Beach-La-Mar: The Jargon or Trade Speech of the Western Pacific
Washington, DC: The Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1911. Original. Pamphlet. Original covers separated from book and mounted onto Gaylord pamphlet protector with maroon cloth spine. Black lettering and insignia on front cover. 54 pp. with no illus. Contents VG-, clean and tight. Ex-lib. copy with perf. stamp on title page and page 1 and inventory number at bottom of page 1. Covers poor but protective. Part of fore edge is missing (but pages covered except for very lower right corner; lib. marks on front cover; lib. pocket/plate inside covers. Item #154083
Written by William Churchill, the sometime-Consul-General of the US in Samoa and Tonga. Chapters include Parentage of the Jargon; The Art of Breaking English; Grammar of Isolating Speech; Sources and Use of the Vocabulary; and a list of the vocabulary, in dictionary form. With a list of references consulted. Very informative.
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