Search Results: Languages - Semitic from Leaf and Stone Books

Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Softcover. 0226622819 . Xvii, 196 pp. Bibliography. Index of West Semitic words. Octavo. Dark blue card wraps with black blind ruling are clean, minor shelf wear, spine a little sunned. Interior clean and unmarked. Very nice copy. ; Assyriological Studies; Vol. 19; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 196 pages .

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. , Ltd.. Good with no dust jacket. 1897. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Xiv, [ii], 154 pp. Two b/w plates between preparatory material and text. Limited edition of 350. Beautifully bound in 1/4 leather with dark red calf spine, 5 raised bands with gilt ruling, black spine label, gilt ruling to boards, green and dark red marbled hard covers, all in very nice condition, just a hint of wear. Fresh high quality endpapers and blanks, title page in red and black, text is clean and unmarked with a small bit of age darkening, binding tight. Marbled edges. A lovely copy, heavy for international shipping. In 1895 a box was discovered in the ruins of an ancient Coptic church in Upper Egypt that contained a book, dating from c700-900AD. This was the first known complete Sahidic psalter, the text of which shows how close the modern Coptic psalter hews to the ancient. E. A. Wallis Budge should need no introduction as the flamboyant yet hard working Egyptologist… Read More

New York: Bloch Publishing Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Hardcover. Xiii + 119 pp. 6 appendices and index at rear. English and Hebrew text. Black cloth boards. Book is ex-library with usual interior and exterior marks. Book is otherwise in good condition. Minimal wear, and no non-library marks. ; Ex-Library; 119 pages .

Ithaca: The American Philological Association/Cornell University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. Xiv, 160, 7, 11, 74, 67, 71-98, [viii], 3 pp. 7 plates at the rear. Ads. Octavo. In dark green cloth with dull gold spine. Covers have minor normal wear. Interior has a bit of humidity staining in the gutter at the top first few pages, some light edge rippling here or there. Not a perfect copy but still very usable and respectable, as well as quite scarce. Introduction gives information about Secundus, manuscript tradition of the Greek text, medieval Latin tradition, the Oriental versions. The Greek Text with Notes and Translation. The Latin Translation by Willelmus. History of Secundus according to Vincent of Beauvais. Fragmentary Syriac Version, the Armenian Version, the Arabic version, and the Aethiopic text, with plates showing some of the Oriental manuscripts. ; Philological Monographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages .

Baden-baden: Bruno Grimm. Good with no dust jacket. 1957. Paperback. 122 pp. In German with occasional Aramaic. Cream card covers have a bit of edge chipping, light wear. Interior clean and unmarked, pages 27-37 have a dent at the top edge margin, otherwise nice. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 122 pages .

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0198269536 . + (16) 169 pages +(8) contains diagrams, bibliography, indices and Semitic language, DJ blue with white lettering, wear to head, top edge, corners and tail, book black with gold lettering on spine, minor wear to head, tail and corners, pages clear and unmarked ; Oxford Theological Monographs; 8.60 X 5.60 X 0.80 inches; 169 pages .