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1949ref. 41820London: 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. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd unknown
1948ref. 42152London: 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. Secker & Warburg unknown
1948ref. 42171London: 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. Secker & Warburg unknown
1992ref. 23228Chelsea Michigan U.S.A.: Scarborough House. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED 384 pages; clean and crisp tight and bright pages with no writing or markings to the text. -- -- with a bonus offer--; 009018-1; ENGLISH LANGUAGE TERMS PHRASES APHORISMS A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: American and British from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day LANGUAGE REFERENCE WRITING Partridge Eric . 1992. 0812885368 . Scarborough House paperback
1986ref. DADAX041505916XRoutledge 1986-04-12. 2. paperback. New. 7.44x0.93x9.69. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Routledge paperback
ref. DADAX014051046XPenguin 0000-00-00. Abridged. paperback. New. 5.04x1.57x7.80. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Penguin paperback
1978ref. DADAX0415065550Routledge 1978-05-10. 1. paperback. New. 4.84x0.62x7.32. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Routledge paperback
1948ref. 30857London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First edition sm. 8vo pp. xi 1 212; near fine copy in the dust-jacket. Secker & Warburg unknown
ref. 111654London: 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
ref. 111653London: 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
ref. 12601New 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. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 1528 pp. Macmillan Co hardcover
ref. a47363London 1949 1961. 2 volumes. Sm.4to. 1230pp. pp.1231-1362 hardcover. VG in Good matching DJs. Two volumes. hardcover
2013ref. 398052013. 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. $85. 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
1961ref. 971120.02Routledge 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
1971ref. w171-12Books for Libraries Press 1971. Unknown Binding. Used - Good. Publisher: Books for Libraries Press January 1 1971. Former library. Binding: Hardcover. Clean text solid binding minor wear on cover no dust jacket. Free tracking available. International shipping available. 2. Books for Libraries Press unknown
1937ref. 52446London: 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. George Routledge & Sons unknown books
1937ref. 41690London: 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. George Routledge & Sons unknown books
1937ref. 869Q33London: George Routledge & Sons LTD 1937. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A varied anthology of twenty-seven essays by British-New Zealand lexicographer Eric Partridge. This work is in publisher's original cloth binding. First edition of the work. An interesting and varied collection of essays written by Eric Partridge many of which were previously unpublished. These essays explore topics including Essays on Words Fiction and 'Near' History. Also included is a sketch on Piracy. Partridge was a British-New Zealand lexicographer who wrote many books and essays surrounding etymology and the history of slang. With a frontispiece of the author.With owners inscription to front endpaper. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Light rubbing to extremities. Age toning and offsetting to endpapers with the occasional spot. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the occasional spot. With owners inscription to front endpaper. Very Good Indeed George Routledge & Sons, LTD hardcover
1937ref. 52446London: 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. George Routledge & Sons unknown
1937ref. 41690London: 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. George Routledge & Sons unknown
ref. 0233974113.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1982ref. SONG0233974113Wiley-Blackwell 1982-01-01. paperback. Used: Good. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Wiley-Blackwell paperback
