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1992Best.-Nr. 9781098170book in excellent condition never used no mark light yellow pages due to aging satisfied guaranteed. Ship same or next working day. A customer service. Wit Press hardcover
2025Best.-Nr. x-1350175684Bloomsbury USA Academic 2025. Hardcover. New. 256 pages. 9.22x6.14x1.00 inches. Bloomsbury USA Academic hardcover
1953Best.-Nr. Alibris.0016436Chatto & Windus. 1953. Hard cover. Fair. No dust jacket. no dust jacket cover is well-worn with some discoloration spine is cocked bookplates partly-removed from inside covers bookstore stamp inside front cover foxing age spots on outside edges and some pages. 278p. ill. 21 cm. Chatto & Windus hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0849388074New. hardcover. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. hardcover
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1995Best.-Nr. 23209Penobscot Press 1995. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1995 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its dark-red cloth with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Octavo a number of vintage photos complementing Craig Partridge's text. Penobscot Press unknown
1995Best.-Nr. 23209Penobscot Press 1995. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1995 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its dark-red cloth with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Octavo a number of vintage photos complementing Craig Partridge's text. Penobscot Press unknown books
1945Best.-Nr. 136077ca. 1945-76. Fine. 45 21x26 cm b&w photos. Many are stamped L. H. Partridge on rear. Features Blackpool London Glasgow Newcastle. Some cars/equipment identified on rear. Mixed in are a few street scenes ferris wheel seashore etc. Most 1940s-70s with some prints copies of earlier times. unknown
1886Best.-Nr. 154454Portland Ore. 1886. Very good . 11 x 20 cm b&w "boudoir card" photo on 14 x 22 cm card. No. 7801 on photo. William H. Partridge 1858-1939 operated a Portland Ore. photography studio with his brother Edward between 1885 and 1889. This studio was apparently a western office of the Partridge Photo Co. of Boston Mass. William Partridge probably took most of the Alaska views during the summer of 1886 when he journeyed on the steam boat Ancon. With the discovery of gold nearby in 1880 Juneau was born. But as this photo shows the new community consisted mainly of shacks for some time. unknown
1886Best.-Nr. 154432Portland Ore. 1886. Very good. 11 x 20 cm b&w "boudoir card" photo on 14 x 22 cm card. No. 7322 at bottom of photo.Light staining to card. William H. Partridge 1858-1939 operated a Portland Ore. photography studio with his brother Edward between 1885 and 1889. This studio was apparently a western office of the Partridge Photo Co. of Boston Mass. William Partridge probably took most of the Alaska views during the summer of 1886 when he journeyed on the steam boat Ancon.The Treadwell gold mine was on the south side of Douglas Island nearly a kilometre east of downtown Douglas and southeast of downtown Juneau. Owned and operated by John Treadwell the mine was composed of four sub-sites and was at one time the largest hard rock gold mine in the world employing over 2000 people. unknown
1992Best.-Nr. 61942Berkeley: University of California Press 1992. First edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. Small quarto. 10": x 7" 374pp. A fine copy in dust jacket. University of California Press hardcover
1838Best.-Nr. 266969New Orleans 1838. unbound. 3 pages front and back each measuring 10 x 8 inches New Orleans February 1 1838. Written by Calvin Keith agent for Almina Partridge mother of United States Generals Samuel Partridge and John Milton Partridge. Almina is attempting to find out what real estate holdings her late husband has in New Orleans and Smith informs her in small part: ".I found myself in a rather awkward predicament. The Judge informed me the agent he had made the appointment Mr. Parker had admitted in Court that he had been in the State Prison for passing counterfeit money and informed me he could not now be removed without showing his present incapacity to manage her property. This information could only be obtained by depositions from the place where he resides.The last agent has not obtained any of the funds & I have much confidence in believing that his bail will not permit him to remove the funds and certainly not without securing him. On the whole I consider it rather a bad business & wish myself fairly out of it." Usual folds with no weaknesses; extensive pencil underlining on the second page; small chip on the right edge of the third page with slight loss of text. Good condition. unknown
1838Best.-Nr. 266969New Orleans 1838. unbound. 3 pages front and back each measuring 10 x 8 inches New Orleans February 1 1838. Written by Calvin Keith agent for Almina Partridge mother of United States Generals Samuel Partridge and John Milton Partridge. Almina is attempting to find out what real estate holdings her late husband has in New Orleans and Smith informs her in small part: ".I found myself in a rather awkward predicament. The Judge informed me the agent he had made the appointment Mr. Parker had admitted in Court that he had been in the State Prison for passing counterfeit money and informed me he could not now be removed without showing his present incapacity to manage her property. This information could only be obtained by depositions from the place where he resides.The last agent has not obtained any of the funds & I have much confidence in believing that his bail will not permit him to remove the funds and certainly not without securing him. On the whole I consider it rather a bad business & wish myself fairly out of it." Usual folds with no weaknesses; extensive pencil underlining on the second page; small chip on the right edge of the third page with slight loss of text. Good condition. unknown books
1927Best.-Nr. 646664Scholartis Press 1927. First Edition. Leather Binding. Fine. Beautifully bound by Zaehnsdorf in full red polished calf spine with raised bands brown morocco label and gilt floral tooling within gilt-ruled compartments covers bordered with a triple gilt fillets with rosettes at corners dentelles tooled in gilt with a repeating floral scroll top edge gilt marbled endpapers other edges uncut has very slight wear. Copy #82 of 150 numbered copies signed by editor Eric Partridge. Scholartis Press unknown
1954Best.-Nr. 039019United Kingdom: Bailliere Tindall and Cox 1954. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/NO Dustwrapper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sixth Edition. Bailliere Tindall and Cox London 1954. illus xiv 1078 4pp adverts hb No Dust-wrapper gilt black cloth spine faded gilt faded pages browned previous owner's signature vg Heavy book may need additional postage if not UK Bailliere, Tindall and Cox hardcover
