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1948 hardcover as pictured. The second and revised edition of an early attempt to outline the development of writing from the earliest civilizations to the present. This is a scholarly, extensively referenced volume with detailed index and many illustrations. Binding intact. Red cloth boards with gold stamping show only light shelf wear. Endpapers and text are lightly tanned but appear otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jacket with many small tears and chips. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

Philosophical Library,, 1948.. 1st. Original 1948 edition. Rated only "good" condition because was formerly owned by a libary and has the usual marks.

Funk and Wagnalls, 1968. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 2 books, a larger, heavier set. 473 and 452 pages. Ex-university library book, moderate wear to the covers, pages toned; a stale odor inside. Volume 2 is mostly illustrations. Overall this is still a good working set. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Inventory No: 213025. .

New York : Philosophical Library, 1949. Second and Revised Edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body has some highlighting on a few pages Endpapers are browned and foxed, text appears to be free of foxing Edges have some faint marks, browning or foxing Boards have some bumped edges at spine and corners The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to the fascinating subject of the history of writing or the alphabet. In the first part, a historical sketch of the development of the non-alphabetic scripts is discussed and the second part deals with the origin and development of alphabet. More space is devoted to lesser-known problems, to those which present more interest from the standpoint of the history of writing, to the origins of some single scripts, to the connection between the various systems, and so forth, rather than deal with all the alphabets of all the modern… Read More

New York: Philosophical Library,, 1948 Second Edition. Full cloth; 8vo.,607pp. Tight. Name f.e.p., No D/j, else V.Good

New York: Philosophical Library, 1948. 8vo, pp. xii, 607; black and white illustrations throughout; original cloth in blue pictorial, price-clipped dust jacket (some soiling and foxing); jacket spine toned, chips and tears along edges not affecting text; interior fine.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1968. Hardcover. VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear to boards and block. Pages are otherwise clean and clear.). Two volumes bound in tan cloth, red title block with gilt lettering on spine. Volume 1 is xix, 473 pp. Volume 2 has a bw illustrated frontispiece; 452 pp of bw illustrations. Two volume set. Volume 1 is divided in two parts: Non-Alphabetic Systems of Writing and Alphabetic Scripts. Volume 1 also includes an index to both volumes. Volume 2 is 452 pp of illustrations numbered to correspond exactly with the chapter headings in the text volume, and the illustrations are numbered serially within sections.

London: Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Publications 1949. 8vo. Second Edition. xii, 13-607 pp. Red hardback boards. Minor scratches to boards. Light foxing to prelims, ink name to ffep., otherwise clean. Illustrated throughout with diagrams and reproductions in black & white. . Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition, Revised. 1968.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

[New York: Gallery 303, 1967]. . 8vo. Stapled Wraps, [23 pp.] Illustrations, VG.

Funk & Wagnalls, 1968-01-01. Third revised. Hardcover. Good. 9x6x1. 2 volume set. Hardcover. Lacking slip-case. Good bindings and covers. Library stamps and markings. <br> "If it is speech that marks man off from the beast, and the great discoveries of the use of tools, the use of fire, taming animals, tilling the ground, working metals are long strides in his progress, the invention of writing and its improvement into a practical system may fairly be taken as the step leading directly to civilization." - Ellis Minns <br> This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. Paperback. New. 8x5x1. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

South Asia Books, 1996-12-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls. NF/NF. 1968. 3rd Revised Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelfwear to slipcase; bumped at front near spine. Minor edgewear to books, a bit of fraying at corners of Vol. 1, minor bump to lower front corner of Vol. 2 ; Else fine. Illustrations in Vol. 2. Oversized/heavy book, may require additional shipping charge; B&W Photographs; 2 vols. p. .

Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Publications, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. A presumed 1st edition. No edition stated but the preface is dated 1947. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn, but remain strong and sturdy. Internally, there are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are neat and complete. The binding is secure. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Hutchinson of London, 1968. 2 volumes. Library markings; dust wrappers in protective sleeves; 472, 452p. Volume 1 is text, volume 2 plates. NB: This is a much heavier than average volume which will incur a non-standard postage charge. Size: Sm 4to. 3rd Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Ex-Academic Library.

1948. London, N.Y., n.d. (ca. 1948). Orig. full cloth. 607 pp. Richly illustrated. With stamp.

Literary Licensing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1968. 3d Edition. Complete revised with the assiatance of Reinhold Regensburger. 2 vols. (xxi, 473; 452p.), b/w illus., original publisher's cloth with leather spine labels, quarto format.