fletcher (Melbourne), his bookplate to the front free-endpaper. Motu (sometimes called Pure Motu …

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  • [NEW GUINEA] A primer of Police Motu

    # 29702

    CHATTERTON, Percy

    [NEW GUINEA] A primer of Police Motu

    / by Percy Chatterton, L.C.P. of the London Missionary Society. Cairns, Qld. : The Cairns Post Pty. Ltd. (By Authority of the Department of Education, Port Morseby,),1950. Small octavo (175 mm), original stiff cloth wrappers, stapled; 31 pp; errata slip pasted to inside upper wrapper; contents clean, a very good copy. ‘Hiri Motu, also known as Police …

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  • Chinese-English dictionary

    # 28675

    Chinese-English dictionary

    Comprising over 3800 characters with translations, explanations, pronunciations, etc., etc. Shanghai : The Commercial Press, Ltd., 1942. Octavo (195 mm), publisher’s black-lettered red cloth over boards (lightly marked), spine lettered in Chinese characters in gilt (sunned), pp. [iv]; 354; 10; title page in Chinese to rear pastedown; the English title page has a short tear …

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