Beach-La-Mar: The jargon or trade speech of the western Pacific
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SCARCE MONOGRAPH ON THE TRADE SPEECH OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS, WITH EXTENSIVE INDEX OF VOCABULARY. Two works bound as one. 10 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 brown pebbled calf binding with marbled boards,...
SCARCE MONOGRAPH ON THE TRADE SPEECH OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS, WITH EXTENSIVE INDEX OF VOCABULARY. Two works bound as one. 10 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 brown pebbled calf binding with marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt titles, institutional library bookplate to front paste-down (stating Sold to R. Harry 2/5/53), handstamp of R. Harry Jr. to lower front endpaper. Beach-La-Mar: 54 pp including index of vocabulary; A Comparative Study of Temperature Fluctuations in Different Parts of the Human Body by Francis G. Benedict and Edgar P. Slack: 73 pp including tables and graphs. Original printed paper covers of each offprint bound at back. Light abrasions to edges of covers and spine, binding tight, old water stains to first 3 leaves, rippling to pages that are clean and bright, overall good+. WILLIAM CHURCHILL, (1859 " 1920) was an American Polynesian ethnologist and philologist, born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at Yale. In 1896 he became consul general to Samoa. In 1897 his commission was extended, making him also Consul General to Tonga. In 1915, he took a position as research associate in primitive philology at the Carnegie Institution in Washington, D.C. FRANCIS GANO BENEDICT (1870 - 1957) was an American chemist, physiologist, and nutritionist who developed a calorimeter and a spirometer used to determine oxygen consumption and measure metabolic rate. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Benedict attended Harvard University, earning his bachelor's degree in 1893 and his master's degree in 1894. He earned his Ph.D., magna cum laude, at Heidelberg University in 1895. He taught at Wesleyan University and did work for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1909.
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Publisher: Carnegie Institution
Year: 1911
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
First Edition
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