Chinook Jargon and How to Use It - A Complete and Exhaustive Lexicon of the Oldest Trade Language of the American Continent

Language: English

Published by Rainier Printing Company, Seattle, 1909

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[NATIVE AMERICANS – PNW] [CHINOOK JARGON] [LANGUAGE] [TRADE] [NORTHWEST AMERICAN INDIANS] [LEXICON] George C. Shaw. Book titled The Chinook Jargon and How to Use It – A Complete and Exhaustive Lexicon of the Oldest Trade Language of the American Continent (Seattle: Rainier Printing Company, Inc., 1909). Presentation copy to Judge C. H. Hanford, signed in ink by the author, George C. Shaw / 115 – 32nd Ave. / Seattle and dated Oct. 18, 1909. Red cloth hardbound with cover title, along with a paper photo print of a Northwest tribal member laid down on the front cover; decorative endpapers; xvi, 65, [1], plus two pages of advertising (one for the author’s rare Americana business in Seattle). Book measures 6 x 8.75 inches. Former price in ink at the upper right corner of the front flyleaf; some additional words have been added in pencil on several pages; overall in VG to VG+ condition. [24-626] The Introduction states, in part, “In offering the present work to the public, it is the author’s hope to supply, with respect to other dictionaries of the Chinook Jargon, a desideratum hitherto unsupplied in the fifty or more editions of small vocabularies issued during a period of seventy years.” The book includes an explanatory Introduction with sections of the origins and definition of Chinook Jargon, abbreviations and explanatory notes, and bibliographic notes. The Lexicon, Index of Vocabulary Words, and Supplemental Vocabulary are arranged alphabetically by Jargon spelling. There is also a Guide to Pronunciation, following by pages of English words to Chinook Jargon. This comprehensive work also was offered in paper wraps which are much more common than the more desired hardbound copies like this one.

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Title
Chinook Jargon and How to Use It - A Complete and Exhaustive Lexicon of the Oldest Trade Language of the American Continent
Author
George C. Shaw
Publisher
Rainier Printing Company, Seattle
Publication year
1909
Condition
Very Good
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Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Dimensions
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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