Principles of English Etymology - First Series: The Native Element ['Clarendon Press Series']

Comprehensive and detailed etymological study/history, covering: sources of the English language/dialects/vowels/Teutonic and Classical languages cognate with English/Grimm's Law/vowel gradation and mutation/prefixes and suffixes/'Derivations from roots'/Modern English and phonetic spelling/consonants/compounds/'Early words of Latin origin'/Celtic, Scandinavian, Old Friesic and Old Dutch elements/accent. First Edn., 1892; full green cloth; plain borders blind-stamped to front/rear boards; titling/plain rules blocked in gilt (slightly worn/very dulled); black endpapers; xxxiv+[ii]+547+[i]pp. + 8pp. publisher's catalogue. Moderately stained spine lightly worn at top and crushed/rubbed at tail, but robust; joints slightly rubbed; lightly soiled/slightly stained boards slightly bumped at bottom corners, and rubbed at top corners, but robust/quite bright; fore/bottom edges slightly tanned, but pages clean and very crisp/bright; some pages unopened. Binding firm, all complete/intact. No inscriptions. Good. PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING.…