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"Syntax is the study of the principle and processes by which sentences are constructed in particular languages": First Edition of Noam Chomsky's Syntactic Structures; Lengthily Signed by Him

First edition of one of the most consequential works in the history of modern linguistics and one of the landmark intellectual publications of the twentieth century. Octavo, original wrappers. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page with the added words, "Syntax is the study of the principle and processes by which sentences are constructed in particular languages Noam Chomsky." A quotation drawn from the text itself, transforming the inscription into a statement of the book's central purpose and lending the copy an unusually substantive and personal character. From the collection of linguist Paul Hans Christopherson with his ownership inscription to the front panel. Paul Hans Christophersen (1911–1989) was a Danish-born linguist and philologist whose career carried him across an unusually wide range of institutions — from Cambridge, where he obtained his doctorate in 1943 while serving as a BBC speaker and translator during the Second World War, to professorships at the universities of Copenhagen, Ibadan, Oslo, Ulster, and Qatar — and who was elected to the Norwegian Academy of Sciences in 1956. The centerpiece of his scholarly output is his 1939 dissertation The Articles: A Study of Their Theory and Use in English, produced in part through his collaboration o...

Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 151834

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First editon of The Armies of the Night; Inscribed by Norman Mailer to Christopher Lawford and signed by Noam Chomsky

MAILER, Norman [Noam Chomsky].

The Armies of the Night.

New York: The New American Library, 1968.

First edition of this nonfiction novel, which went on to win both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Chris Lawford remembering our good conversation last summer Norman Mailer March 1983." Additionally signed by one of the subjects, Noam Chomsky. The recipient, Christopher Lawford is an author, activist and member of the Kennedy family and friends with the author. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.

Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 5790

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First Edition of Problems of Knowledge and Freedom: The Russell Lectures; inscribed by Noam Chomsky

CHOMSKY, Noam.

Problems of Knowledge and Freedom: The Russell Lectures.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1971.

First edition of Chomsky's Russell lectures in honor of Bertrand Russell. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John Best wishes Noam Chomsky." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Uncommon signed.

Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 148674

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First Edition of The Chomsky Reader; Inscribed by Noam Chomsky

CHOMSKY, Noam.

The Chomsky Reader.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1987.

First edition of this collection of writings by Chomsky. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Noam Chomsky on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by James Peck. Jacket design by Henrietta Condak.

Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 150287

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First Edition of Robert F. Barsky's Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent; Signed by Noam Chomsky

BARSKY, Robert F.

Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1997.

First edition of this intellectual biography about Noam Chomsky. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Noam Chomsky on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Elaine Briere. Uncommon signed by the legendary figure.

Price: $750.00 Item Number: 151853

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