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1823réf. 10556NY: Wallis & Co. for the author 1823. First Edition. 8vo pp. 288. Includes a single folding table and an advertisement for Dye Stuffs being sold by Partridge at his store in New York. Bound in chipped full calf front cover loose some knawing to the lower foredge of the title page but a good copy. Rink 1864 Imprints 13674. Taking knowledge from the English experience Partridge wrote this book for Americans. Wallis & Co., for the author unknown books
réf. 6761Offered here is an offprint 8 x 5 inches on laid paper of a poem by William Ordway Partridge sculptor and sometimes poet printed in the Boston Evening Transcript Feb 19 1887 inscribed to F. Holland Day "Oct 3rd Dear Day Accept with my respect this sonnet to your Keats. Partridge." The poem dedicated to Louise Chandler Moulton has the first stanza subtitle "Keats" and the second "Shelley." Day was an avid Keats collector amassing a large and important collection. Very nice association copy of a scarce offprint. unknown books
1932réf. 51183n.p. i.e. Paris: privately printed at the Lecram-Press n.d. 1932. Second edition limited to 700 copies after 300 copies in the first square 8vo pp. 225 3; gray paper-covered boards printed labels on upper cover and spine paper cracking at the bottom of the spine underlining in pencil throughout; very good. A privately printed pseudonymous and erotic novel from the author publisher and lexicographer Eric Partridge. He requested that his authorship of the book be kept secret until his death stating in a letter to William R. Cagle "When I'm gone I'd like it slipped unobtrusively among my books. It belongs to an unregenerate period of my life; not that I'm ashamed of it. privately printed [at the Lecram-Press], n.d. unknown books
1961réf. 52397London: 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. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd unknown books
1961réf. 51545London: 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. Andre Deutsch unknown books
1961réf. 44227London: 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. Andre Deutsch unknown books
1958réf. 52451New York: Macmillan Co 1958. First American edition small 4to pp. xix 1 970; about fine in a slightly chipped dust jacket and with one longer tear in the back panel without loss. Laid in is a 1-page A.L.s. from Partridge to "Amici cari mei" enclosing a 'corrigenda' and an 'addenda' which "will make your copies of Origins as 'good' as the 2nd edition." These corrigenda and addenda are not printed but typed presumably by Partridge on 8" x 11" paper and contain a few amendations in pencil and ink. Macmillan Co unknown books
1809réf. 756361809. Seven Grand Jury Charges Partridge Samuel. Seven Charges Given to Grand Juries At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace. London: Sold by Lackington Allen and Co. 1809. x 16 4 17-59 1 pp. 4-pp. appendix misbound after p. 16. Octavo 8" x 4-3/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior occasional light foxing first leaf just starting to separate at foot but secure. $350. Only edition. Often issued by the chairmen of the Quarter Sessions grand jury charges of this period were a useful vehicle for the judge's social moral and political views. The addresses in this collection cover a variety of topics including alehouses seditious publications and the internal defense of the nation. OCLC locates 6 copies of this title 2 in North America Notre Dame Law School Harvard Law School. unknown books
1952réf. 28111London: Hamish Hamilton 1952. First edition 12mo pp. 14 146; about fine throughout in a very good jacket. This copy inscribed "To Vernon Watkins who conveys dignity with delight & inextricably mingles form and thought. Gratefully Eric Partridge 17-xi-61." In this copy Partridge has altered the word "languages" on the title page as well as on the dust jacket to read 'language" and he has also scribbled through the price on the dust jacket; on the verso of the half-title Partridge has written in "OP" for out-of-print next to 5 of the 17 works in the list of books by him; and he has made corrections in the text on p. 23 34 and on p.65 where he has written a 2-line note in the bottom margin signed "E. P." There are also manuscript corrections by Partridge on the rear flap of the jacket and on the back panel. Hamish Hamilton unknown books
1823réf. 53858NY: Wallis & Co. for the author 1823. First Edition. 8vo pp. 288. Includes a single folding table and an advertisement for Dye Stuffs being sold by Partridge at his store in New York. Bound in chipped full calf front cover loose some knawing to the lower foredge of the title page but a good copy. Rink 1864 Imprints 13674. Taking knowledge from the English experience Partridge wrote this book for Americans. Wallis & Co., for the author unknown books
