Description: A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy: A Descriptive Grammar of the Language of the Chief Text in Middle Mongolian, The Language of the Secret History of the Mongols by John Charles Street. Self-Published. 1955, 281pp, 9 x 11”, hardcover binding In fair-to-good condition with minor shelf-wear to exterior and internal age-related wear. Binding is tight. Pages have age-related toning and previous owner’s pencil notations and underlining throughout folio. Please see our photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. Scarce self-published Dissertation on Mongolian, with descriptive methods of historical and comparative linguistic analysis. This folio was written by a language scholar from Yale University. This specific book was previously owned by the first professor named in the acknowledgements: Johannes Rahder (1898-1988), a Dutch Orientalist, and professor of Japanese at the University of Leiden (1931-1946), and Yale University (1947-1965). He was depicted by the legendary Langston Hughes in his work 'I Wonder, I Wander', and called a "...famous authority on obscure Oriental languages", after a brief meeting between the two figures on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1933. Some of his pencil markings and blue-inked Yale University faculty stamp can be found throughout this folio. FORN-SHELF-751-1023-eb0448
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: John Charles Street
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Topic: Language Study
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Year Printed: 1955