Annual of Ibero-Caucasian Linguistics. Vol. 4 (Iberiul-kavkasiuri enatmetsnierebis tselitsdeuli), 1977. In Georgian, Russian, and English.

იბერიულ-კავკასიური ენათმეცნიერების წელიწდეული. ტ. 4.
Ежегодник иберийско-кавказского языкознания.
Annual of Ibero-Caucasian Linguistics.
საქართველოს სსრ მეცნიერებათა აკადემია.
თბილისი: მეცნიერება, 1977.
392 გვ. ტირაჟი 1500 ეგზ. რბილი ყდა.
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Annual of Ibero-Caucasian Linguistics. Vol. 4 (Iberiul-kavkasiuri enatmetsnierebis tselitsdeuli).
Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR.
Tbilisi: Metsniereba, 1977.
392 pp. Enlarged format. Edition of 1500 copies. Publisher's softcover.

This 1977 volume of the "Annual of Ibero-Caucasian Linguistics" represents a major milestone in the systematic study of the indigenous languages of the Caucasus during the mid-Soviet period. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the Ibero-Caucasian family, including the arrangement of multilingual academic papers that analyze the phonological systems, syntactic structures, and historical developments of the Kartvelian, Abkhazo-Adyghean, and Nakho-Dagestanian groups. This fourth volume is notable for its focus on the "Iberian" hypothesis and the comparative-historical methodology championed by the Arnold Chikobava school of linguistics.  As a vital primary source, this volume documents the rigorous field research and theoretical debates regarding the genetic affinity of Caucasian languages, featuring contributions from the leading philologists of the Tbilisi State University and the Academy of Sciences. The 392-page collection serves as a significant record of the linguistic typology of the era, offering detailed data on various mountain dialects that were then coming under increased scholarly scrutiny. Published in an enlarged format by the "Metsniereba" (Science) press with a limited print run of 1,500 copies, this softcover edition is a significant bibliographical rarity for Caucasiologists, linguists specializing in non-Indo-European languages, and collectors of specialized scientific serials from the Georgian SSR.