BLOOMFIELD, Leonard: Language. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961. (Originally published: 1933.) Hardcover (no dust jacket), 564 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Linguistics / Language. Condition: Good Plus. Corner bumps and light edgewear to extremities. Former owner's name inscribed on the upper left hand corner of the front cover's reverse and a book-store price stamp listing $13.95. Interior pages clean and not marked. “Language is an influential textbook by Leonard Bloomfield. It is described as "one of the most important general treatments of linguistic science in the first half of the 20th century and almost alone determined the subsequent course of linguistics in the United States.” Essential reading for those interested in the subject. ISBN: 0030048850