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Partridge Eric ed.
A Dictionary of Forces' Slang 1939-1945
London: Secker and Warburg. VG NO dj. 1948. 1st. hardcover. 12mo . 212pp . A bit of fading to spine cloth. . Secker and Warburg hardcover
Bookseller reference : MAIN009311I
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English; Colloquialisms and Catch-Phrases Solecisms and Catachreses Nicknames Vulgarisms and Such
Macmillan 1970. Hardcover. Slight stains on edges else very good plus condition with text clean & binding tight without dust jacket. Two Volumes in One: Dictionary and Supplement. 1528pp. Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 179359 ISBN : 0025949705 9780025949706
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PARTRIDGE ERIC.
A Dictionary of Abbreviations. With special attention to war-time abbreviations.
London.: George Allen and Unwin. 1943. Cloth. Revised edition. Dustwrapper slightly torn. George Allen and Unwin. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 50196
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: American and British from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day
Chelsea Michigan U.S.A.: Scarborough House 1992 first edition/second printing book is tight with no markings minor rubbing with slight curling at corners. First Edition/Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Book. Scarborough House paperback
Bookseller reference : 016831 ISBN : 0812885368 9780812885361
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PARTRIDGE ERIC
A dictionary of the underworld British and American. Being the vocabularies of crooks criminals racketeers beggars and tramps convicts the commercial underworld the drug traffic the white slave traffic spivs
London: Theodore Brun Ltd 1950. First edition limited to 250 numbered copies this is copy 198 small 4to pp. xv 1 804; publisher's full black morocco gilt; near fine throughout. Issued simultaneously with the trade edition. The first 100 of this issue were signed by Partridge. <br/><br/> Theodore Brun, Ltd unknown
Bookseller reference : 34156
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Partridge Eric
A dictionary of the underworld British and American. Being the vocabularies of crooks criminals racketeers beggars and tramps convicts the commercial underworld the drug traffic the white slave traffic spivs
New York: Bonanza Books 1961. Reprint edition "with new addenda" 4to pp. xi 3 817pp. generally a fine copy in a rubbed dust jacket. <br/><br/> Bonanza Books unknown
Bookseller reference : 34157
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Partridge Eric
A dictionary of catch phrases British and American from the sixteenth century to the present day
Stein & Day. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Stein & Day unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP9638734 ISBN : 0812823214 9780812823219
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English Colloquialisms and Catch-phrases Solecisms and Catchreses Nicknames Vulgarisms and Such Americanisms as Have Been Naturalized
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc. 1974. Two volumes in one. Withdrawn library copy with limited stamps markings. 1035 - 1047 exterior bottom corner creased and bumped. Reader's crease wear to spine. Expedited or International shipping may cost more. Seventh Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library. Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009470
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Two volume set
New York: The MacMillan Co. 1961. Hardcover 1961 two volumes in one. Spine edge and corner wear. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. Covers show wear with bumped corners. Text in good condition. 1362 pages. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. The MacMillan Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013798
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PARTRIDGE Eric.
A DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH.
London Routledge & Kegan Paul 1984. COLLOQUIALISMS AND CATCH PHRASES FOSSILISED JOKES AND PUNS GENERAL NICKNAMES VOLGARISMS AND SUCH AMERICANISMS AS HAVE BEEN NATURALISED. 8TH EDITION COMPLETELY REVISED. 4to. xxvii1400pp. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Preserved in cardboard case. Good condition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 45597
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Partridge Eric.
A DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIAL ENGLlSH
New York:: Macmillan 1961. First edition thus. Cloth. Very Good in Good DJ. Heavy book - will require extra shipping. Previous owner's details on ffep. Cloth worn; small tear to top of spine. Dj quite worn and discoloured with several tears along edges. Macmillan, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 20188
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Partridge Eric.