ref. 0389202878.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1947ref. 58970London 1947. Each printed on stiff card and folded to make 4 pages except as noted all 8vo all fine except as noted all with prose essays by Partridge on a variety of subjects many pertaining to some aspect of words or language. Laurie Atkinson Esq. whose name appears with some frequency below was an amateur lexicographer a reader and contributor to Eric Partridge and his works for many years. These cards started appearing in 1927 and were issued annually until 1976 with a couple of interruptions notably during the years of World War II. Partridge died in 1979. 1947 / 1948: Spivs and Phoneys. 1949 / 1950: We are the People inscribed "To all there Eric." 1950 / 1951: Westward to the Fortunate Isles; pp. 8; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1951 / 1952: The Real McCoy and the Real Mackay; pp. 8; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1952 / 1953: Imagination and Good Sense in Etymology; with a 4" x 6" prospectus laid for Partridge's You Have Point There addressed to Laurie Atkinson; also with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1953 / 1954: The Etymology of Etymology; with a 4" x 6" prospectus laid for Partridge's Concise Usage and Abusage addressed to Laurie Atkinson; also with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson; slight glue residue at the top from envelope. 1954 / 1955: Babes Babblers Barbarians; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1955 / 1956: Elephantine; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1957 / 1958: Aspects of Emptiness; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson Esq. together with a typed carbon reply from him to Partridge. 1958 / 1959: . Nor any Drop to Drink; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1959 / 1960: A Square Digs Beatnick; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1960 / 1961: Annus Laud Mirabilis; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson Esq. 1961 / 1962: Merely Another Year; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson Esq. 1962 / 1963: A Few Things Done; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson moderate glue residue at the top from envelope. 1963 / 1964: An Optical Illusion; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson together with a one-and-a-half page draft A.L.s to Partridge regarding an ill-fated trip to New York. 1964 / 1965: The Women Have It: Some Lawn Tennis Players I have Watched; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson together with a one-and-a-half-page draft A.L.s to Partridge regarding tennis. 1968 / 1969 "How Did You Come to Write Your Dictionary of Slang Or Indeed Your Usage and Abusage" With the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson together with a one-page A.L.s to Partridge from Atkinson regarding catch-phrases. 1969 / 1970 Below the Surface; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson Esq. 1970 / 1971: In Memoriam Julian Franklyn; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1971 / 1972: What's in a Catch-Phrase; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson · 1973 / 1974: Report on a Work in Progress i.e. A Dictionary of Catch Phrases; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1974 / 1975: Still Progressing: A Further Report on Catch Phrases; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson; with a draft 1-p. A.L.s. from Atkinson to Partridge expressing thanks and offering memories. 1975 / 1976 No Man is an Island; inscribed "Dear Laurie all good wishes et multos ad Annos Eric"; together with a 1-p. typed letter to Partridge from Atkinson regarding "hundreds of new definitions for DSUE." 1976 / 1977: Four Linguistic Brevities; inscribed "Dear Laurie Nos. I - II are ; IV less stolid. Regards! Eric"; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. unknown books
1767ref. 180583London: The Company of Stationers 1767. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A bound collection of 12 items: 1. "Remarkable News from the Stars: Or an Ephemeris for 1767." William Andrews; 48pp; 2. The Gentleman's Diary or the Mathematical Repository; "An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1767" Anonymous; 48pp; 3. The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1767." Anonymous; 48pp; 4. Vox Stetlarum: or a Loyal Almanack for the Year of Human Redemption 1767." Francis Moore; 16pp; 5. Merlinus Liberatus. Being An Almanack for the Year of our Redemption 1767." John Partridge; 48pp; 6. Parker's Ephemeris For the Year of Our Lord 1767."; Anonymous; 56pp; 7. "The Coelestial Diary: Or An Ephemeris For the Year of Our Blessed Saviour's Incarnation 1767."; Salem Pearse; 32pp; 8. "The Second Part of the Coelestial Diary." Salem Pearse; 16pp; 9. Poor Robin 1767. An Almanack After the Old but yet very agreeable." Sir Robin Poor; 32pp; 10. "A Prognostication For the Year of our Lord God 1767." Sir Robin Poor; 16pp; 11. "The English Apollo; Or Useful Companion.1767" Richard Saunders; 48pp; 12. "Speculum Annis: or Season on the Seasons. Being An Almanck for the Year of Our Lord 1767." Henry Season; 48pp; 13. "An Almanack For the Year of Our Lord God 1767." Tycho Wing; 48pp; 14. "The Coelestial Atlas; Or A New Ephemeris for the Year of our Lord 1767." Robert White; 48pp; 1p Printer's Book List. The covers are lacking and the spine is very chipped at the ends but the page block of all these contents is very good with little or no damage or foxing etc. The Company of Stationers hardcover
