Reflection On The Fundamental of Saudi Policy.
Riyadh. Dal Al-Uruq. 151pp, very good paperback copy with a touch of rubbing on the extremities. 24.5 x 17.5cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173235. More
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Turkey Today. A Preview.
London. Office of the Press Counsellor to the Turkish Embassy. 1968. Third Edition. Maps, black and white illustrations, 18pp, reference books, corners a little rubbed, stapled paperback covers a little faded, still a good copy. 19 x 21.5cm. Contents include: The Ataturk Era; The Government; The World Around; The Arts;..... More
古文字學初階 [Gǔ wén zì xué chū jiē Rudimentary Paleography].
中華書局 Zhonghua shu ju. 87pp, line illustrations, paperback, trifle faded on spine, 文史知識叢書 wen shi zhi shi cong chu series. Chinese paleography with a focus on oracle bone/tortoise inscriptions, copper inscriptions, etc. Text in Chinese. When referring to this item please quote stockid 150367. More
容易用混的詞 [Róng yì yòng hún de cí. Words that are easily muddled up].
北京出版社 Beijing chu ban she. 1980. 148pp, paperback little faded along upper edge, good copy. Text in Chinese. When referring to this item please quote stockid 150366. More
Sastera Melayu Baru.
Malaysia. Saudara Sinaran Berhad. 1964. Black and white photographic illustration, iii + 172pp, bibliography, author's inscription front free endpaper, signature on title page, good paperback copy with fading at spine and edges. From the library of Professor C. Skinner. Text in Malay. When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Imbohan Sastera.
Singapore. Pustaka Melayu. 1963. 184pp, from the library of Professor Skinner whose name is written in red ink on front free endpaper, very good in little worn paperback. Text in Malay. When referring to this item please quote stockid 154447. More
Perintis Bahasa.
Kuala Lumpur. Oxford University Press. 1963. xviii + 201pp, covers patchily browned and marked, upper corner cover and first few pages little creased, otherwise a good paperback copy. Malay textbook for schools. When referring to this item please quote stockid 69679. More
Indonesian Language and Literature. Two Essays.
New Haven: Yale University Press. 1962. 40pp, library stamp copyright page, original wrappers some wear, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 161403. More
Pembina Bahasa Indonesia. Madjalah Bulanan untuk Memadjukan Bahasa Indonesia.
Jakarta. Pustaka Rakjat. Vol. 1, no. 2 1948- vol. 5, no. 7, 1953. Broken run of 41 issues, including: vol. 1, no. 2 - no. 12 (1948/49); vol. 2, no. 1 - no. 4, no. 7 - no. 9, no. 11 - no. 12 (1949/50); vol. 3, no. 1 -..... More
A Grammar of Tshangla.
Leiden. Brill. 2008. Colour photographic illustrations. Yellow illustrated boards, x + 488pp, bibliography and index, 2 pages publisher's adverts. As new - very good copy. 25 x 16cm. Brill's Tibetan Studies Library: Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region. Volume 5/10. "A Grammar of Tshangla is the first major linguistic description..... More
Aku Ini Binatang Jalang.
Jakarta. Penerbit PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama. 1996. xiv + 111pp, bibliography, covers little shelf worn, a good paperback copy. Text in Indonesian. When referring to this item please quote stockid 180115. More
The Concise Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Delhi. Motilal Banarsidass. 2000. 366pp, title page signed by prior owner, two leaves creased within the book, corners rubbed, spine faded, still a good paperback copy. 17.5 x 12cm. "There are in existence no doubt excellent Sanskrit-English dictionaries compiled by eminent scholars like Monier Williams, H.H. Wilson, V.S. Apte and..... More
Sang Boma.
Djakarta. Balai Pustaka. 1953. [Reprint]. 327pp, paperback. Spine amateurly repaired with sellotape, small chip with loss lower cover, light pencilling some leaves. Sound copy from the library of Professor C. Skinner. Indonesian language literature. When referring to this item please quote stockid 69474. More
Opposites. Mga Kabaligtaran. Basic Education 7.
