Loom of Language, 1944, Frederick Bodmer, pub. Norton. Condition - very good; hard cover, strong binding; very light foxing of outside page edges; no soil, no damp, no marks except owner name and date on fly leaf. A book about languages, how to learn them and how they are related. "The author has an extensive knowledge of germanic languages (english, german, danish, dutch, swedish, norwegian) and the latin family (latin, french, italian, spanish, portuguese) and explains how they are related and how the learner can take advantage of it. If only we had more books that still dare to explain complex things in simple words !" Shipping in US $4.00.