[Item #80859] Boontling An American Lingo. Charles C. Adams.

Boontling An American Lingo

Hardcover, Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1971. First Edition. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. Boontling was a local language spoken extensively between 1880-1920 in Boonville, the largest town of the upper Anderson Valley of Mendocino County, California. This book is a historical and linguistic investigation of the language written by a professor of English. Book spine very slightly slanted. Both ends of spine gently bumped. Minor to moderate foxing to top page edges. No previous owner marks. Text and photographs clean and bright. Dust Jacket clean. DJ spine a little faded. Both ends of DJ spine gently rubbed. DJ top corners gently rubbed. Small tear to the top edge of the DJ's rear cover. DJ now protected in mylar. Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 272 pages. [Item #80859]

Price: $97.00

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