SEBEOK, Thomas A. (ed.)

Native Languages of the Americas

New York: Plenum Press, 1976. First Edition. Large octavo (26cm). Two volumes in brown paper over boards, in green and brown dust jackets; plain endpapers; vol. I: xvi,[2],630pp; vol. II: xiv,535pp. A sound set, lightly rubbed and gently cocked: Very Good or better. Jackets whole but rubbed, sunned at spines: Good or better.

A "unique panoptic survey of current researches into native languages" of North, South, and Central America, including the history of American Indian linguistics, descriptive linguistics, dialectology, philology, and writing systems (jacket flap).

Price: $150.00

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