41. [Chomsky, Noam] Sperlich, Wolfgang B.

Noam Chomsky. With 22 illustrations (photographs, comics, etc.).

London, Reaktion Books, 2006. Octavo. 160 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Noam Chomsky on the endpaper. [Critical Lives].

42. Cohen, Marcel.

Histoire d’une Langue: le Français. (Des Lointaines Origines à Nos Jours).

Paris, Éditions Hier et Aujourd’hui, 1947. 14.5 cm x 23 cm. 384 Pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. [Collection Civilisation Française].

43. Cohen, Marcel.

Le Langage, Structure et Evolution.

Paris, Editions Sociales, 1950. 14.5 cm x 23 cm. 144 Pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [La Culture et les Hommes].

44. Demosthenis / Demosthenes [Johannes Rust, Med. Tem. & Trin. Coll. Cantab.].

Demosthenis Orationes De Republica Ad Populum Habitae: Latio donatae ab Jo: Vincentio Lucchesinio patritio Lucensi, cum notis criticis, & historicis. Ad SS. Dnm Nostrum Clementem Undecimum Pontificem Maximum.

Romae, Ex Typographia Antonii de Rubeis in Platea Cerensi, 1712. Large Octavo. XII, 232 pages. Original Hardcover (Pigskin) with contemporary handwritten title on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small, professional repair to upper spine. Some paper damage with text-loss internally to pages 267 – 278 as well as pages 315 – 320. Several defects to some pages with small text-lesions and tears. From the library of Johannes Rust, Trinity College Cambridge. His small bookplate pasted to the dedication page. Contemporary entries in ink on the pastedown and endpaper.

45. Humboldt, Wilhelm von.

Über das Entstehen der grammatischen Formen, und ihren Einfluss auf die Ideenentwicklung. (Gelesen in der Akademie der Wissenschaften am 17. Januar 1822).

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 29 Seiten plus Errata-Blatt (Seiten 401 – 430 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus den Jahren 1822 und 1823].

46. Hunt, Cecil.

A Dictionary of Word Makers – Pen Pictures of the People behind our Language. With Illustrations by John Nicolson.

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1949. Octavo. 176 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Some foxing. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear (some fraying to the jacket).

47. Johnson, Alexander Bryan.

A Treatise on Language. Edited, with a Critical Essay on his Philosophy of Language, by David Rynin.

Berkeley, University of California Press, 1947. 16 x 24 cm. 437 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some small tears to the dustjacket only.

48. Johnson, Samuel.

A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the words are deduced from their Originals, Explained in their Different Meanings, and Authorized by the names of the writers in whose Works they are found. Abstracted from the Folio Edition, by the Author Samuel Johnson A.M. To which is prefixed, An English Grammar. To this edition are added, A History of the English Language, The Author’s Preface to the Folio and a considerable Number of Words, none of which are contained in the London Octavo.

Dublin, Printed by W.G.Jones, for Thomas Ewing, in Dame-Street, 1768. Octavo (14 cm x 21,5 cm). 1026 unnumbered pages. Hardcover / Original, 18th century leather with new spine-label. In protective Mylar. Binding with some rubbing and minor defects to the leather. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of John & Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with the name of John Meade on the titlepage.

49. Keller, May Lansfield.

The Anglo-Saxon Weapon Names treated archaeologically and etymologically. First Part: Antiquarian Investigation.

Heidelberg, Carl Winter, 1905. 8°. 144 pages. Softcover. Dissertation / Original Thesis from 1905 (NOT the reprint). Library copy. Very good+ condition.

50. [Malamud, Bernard] Belitt, Ben.

Adam’s Dream. A Preface to Translation.

New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1978. 24cm x 16cm. 186 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good + condition with only minor signs of wear. Presentation copy. With manuscript letter by Ben Belitt, reflecting on mistakes in the book and comparing it to Borges’ “Pierre Menard”. Page six inscribed by Ben Belitt to Ben and Ann Malamud.