New York: Oxford University Press 2004. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in the publisher's original boards. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 9004969 ISBN : 0195220420 9780195220421
Amsterdam: Rodopi 1984. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x 98 16 pages. Costerus New Series Volume 42. A study of "minor fiction" produced in the United States between the two 20th century world wars. Introduction notes and references select bibliography and index. Listing of other Costerus publications. Library stamp indicates this is a Library of Congress duplicate. Rodopi unknown books
Garden City N.Y.: Garden City Publishing Co. 1947. Octavo pp. 1-10 1 2-322 323-324: blank note: last leaf is a blank original red cloth spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Twenty-one stories by Sherwood Anderson Katherine Mansfield John Collier William Faulkner and others. The jacket has a striking and surrealistic style. About half of the material here is translated. Some of the chapter titles have ink marks after them else a clean tight very good copy in a defective chipped and worn dust jacket. #116470 Garden City Publishing Co. unknown books
Office Of Air Force History 1986-01-01. PAPERBACK. Good. 0912799358 Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Office Of Air Force History paperback books
Bookseller reference : SKU1037293 ISBN : 0912799358 9780912799353
NY:: Viking. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 067087888X . Black and white photographs throughout. Third printing. Very good in a very good two inch closed edge tear in a lower corner of the front panel dust jacket. . Viking, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 72492 ISBN : 067087888X 9780670878888
New York: Puffin Books 2001. First edition thus. Softcover. An illustrated biography of this important photographer with numerous black and white images. A fine copy in wrappers. Signed and inscribed by Partridge on the half title page and uncommon as such. Puffin Books unknown books
Washington DC: Smithsonian 1994. 4to pp. 168. Lange's photographs and essays by Linda A. Morris Clark Kerr Roger Daniels Sally Stein Ansel Adams and Daniel Dixon. Some commentary by Lange herself. Paper wraps. Cover little scuffed o/w a nice tight copy. Smithsonian unknown books
San Francisco: California Historical Society Press 2003 Softcover. Quarto. 141pp. Illustrated with nearly 100 photogrpahs. Stiff pictorial wrappers. Top corner curling minor general shelfwear. A near fine copy. . California Historical Society Press paperback books
Bookseller reference : 5378 ISBN : 1890771570 9781890771577
London: Hamish Hamilton 1960. First edition. Cloth fine in very good dust jacket. From Ira Gershwin's library with posthumous bookplate. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton hardcover books
London: Hamish Hamilton 1960. First edition 8vo pp. 190pp.; fine copy in the dust jacket. Inscribed by Partridge: "Dear John You'll find a few things new to you. As ever Eric 15 September 1960." Partridge has also noted underneath this presentation "Pp. 13-20 & 32-39: v. slight indeed. Could well be ignored by J. W. C." The John and J. W. C. in the inscription is John W. Clark sometimes collaborator of Partridge's and professor of English at the University of Minnesota There is also a small correction in the text by Partridge on p. 127 and a scribble on the flap of the jacket deleting the price. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton unknown books
London: George Routledge & Sons 1937. First edition 8vo pp. ix 1 317 2; photographic frontispiece portrait; smudge on spine; a good sound copy in original terracotta cloth gilt lettering on spine. Twenty-seven essays by the noted New Zealander mostly unpublished in book form. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons hardcover books
London: George Routledge & Sons 1937. First edition 8vo pp. ix 1 317 2; photographic frontispiece portrait; endpapers spotted; a very good copy in original terracotta cloth in a chipped dust jacket with spine a bit spotted. Partridge's friend Alan Steele's signature on upper free endpaper. Twenty-seven essays by the noted New Zealander mostly unpublished in book form. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons hardcover books
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1943. Revised and enlarged edition slim 8vo pp. 105; text in double columns; original blue cloth gilt-lettered spine; spine quite toned preliminaries foxed else very good. Constitutional Club Library bookplate on front pastedown. <br/><br/> George Allen & Unwin Ltd hardcover books
New York: Stein and Day 1979. First edition thus 4to pp. ix 1 278; text printed in double columns; original blue and yellow printed wrappers upper cover fore-edge a bit rubbed damage to top edge of back cover not affecting text; interior fine. A Scarborough Book no. 6037. <br/><br/> Stein and Day unknown books
