Reprint. Original red cloth and price-clipped dust-wrapper, 669 pp.. With 46 figures (some b/w plates). A very nice bright copy in scarce original dust-wrapper. Clean and tight. Very mild unobtrusive damp spotting in usual places. Dust-wrapper a little chipped at spine ends and edges. Cloth bright. Classic popular work on language and language families. With 46 figures (some b/w plates). Same series as 'Mathematics for the Million' and 'Science for the Citizen'. First published in 1944.