The story of language

by Mario Pei

$175 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition · Signed

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1949 . First edition, 8vo, pp. 493, 1 ; full tan cloth, gilt title on spine; boards faded, corners bumped, text clean and sound, inscribed by Pei to John S. Mayfield, very good. Laid in is an autograph postcard signed from Pei, dated March 15, 1953: Dear Mr. Mayfield, I shall be delighted. Just send your copy and I shall inscribe it ... It is very pleasing to an author to know his work is liked. Signed

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