1955 Anglo Assamese Dictionary

Description: Anglo Assamese Dictionary. Published in Assam by Dutta Baruah and Company. 1955, 802pp, 8 x 10", 8vo, hardcover binding. In good condition with slight exterior shelf-wear and interior age-related wear and marks from previous use. Minor creasing to the head and tail of the spine due to shelf-wear. Some creasing and bubbling to the the boards. Minor chipping to the corner edges of the boards. Some age-related foxing and toning to the pastedowns, endpapers and pages throughout the folio. The previous owner has left a black-inked faculty stamp and pen notations on the title page. Please see our photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A rare 1955 copy of the Anglo Assamese dictionary. Assamese or Asamiya is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-eastern state of Assam, where it is the official language. This specific book once resided in the prestigious library of language scholar Johannes Rahder (1898-1988). Rahder was a Dutch Orientalist and professor of Japanese at the University of Leiden from 1931 through 1946, and at Yale University from 1947 through 1965. He was depicted in the work of the legendary Langston Hughes' (1901-1967) 'I Wonder, I Wander'. After a brief meeting between the two figures on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1933, Hughes recognized Rahder as being a "...famous authority on obscure Oriental languages". Rahder's black-inked Yale University faculty stamp and pen markings can be found in this folio. FORN-SHELF-672-0224-eb0618

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