Guthones (The Goths): Kinsmen of the Lithuanian People
by Rackus, Alexander M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good -/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: Draugas Publishing Company, 1929. 432pp. Red boards w/ gilded titling on cover and spine. Illustrated with 75 B/W plates and photographs. Text is in Lithuanian with excerpts in Gothic, some explanations in English. Lithuanic-Gothic Glossary with English counterparts. "A treatise on the Gothic Ethnology history of the gothic dominion in italy and spain, numismatics, language, and proper nemes." Loose FEP has gift inscription by the author; signed Dr. A. M. Rackus. Inner pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but yellowed with age. Hinges are loose but pages are secure. A few minor cracks to inner text; last half of book is tight. Covers are lightly scuffed; gilt lon front is bright but lightly rubbed. Spine is dented; lower is beginnign to fray. Corners and edges are rubbed. This is not a remainder or ex-library. Nice copy of this Out of print and scarce work on ethnology.. Inscribed By Author. First Edition, Collectible. Hard Cover. Good -/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- after-words bookstore
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047482
- Title
- Guthones (The Goths): Kinsmen of the Lithuanian People
- Author
- Rackus, Alexander M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good -
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First Edition, Collectible
- Publisher
- Draugas Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Ethnology Linguistics Language Numastics Philosophy Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy; Language;
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