London: George Routledge & Sons ltd 1947. Third edition revised 12mo pp. ix 3 260; green cloth gilt; near fine in very good dust jacket. Inscribed by Partridge to Laurie Atkinson contributor of a number of terms and phrases to his projects and with a peppering of annotations by Partridge noting on the list of his works which titles are out of print and which are in later editions and crossing out the price on the dust jacket. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons ltd hardcover books
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1972. Later printing after the 4th edition 12mo pp. ix 1 261 1; green cloth; boards bowed top edge lightly soiled else near fine in a near fine price-clipped pink dust jacket. <br/><br/> Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd hardcover books
London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First edition 8vo pp. xi 1 212; red cloth spine and top corner of covers lightly sunned in a near-fine possibly supplied dust jacket; this copy inscribed by Partridge to his friend and sometimes collaborator John W. Clark on front free endpaper and 1 marginal note by him in the text. <br/><br/> Secker & Warburg hardcover books
London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First edition small 8vo pp. xi 1 212; original cloth in grey price-clipped dust jacket printed in red and black; covers bowed bookplate else very good. <br/><br/> Secker & Warburg hardcover books
London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First edition sm. 8vo pp. xi 1 212; original cloth in grey printed dust jacket a bit soiled jacket edges lightly shelf worn else very good. <br/><br/> Secker & Warburg hardcover books
London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First edition small 8vo pp. xi 1 212; original cloth in grey price-clipped dust jacket back cover a bit soiled printed in red and black; light edge wear else very good. <br/><br/> Secker & Warburg hardcover books
London: Michael Joseph Ltd 1945. First edition slim 8vo pp. 64; fine copy in a fragile war-time dust jacket slightly chipped and split along the front joint. <br/><br/> Michael Joseph Ltd unknown books
London: Michael Joseph Ltd 1945. First edition slim 8vo pp. 64; fine copy in a fragile war-time dust jacket substantially chipped with tears and with some loss on spine and at the top of the panels. <br/><br/> Michael Joseph Ltd unknown books
London Melbourne and Henley: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1984. First printing of the 8th edition small thick 4to pp. xxix 1 1400; text in double column; fine in original blue cloth gilt lettering on spine and a near fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> Routledge & Kegan Paul hardcover books
London: Theodore Brun 1949. Edition de Luxe limited to 106 copies this being copy 97 of 100 signed by Partridge; large 8vo pp. 4 xvi 1230; publisher's full black morocco stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine t.e.g.; fine copy. <br/><br/> Theodore Brun unknown books
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 books
New York: Macmillan Co 1937. First American edition sm. 4to pp. xv 1; 999 1; clipped dust jacket a bit chipped at top of spine causing loss to 1 word chipped also at bottom else a very good copy in original. blue cloth. The book has been through nine editions and remains in print at $150. <br/><br/> Macmillan Co hardcover books
London: George Routledge & Sons 1937. First edition 4to pp. xv 1 974; original blue cloth gilt title direct on spine; light sunning and waterstaining to boards very good. Newspaper clippings about words pasted in on the terminals. Together with: Supplement to the first edition of A dictionary of slang and unconventional English London 1961 pp. 2 975-1051 1; original blue cloth spine a bit sunned. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons hardcover books
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1949. Third edition "revised and much enlarged" 4to pp. xvi 1230; text printed in double columns; original blue cloth gilt-lettered spine top edge blue; binding shaken title page loosening and front hinge cracked; a good copy only with the Foulis and Baskerville Press's bibliographer Philip Gaskell's ownership stamp on upper pastedown and correspondence between him and Partridge laid in one autograph postcard one typed letter with enclosures and a 5-p. MS "Army Slang. Compiled April '45 / B.L.A." <br/><br/> Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd hardcover books
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1961. Fifth edition the first in 2 volumes; small 4to pp. xvi 974; v 1 975-1362; text in double column; some spotting to the covers else a very good set in original blue cloth gilt-lettered spine. Both volumes inscribed by Partridge to his friend and sometimes collaborator John W. Clark dated June 26 1961. Covers words and phrases from the fifteenth century to the present day. Laid in is a lengthy newspaper article on Partridge from the N.Y. Times Magazine Oct. 2 1977. <br/><br/> Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd hardcover books