1958Best.-Nr. 870T31London: Hamish Hamilton; Routledge & Kegan Paul; Andre Deutsch 1958-1976. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Michael Foreman. A set of four smart volumes from lexicographer Eric Partridge. Four volumes. Written by Eric Partridge a New Zealand-British lexicographer of English slang. This set includes: A First Book of Quotations 1958. First edition. A collection of over one thousand quotations arranged by subject with historical commentary and corrections for common misquotations. Comic Alphabets: Their Origin Development Nature 1961. First edition. An entertaining study of the origin and development of the comic and rhyming alphabet since Victorian times. Illustrated throughout by Michael Foreman a British author and illustrator known for his children's books. Previously held in the library of Nicholas Wall an English judge President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice for England and Wales. The Gentle Art of Lexicography as Pursued and Experienced by an Addict 1963. First edition. Part language study part memoir this work explores Partridge's early years in New Zealand and his lifelong desire for learning. Smaller Slang Dictionary 1976. Reprint of the second edition originally published 1961. Written for the general public this work includes important words that have survived generations and the slang of the twentieth century. In the original cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear only. Original dust wrappers are all unclipped other than the Smaller Slang Dictionary. Dust wrappers are smart with light shelf wear and chipping to the extremities with the odd small closed tear and light sunning to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning. Near Fine Hamish Hamilton; Routledge & Kegan Paul; Andre Deutsch hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. LAWRENCE016196Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press London. 1930. First edition. Octavo. pp viii 200 1 advert. The first of Eric Partridge's slang dictionaries a good proportion of this book being devoted to songs and chants. Somewhat against the spirit of the enterprise words of however slight a scabrous nature are replaced by dashes. ''The editors wish to thank Major Gordon Innes Captain Bertram Ratcliffe and Messrs. T.E. Shaw and Hugh Kimber for helpful comments on and suggestions for the glossary.'' from the Preface. Philip M. O'Brien in his T.E. Lawrence: A Bibliography F0154 notes only the second edition of the same year.Fore-edge a bit spotted. Very good indeed in near-fine price-clipped dustwrapper slightly darkened at the spine. Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press, London. unknown
2001Best.-Nr. 003878Night Shade Books 2001 Superb and unique Nightshade collection of Partridge's best work. Elegant black slipcase. One of only 200 copies signed by the great writer himself. Enclosed with this book is an early chapbook of the author's first story Castle Of The Honda Monsters which is also limited to 200 copies and signed by the author. 0.0 0.0 0.0. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Night Shade Books hardcover
2026Best.-Nr. x-1350500046Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2026. Hardcover. New. 306 pages. 6.14x0.87x9.21 inches. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 59971London: Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press 1931. First edition 8vo pp. vii 1 383; original red cloth; corners bumped spine sunned with a small stain joints starting bookplate of James Mead Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian on upper pastedown very good. Inscribed by Partridge to sometimes collaborator and good friend Professor John W. Clark of the University of Minnesota "who will deplore the method but perhaps enjoy the contents." The first of Eric Partridge's slang dictionaries. The first through third editions of this popular volume were each limited to 1000 copies. This copy has a cracked front hinge apparently due to Partridge's mishandling of the book. In the gutter he has written "Apologies" with an arrow indicating the crack. Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press unknown
1931Best.-Nr. 59971London: Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press 1931. First edition 8vo pp. vii 1 383; original red cloth; corners bumped spine sunned with a small stain joints starting bookplate of James Mead Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian on upper pastedown very good. Inscribed by Partridge to sometimes collaborator and good friend Professor John W. Clark of the University of Minnesota "who will deplore the method but perhaps enjoy the contents." The first of Eric Partridge's slang dictionaries. The first through third editions of this popular volume were each limited to 1000 copies. This copy has a cracked front hinge apparently due to Partridge's mishandling of the book. In the gutter he has written "Apologies" with an arrow indicating the crack. Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press unknown books
2002Best.-Nr. BN501818Routledge 2002. 2002. A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms and Catch Phrases Fossilised Jokes and Puns General Nicknames Vulgarisms and Such Americanisms As Have Been Naturalised A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms and Catch Phrases Fossilised Jokes and Puns General Nicknames Vulgarisms and Such Americanisms As Have Been Naturalised Beale Paul und Eric Partridge Routledge unknown
1968Best.-Nr. BN523879Routledge & Kegan Paul 1968. 1968. Hardcover. A Dictionary of the Underworld: British & American being the vocabularies of crooks criminals racketeers beggars and tramps convicts the . drug traffic the white slave traffic spivs A Dictionary of the Underworld: British & American being the vocabularies of crooks criminals racketeers beggars and tramps convicts the . drug traffic the white slave traffic spivs Eric Partridge Routledge & Kegan Paul hardcover
2013Best.-Nr. BN654964Chronicle Books. 2013. 2013. Softcover. Dorothea Lange. Grab a Hunk of Lightning. Her Lifetime in Photography. Dorothea Lange. Grab a Hunk of Lightning. Her Lifetime in Photography. Lange Dorothea - Elizabeth Partridge Chronicle Books. paperback
2005Best.-Nr. BN540182Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. 2005. 2005. Eminent Victorians: The Definitive Edition Eminent Victorians: The Definitive Edition Strachey Lytton Frances Partridge und Paul Levy Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. unknown