A Dictionary of the Underworld British & American: Being the Vocabularies of Crooks Criminals Racketeers Beggars and Tramps Convicts The Commercial Underworld The Drug Traffic The White Slave Traffic Spivs.
Macmillan 1950. First U.S. edition. Faint wear still fine in near fine dust jacket with some light edgewear a one-half inch chip to lower rear panel and a one inch horizontal piece missing from upper rear panel. Macmillan, 1950. First U.S. edition. unknown
Bookseller reference : Embry 75977
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary Of Cliches
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1960. hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. reprint.Light bump to spine. small mark to top of front board.Small spot to rear of ffep. Routledge & Kegan Paul unknown
Bookseller reference : 5655
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary Of Cliches
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1947. 3rd Edition. hardcover. Good-. 8vo. Bump to spine and corners. Damp affected boards. Faded spine. Dedication to ffep. Crease to top corner of first three pages. Discolour to endpapers. Routledge & Kegan Paul unknown
Bookseller reference : 5706
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Partridge Eric
A DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH: Two Vols. in One
New York: Macmillan 1961. 1961 1362pp 5th ed. 2 Vols. in One; Vol. I: The Dictionary; Vol. II: The Supplement some wear to cover edges soiling & edge wear to dj. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good . Macmillan Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001185
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Partridge Eric
A dictionary of forces' slang 1939-1945. Edited by Eric Partridge. Naval slang by Wilfred Granville. Army slang by Frank Roberts. Air Force slang by Eric Partridge
London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First edition sm. 8vo pp. xi 1 212; near fine copy in the dust-jacket. <br/><br/> Secker & Warburg unknown
Bookseller reference : 30857
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Partridge Eric. Paul Beale Ed.
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases American and British from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day / Eric Partridge
New York: Dorset Press 1988. 1st Dorset Press Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap. ; 384 pages; Description: xxv 384 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: English language --Terms and phrases. English language --Slang --Dictionaries. New York: Dorset Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 126299 ISBN : 0880292970 9780880292979
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English Two Volumes in one
New York: The Macmillan Co. 1961. 1362pp. General light wear to the covers Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Fifth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. The Macmillan Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0916216-05
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PARTRIDGE ERIC
A Dictionary Of Slang And Unconventional English: Colloquialisms And Catch-phrases Solecisms And Catachreses Nicknames Vulgarisms And Such Americanisms As Have Been Naturalized
The Macmillan Company New York: 1961. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Dustjacket is worn and faded. Two volumes in one: Volume I The Dictionary. Volume II The Supplement. The Macmillan Company, New York: 1961 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 63719X1
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PARTRIDGE ERIC
A Dictionary Of Slang And Unconventional English: Colloquialisms And Catch-phrases Solecisms And Catachreses Nicknames Vulgarisms And Such Americanisms As Have Been Naturalized
The Macmillan Company New York: 1961. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Dustjacket is worn and faded. Two volumes in one: Volume I The Dictionary. Volume II The Supplement. The Macmillan Company, New York: 1961 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 63879X1
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PARTRIDGE ERIC
A Dictionary Of Cliches: With An Introductory Essay
Routledge & Kegan Paul London: 1960. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London: 1960 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 62354X1
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English; Colloquialisms and Catch-Phrases Solecisms and Catachreses Nicknames Vulgarisms and Such Americanisms As Have Been Naturalized
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979 5th edition; 5th reprint. 4to cloth 1528pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Two volumes: Dictionary and Supplement. But for former owner's name neatly to endpapers about new. Routledge & Kegan Paul Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 111654
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary of the Underworld - British and American; Being the Vocabularies of Crooks Criminals Racketeers Beggars and Tramps Convicts the Commercial Underworld the Drug Traffic the White Slave Traffic Spivs
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1971 3rd edition revised and much enlarged; reprinted. 4to cloth 886pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. But for former owner's name neatly to endpaper about new. Dust jacket shows a single closed tear. Routledge & Kegan Paul Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 111653
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PARTRIDGE ERIC ed
A Dictionary of Forces' Slang 1939-1945
London: Secker & Warburg 1948. Red cloth with silver lettering to spine. Light soiling to head of pages. Dustjacket is clipped with browning to spine panel and to upper edges; some wear to outer corners chipping to head of spine panel some dustsoil over all. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Secker & Warburg Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6614
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary of R.A.F. Slang
London: Michael Joseph Ltd. 1945. Near fine in good dustj jacket with few small dj edge chips. Brodart cover on dj. Clean and tight. . First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Michael Joseph Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034874
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Partridge Eric.
A DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH. From The Fifteenth Century To The Present Day.
Macmillan & Co.: 1961. The Fifth edition revised and enlarged 1362 pages. Two volumes in one. Volume I is the Dictionary and Volume II is the Supplement. "Colloquialism and catch-phrases solecisms and catachreses nicknames vulgarisms and such Americanisms as have been naturalized." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid free jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Macmillan & Co.: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017160
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Partridge Eric
A DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH PLUS SUPPLEMENT VOLUME
London 1949 1961. 2 volumes. Sm.4to. 1230pp. pp.1231-1362 hardcover. VG in Good matching DJs. Two volumes. hardcover
Bookseller reference : a47363
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Partridge Eric editors With Granville. Wilfred & Frank Roberts.
A Dictionary of Forces' Slang 1939-1945
London: Secker & Warburg 1948 1st edition. Hardcover Very good no dust jacket. 212pp. The blurb from the dust jacket flap has been clipped and is pasted to the front endpaper there is a previous owner's stamp and some writing in ink on the top margin of p. 1. World War 2 Dictionaries Military Slang World War 2. Secker & Warburg Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 134106
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Partridge Eric
A DICTIONARY of SLANG and UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH - Colloquialisms and Catch-phrases Solecisms and Catachreses Nicknames Vulgarisms and such Americanisms as have been naturalized
New York: Macmillan Co. Hardcover in red cloth boards w black title box on spine white jacket. Near Fine unmarked in Good unclipped shelfworn jacket. The standard reference work on slang now completely revised updated and enlarged. Two volumes in one: I The Dictionary and II The Supplement. Solid clean tight copy in good jacket. <br/><br/>6-1/2 x 9-1/2 1528 pp. Macmillan Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 12601
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partridge Gordon R
A Dictionary of Electronic Terms; Concise Definitions of Words Used in Radio Television and Electronics
Chicago: AllIed Radio Corp. Very Good. 1955. Third Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall Used light browning to wraps 8vo 80pp. . AllIed Radio Corp. paperback
Bookseller reference : 0769100
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Partridge Eric
A DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH TWO VOLUMES IN ONE VOLUME I: THE DICTIONARY VOLUME II: THE SUPPLEMENT
New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good. 1961. Hardcover. New York: The Macmillan Company 1961. Two Volumes in one Dictionary and Supplement 1362pp. navy boards have gilt stamping on spine a small amount of stains previous owner signed overall a clean Near Fine copy no DJ. . The Macmillan Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51541
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PARTRIDGE Eric/Paul Beale ed
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: British and American from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day Second Edition
Routledge and Kegan Paul 1985. hbk small 4to 384pp djshelf worn now in protective sleeve witty inscn by Paul Peale as donor on fep excellent clean tight text Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1985 unknown
Bookseller reference : Lan38 ISBN : 7102049579 9787102049571
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PARTRIDGE Eric.
A dictionary of slang and unconventional English. Colloquialisms and catch-phrases solecisms and catchreses nicknames vulgarisms and such Americanisms as have been naturalized. Two volumes in one. Volume I: The Dictionary. Volume II: The supplement.
