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Baraga, R. R., Bishop [Frederick] [1797-1868] / Father Alber Lacombe. A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language [Chippewa] for the Use of Missionaries and Other Persons Living Among the Indians. Montreal: Beauchemin & Valois, 1878. Second edition. pp. xi, 422. 8vo. Rebound in 3/4 black calf over crimson cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Light scuffing to extremities, endpapers fresh and bright, first page of original text a bit grubby with a few professional repairs, text otheriwse clean and unmarked, binding sound; a lovely copy. Lacks folding chart. “Married” to a functional but slightly too-tall, scuffed slipcase. Hardcover.
This edition was produced with the “generous aid” of the Canadian government “to be of use to our Missionaries, especially those in Manitoba and Kiwatin, who are asking earnestly for those books, the first edition of which is completely out of print”. First Canadian Edition, after the first edition of 1850 (Jabez Fox, Detroit). Sabin 3248. DCB Vol IX. Baraga’s Chippewa dictionary followed the publication of the Grammar, in 1853. (#031181)        $600.00
Bloomfield, Leonard. The Menomini Language. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1962. pp. x, 515. 8vo. Bound in green cloth. Bump to bottom corner, slight concavity to spine, Reference Library bookplate to front endpaper and a few related rubber stamps, else clean, binding sound; very good-. Dustjacket shows some general soiling, tattered edges; good. In Brodart sleeve. Hardcover.
This book “is the product of half a lifetime of study in the Algonquin family of Indian languages, and the distillation of Professor Bloomfield’s long and intimate personal experience with the Menomini tribe.” Part of the William Dwight Whitney Linguistic Series. (#031175)        $100.00