Philippines. Cyrus Publishing, Inc., 1999. Blqack and white line illustrations, unpaginated, foxing on edges occasionally throughout, otherwise good paperback copy with slight creasing on cover. 27.3 x 21.2cm. A book for children giving opposites in both English and Tagalog. When referring to this item please quote stockid 164751... More
English-Tibetan Colloquial Dictionary.
Calcutta. Firma KLM. 1986. xxxvi + 562pp, prior owner mended worn dustjacket tears with tape, dustjacket adhering to lower cover, covers a little soiled, otherwise good and internally clean hardback copy. English-Tibetan dictionary compiled by British Political Officer and Tibetanist Charles Bell who wrote a number of works on Tibet..... More
Bijdrage tot de kennis der Javaansche werkwoordsvormen.
Bijdragen tot de taal, en volkenkunde van Nederlandsche-Indie. 1937. Overdruk. 4 folding language tables, 396pp, a little minor occasional spotting, very good in original patchily faded wrappers. Good copy. Text in Dutch. When referring to this item please quote stockid 170224. More
Das Yasin-Burushaski. (Werchikwar) Grammatik, Texte, Wörtebuch. Neuindische Studien Band 3.
Wiesbaden. Otto Harrassowitz. 1974. First Edition. ix + 228pp, index. Printed wrappers sunned, small prior owner name on the front free endpaper, otherwise a very good copy. Text in German. 25 x 17cm. Burushaski language, also spelled Burushaki or Burushki, language spoken primarily in the Hunza, Nagar, and Yasin valleys..... More
Travellers in Arabia.
London. Hamlyn. 1976. Maps, black and white and colour illustrations, 224pp, index, very good in patchily faded dustjacket, large octavo. Includes chapters on Niebuhr, Burckhardt, Burton, Palgrave, Doughty and Philby. When referring to this item please quote stockid 174193. More
Che' Umar Anak-Beranak. Tinjauan bagi kehidupan Che' Umar anak-beranak dan pergaulan merek-itu antara jiran-jiran dan sahabat-sahabat-nya.
London. Macmillan. 1952. vii + 103pp, wrappers, hinges starting. A little pencilling, two signatures of M.B. Lewis on front paste down. Good copy from the library of Professor C. Skinner. No copies listed on Worldcat. Malay language conversation and phrase book. When referring to this item please quote stockid 69621..... More
Japanese Exercises in the Yokohama Dialect.
Rutland. Charles E. Tuttle. 1953. Reprint. Revised and Enlarged Edition. 31pp, soft orange wrappers, small closed tear neatly repaired on the top edge, a nice copy. 18 x 13cm. A facsimile of the 1879 edition. Twenty Second Thousandth. When referring to this item please quote stockid 214521. More
UCJ: An Orthographic System of Notation and Transcription for Sino-Japanese.
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1947. iii + 17-102pp. Author's name neatly pencilled upper cover, wrappers somewhat worn with extremities little chipped, text clean and sound, overall a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 214272. More
A Grammar of Sunwar: Descriptive Grammar, Paradigms, Texts and Glossary.
Leiden. Brill. 2008. Colour photographic illustrations. Yellow illustrated boards, xxi + 315pp, 3 pages publisher's adverts. As new - very good copy. 25 x 16cm. Brill's Tibetan Studies Library: Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region. Volume 5/7. "This description of Sunwar, an endangered Tibeto-Burman language spoken in eastern Nepal, is..... More
Suez: Splitting of a Nation.
London. Collins. 1973. 253pp, notes, index, upper edge and front free endpaper little marked. A history of the conflict over the Suez crisis, incorporating the views of such players as Nikita Khrushchev, Krishna Menon, Johannes Strijdom, Robert Menzies, Christian Pineau, President Eisenhower, John Foster Dulles, Gamel Abdul Nasser, Anthony Eden..... More
Lahu Dialects.
Canberra. Faculty of Asian Studies, ANU. 1979. Black and white photographic illustrations, 291pp, paperback. Light browning margins of covers, very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 140900. More
The Phonology of Lower Grand Valley Dani. A Comparative Structural Study of Skewed Phonemic Patterns.
's-Gravenhage. Martinus Nijhoff. 1961. Maps, 98pp, paperback. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Institut voor Taal - Land-en Volkenkunde. Deel 34. Paperback. When referring to this item please quote stockid 102488. More