Beach-La-Mar: The Jargon or Trade Speech of the Western Pacific

Churchill, William

Verlag: The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC, 1911

Beschreibung

Original covers separated from book and mounted onto Gaylord pamphlet protector with maroon cloth spine. Black lettering and insignia on front cover. 54 pp. with no illus. Written by William Churchill, the sometime-Consul-General of the US in Samoa and Tonga. Chapters include Parentage of the Jargon; The Art of Breaking English; Grammar of Isolating Speech; Sources and Use of the Vocabulary; and a list of the vocabulary, in dictionary form. With a list of references consulted. Very informative. Contents VG-, clean and tight. Ex-lib. copy with perf. stamp on title page and page 1 and inventory number at bottom of page 1. Covers poor but protective. Part of fore edge is missing (but pages covered except for very lower right corner; lib. marks on front cover; lib. pocket/plate inside covers. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 154083

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Beach-La-Mar: The Jargon or Trade Speech of ...

Verlag: The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC

Erscheinungsdatum: 1911

Einband: Pamphlet

Auflage: Original.