London: George Routledge & Sons 1938. Second edition revised and enlarged 4to pp. xviii 1051; original cloth in blue dust jacket back cover and flaps foxed; shallow chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text inside of jacket has been reinforced with tape; minor foxing to endpapers else interior very good. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons hardcover books
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1949. Third edition "revised and much enlarged" 4to pp. xvi 1230; text printed in double columns; original blue cloth a bit soiled gilt-lettered spine top edge blue; binding quite shaken joints weak contemporary pencil gift inscription on ffep else interior mostly very good. <br/><br/> Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd hardcover books
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1967. 2 volumes 4to dust jackets worn with slight chipping; very good. A reprint of the 5th and best edition of 1961 with the added supplementary volume which here is additionally revised. <br/><br/> Routledge & Kegan Paul unknown books
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 books
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1950. First edition 4to pp. xv 1 804; text in double column; original blue cloth dust jacket a little chipped and with a few short tears; front hinge cracked; very good. "Owing to production delays this book was not published until 1950" - tipped in note on p. v. This copy with a note on the front free endpaper pasted in with a presentation from Partridge reading: "Dear Alan You wouldn'tknow anything about this As ever Eric. 5 May 1950." <br/><br/> Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd hardcover books
London: Theodore Brun Ltd 1950. First edition limited to 250 numbered copies this is copy 114 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 books
London: Theodore Brun Ltd 1950. First edition limited to 250 numbered copies this being one of 100 copies signed by Partridge; small 4to pp. xv 1 804; publisher's full black morocco gilt; near fine throughout. Issued simultaneouly with the trade edition. <br/><br/> Theodore Brun, Ltd unknown books
New York: Macmillan Co 1950. First American edition small 4to pp. xvi 804; dust jacket slightly chipped at the top of the spine else a very good copy in original blue cloth. "Language of the criminal and near-criminal world compiled upon historical lines" jacket blurb. <br/><br/> Macmillan Co hardcover books
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 books
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 books
London: Hamish Hamilton 1958. First edition 8vo pp. xiv 196; fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy inscribed to "Laurie Atkinson a learned and generous contributor to a noble cause with many yet far too few thanks from Eric Partridge for his valuable notes. 17/iii/1959." Also with a postcard to Atkinson laid in written less than two weeks later saying Partridge is "working on your material now; have just begun it; so the additional matter is v. useful." As usual Partridge has scribbled through the price on the jacket flap. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton unknown books
London: Andre Deutsch 1961. Second impression slim 8vo pp. 70 2; original gray cloth orange-printed dust jacket near fine. Forms part of the Language Library edited by Partridge. This copy inscribed by Partridge "Dear Norman It's quite readable. Regards! Eric. Christmas 1963." Additionally Partridge has crossed out the price on the dust jacket and made two corrections to the list of books published in The Language Library series and 8 or so other corrections to the list of his own books at the back. Norman is likely Norman Davis a fellow New Zealander and a professor of English at Oxford. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch hardcover books
London: Andre Deutsch 1961. Second impression slim 8vo pp. 70 2; original boards in orange price-clipped dust jacket; jacket spine a bit faded else about fine. Forms part of the Language Library edited by Partridge. Signed author inscription dated 25 September 1969 on front free endpaper with Partridge's manuscript annotations on the author bibliography pp. 71-72 and on the rear jacket cover of the list of books in the Language Library. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch hardcover books
London: Andre Deutsch 1961. Second impression slim 8vo pp. 70 2; original boards in orange printed price-clipped dust jacket shallow chips and tears along edges not affecting text; a good copy. Forms part of the Language Library edited by Partridge. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch hardcover books
New York: Oxford University Press 1961. Slim 8vo pp. 70 2; original boards in orange printed dust jacket a bit soiled light wear to jacket edges else very good. Forms part of the Language Library edited by Partridge. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press hardcover books
London: Andre Deutsch 1961. First edition 8vo pp. 70 2; fore-edges spotted else a near fine copy in the dust jacket. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch unknown books
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