New York: Macmillan Co. 1961. Thick tall 8vo. xiv 1364 pp. Quarter red-cloth over white boards vry mnr bmpng to crnrs ft of spine interior toning as usual VG. Revised and enlarged 5th edition. Macmillan Co., hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32462
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
New York New York U.S.A.: Madison Books Incorporated 1979 Cover has edge wear creases scratches scuffs rubbed/bent cover/page corners rubbed spine. Minor dirt on edge. No writing. Very good. Soft cover. Very Good. Book. Madison Books, Incorporated paperback
Bookseller reference : 013906 ISBN : 0812860373 9780812860375
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
The Macmillan Co. 1961. Volume 1 The Dictionary and Volume 2 The Supplement. Fifth edition much enlarged. 1362 pp. with colloquialisms and catch phrases solecisms and catachreses nicknames vulgarisms and more from the 15th century to time of publication. Very Good/Very Good. 2 Volumes in One. The Macmillan Co. unknown
Bookseller reference : 25165
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary Of Catch Phrases - British And American From The Sixteenth Century To The Present Day
Routledge & Kegan Paul 1977. 2nd impression. Hardback. Cloth dj F/VG. xvi278pp spine of dustjacket rather sunned otherwise a fine copy. A - Z listing of the famous & not so famous catch phrases & epithets with details of the origin & first uses of the saying. From 'a d'autres!' to 'Zed is a whoreson letter'. Routledge & Kegan Paul hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23986 ISBN : 0710085370 9780710085375
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary of the Underworld
Wordsworth Editions Hertfordshire 1989. Wordsworth Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 804 pages; A reprint of a celebrated 'inside job' on the language of crooks criminals raceteers beggars tramps etc. that first appeared in 1932. Wordsworth Editions, Hertfordshire hardcover
Bookseller reference : 44010 ISBN : 1853269352 9781853269356
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Partridge Eric.
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases. British and American from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day.
Routledge & Kegan Paul 1983. 0710099894. 9.75" x 7.25". paperback. 278 pages. cover is creased otherwise a good copy. V.G. . Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983. 0710099894 paperback
Bookseller reference : 11969 ISBN : 0710099894 9780710099891
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary of the Underworld - British and American
NY: Bonanza Books 1961 very good/very good. folio size - same format as first issue. first edition. Binding is cloth. NY: Bonanza Books, 1961 hardcover
Bookseller reference : BOOKS006368I
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases : British and American from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day
London : Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1st edition 278 pages. Near Fine condition hardback in a faded dust jacket. ISBN 0710085370. . 1977. London : Routledge & Kegan Paul hardcover
Bookseller reference : 67985 ISBN : 0710085370 9780710085375
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Partridge Eric
A DICTIONARY OF CLICHES
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1962. 1st of this reprint containing some new additions for the first time. Fine / fine price-clipped dust jacket. Cloth. Routledge & Kegan Paul Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4418
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Partridge Eric Compiler
A Dictionary of the Underworld British and American. Being the.
