Introduction to Spoken Vietnamese

Jones Jr., Robert B.; Huynh Sanh Thong. Introduction to Spoken Vietnamese. Washington DC: American Council of Learned Societies, 1960. Revised. Quarto. XIII, [1], 295, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers. Previous owner’s name (Herbert H. Paper*) dated 1960 on upper-half title. This remarkable introduction to spoken Vietnamese is based on the Southern (Saigon) dialect with explanation of Northern (Hanoi) differences. Moderate sunning on spine. Half-title slightly foxed. Wrappers in overall good, interior in good+ to very good condition. g. Softcover.

*Dr. Herbert Harry Paper (1925-2012) was Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and near Eastern Languages, and the Editor of the Hebrew Union College Annual, HUC-JIR/Cincinnati. He received a doctorate from the University of Chicago. Dr. Paper taught at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and joined HUC-JIR as the Dean of Graduate Studies. His specialties were Persian studies, concentrating on the history of the Persian language and on the ancient languages of Iran, and Yiddish literature. (34635) $75