2013. ISBN-13: 9781584774440; ISBN-10: 1584774444. ISBN-13: 9781584774440; ISBN-10: 1584774444. Partridge Eric Compiler. A Dictionary of the Underworld British and American. Being the Vocabularies of Crooks Criminals Racketeers Beggars and Tramps Convicts the Commercial Underworld the Drug Traffic the White Slave Traffic Spivs. Originally published: New York: The Macmillan Company 1950. xv 804 pp. Reprinted 2004 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774440. ISBN-10: 1584774444. Hardcover. New. $49.95 Reprint of the second edition. Thoroughly engrossing A Dictionary of the Underworld offers definitions for such obscure terms and phrases as "witch-hazel man" heroin addict "eason" to tell and "budge a beak" run away. "Once in about every generation a book is published which dominates its field. Such a book is Partridge's Dictionary of the Underworld which is not only the first extensive work on the underworld to appear in the twentieth century but also the largest in the English language. . It is truly a monumental work so monumental that scholars may well be disturbed by its aura of substantiality for it will undoubtedly be cited and quoted or years to come." --David W. Maurer American Speech Vol. 26 No. 1 February 1951 38. One of the great lexicographers of the twentieth century ERIC PARTRIDGE 1894-1979 had a keen interest in slang and unconventional English. He wrote over forty books on the English language and compiled the Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English Shakespeare's Bawdy and A Dictionary of Catch Phrases. He also wrote novels under the pseudonym Corrie Denison. unknown
Bookseller reference : 39805 ISBN : 1584774444 9781584774440
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English; colloquialism and Catch-Phrase solecisms and Catachreses Nicknames Vulgarisms and Such Americanisms as Have Been Naturalized
New York: Macmillan Company 1961. 5th Edition. 2 volumes in one xiv 1362p. original cloth. Contents: v. 1 The dictionary. v. 2 The supplement. Macmillan Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 021995
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Partridge Eric
A DICTIONARY OF ABBREVIATIONS - WITH SPECIAL ATTENTIO TO WAR-TIME ABBREVIATIONS
London: George Allen & Uniwin Ltd. 1942. 104 pages. Pages good condition. Blue cloth gilt title on spine. Edges and corners lightly worn. VG. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. George Allen & Uniwin Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 039051
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Partridge Eric
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
New York New York U.S.A.: Stein & Day 1977. Very large softcover glossy blue and yellow wrappers praise on back wrapper from Esquire New Statesman London Times and others 278 pages. Creased at bottom front right very slight wear to spine edges. Near Very Good. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Stein & Day Paperback
Bookseller reference : 34865 ISBN : 0812860373 9780812860375
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Partridge Eric.
A Dictionary of the Underworld British and American
Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd. London 1961. Reprint orig. published 1949. Hardcover. Good. Cloth oversize out of print 815 pages prior owner name no jacket very good condition. Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd., London hardcover
Bookseller reference : 971120.02
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Partridge Eric
A DICTIONARY OF THE UNDERWORLD - British & American.Vocab. of Crooks Criminals Racketeers Beggars & Tramps Convicts
NY:: Bonanza Books. G-VG unmarked; Hardback; no DJ. 1961. ISBN: xii 817 pp. Catalogs: REFERENCE. Keywords: REFERENCE SLANG CRIMINOLOGY CRIMINALS UNDERWORLD RACKETEERS VOCABULARY. Bonanza Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : BOOKS031912I
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Partridge Gordon R.
A Dictionary of Electronic Terms
Chicago: Allied Radio Corp. 1958. The book is sunned on the edges and the corners are bumped. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Allied Radio Corp. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 007686
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Partridge Maurice
A Double Victory: The Story of a Knight Errant
S. W. Partridge & Co. Ltd 1913-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Binding: Hardback ---Publisher: S. W. Partridge & Co. Ltd --- Date: None Stated ---Edition: ---Pages: 64 ---Condition: Fair ---DJ Condition: None --- Description: All of the pages are unmarked uncreased and tightly bound the only flaws some scuffs and light marks to the boards the cover material over the bottom half of the spine is coming loose and a school award sticker affixed to the front endpaper a reading copy only. ALL OF OUR BOOKS ARE SHIPPED WITHIN 1 WORKING DAY OF PURCHASE. WE UPLOAD A SELECTION OF HIGH QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHS WITH EACH LISTING HOWEVER IF NOT ALREADY PRESENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANY OF OUR TITLES CAN BE PROVIDED BY REQUEST VIA E-MAIL. B000HIQ2EI --- ll S. W. Partridge & Co., Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : SKU1041799
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Partridge Maurice
A Double Victory: The Story of a Knight Errant
London: S. W. Partridge & Co. Ltd. 1913. with four illustrations; pictorial cover; noticeable soiling to cover; softening to bottom of spine; school prize-plate on front inside cover; age spotting to front inside cover FEP BEP and back inside cover; browning to pages. No Earlier Edition Stated. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. S. W. Partridge & Co., Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 063341
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