1834réf. 378New York: Published by the Author 1834. 8vo. 190 x 120 mm. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches. viii 9-179 pp. Original cloth boards rebacked with cloth remnants of original spine laid down. Light foxing throughout. With faults a good sound copy. Second edition originally published in New York by H. Wallis in 1823 which included information on British practices. In the self-published edition of 1834 Partridge remove much of this material and focused more on the extraction of colors from wood the chemistry of scouring and dyeing and color preparation. The first 40 pages of the book describe in detail the methods and materials used in scouring raw wool and cotton to ensure that all oils and natural elements are removed and cleansed out. The next 100 pages are devoted to dyes. Partridge discusses in detail the which natural materials produce colors pigments how to make the extractions and finally how to mix the extracts with solvents and oils to create a color that will fix when applied to textile material. The final part of the book has to do with preparing silks and cotton and some variations on the techniques for producing and fixing colors. A notice on the verso of the title-page reads "The author informs Manufacturers and Dyers that he is at all times willing and desirous to give any information and recipes that may be in his power respecting the manufacture of woollens and dying free of cost." In addition to writing and publishing his Practical Treatise William Partridge was a textile dyer and seller who also built a business in NYC that imported and extracted pigments from wood sources which was to become one of the largest of its kind on the East Coast before the Civil War. American Imprints 26133. Rink 1864 for the 1823 edition. See C. R. Delaney "The Real American Dyestuff Industry" Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association Chemical Publishing Co. Easton PA Volume XIV 1919. 378. Published by the Author unknown books
réf. 010069New York: Sears Publishing Co. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No Date dated December 1930 at end of 1st essay. Title continues: "words and phrases used by hoboes tramps migratory workers and those on the fringes of society with their uses and origins with a number of tramp songs". 264 pages. "Songs of Jungles and Drag" without music: p. 199-252. Very Good no jacket red cloth worn at spine ends with 1/4" loss corners rubbed spine dulled interior clean tight and unmarked. SCARCE. Sears Publishing Co. Hardcover books
1950réf. 13588London: Theodore Brun Limited 1950. Full leather. Very Good. The 1950 Limited Deluxe Edition which was issued simultaneously with the trade edition. 250 copies were issued in the Limited Deluxe Edition but this copy specifically is among the first 100 copies in the limitation #21 which were the only ones Eric Partridege signed. Bound in a full dark-leather as well and includes bright gilt-design and lettering along the front panel and spine respectively. A bit of light scuffing to the panels and light wear along the spine ends. Still though solidly VG to VG and very presentable. Thick octavo 804 pgs. In a long wonderful career of offering up linguistic and lexical oddities this remains one of Eric Partridge's most beloved works. Theodore Brun Limited unknown books
1823réf. 28193New York: H. Wallis and Company 1823. Contains "the most improved methods pursued in the West of England.a correct description of Sulphuring Woollens and Chemical Bleaching of Cottons" with many dye recipes. Contemporary calf rebacked with original backstrip laid down red gilt morocco label. Slightly rubbed. Very good. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 13674. RINK 1864. unknown books
1949réf. 50823London: 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. Theodore Brun unknown books
1950réf. 52349London: 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. Theodore Brun, Ltd unknown books
1952réf. 50703London: Hamish Hamilton 1952. First edition small 8vo pp. 14 146; red cloth boards silver title on spine; fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed to the dedicatee by Partridge: "To John W. Clark with the wish that it was worthy of him Eric Partridge 30 May 1952." Clark professor at the University of Minnesota was an old friend of Partridge and a sometimes collaborator. One small correction to the text in Partridge's hand. Hamish Hamilton unknown books
1963réf. 52268London: Andre Deutsch 1963. First edition 8vo pp. 182; pencil checkmarks in the margins and with more extensive pencil notes on the rear endpapers almost certainly the notes of his sometimes collaborator and professor of English at the University of Minnesota John W. Clark who is also one of the five dedicatees of this book. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by Partridge "John from Eric iocundum in amicitiam 28 January 1963." Also with the price on the dust jacket crossed out by Partridge. Fine copy in the dust jacket. Andre Deutsch unknown books
1826réf. TB33870Middletown Conn.: E. & M. Clark 1826. First Edition. Very good in its original full light brown leather covered boards with the remnants of gilt decorations on the spine. A 16mo of 6 3/4 by 4 1/8 inches with the title block missing from the spine wear to the leather at the edges of the boards spine ends and joints. A prior owner's name is in ink on the first free end page with the date of February 7th 1833 which name is repeated on the last free end page. The rear 30 pages of this copy has a dampness stain to the upper two inches of the pages. 288 pages including 8 pages of Idioms and familiar expressions and proverbs in two columns in English and in French. Illustrated with a frontispiece of the author from an engraving and a view of the A. L. S. & M. Academy Middletown Conn. OCLC reports only 40 libraries and institutions have a copy of this title. E. & M. Clark hardcover books
1949réf. 52395London: 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. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd unknown books
1947réf. 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
1900réf. 537402South Africa 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong octavo 9 ½" x 7 ½". Olive green cloth boards. Contains two large format studio prints and 82 glossy gelatin silver prints laid into double-sided paper sleeves with cut-out rectangular frames. Neatly captioned throughout in ink on the paper sleeves. Owner's name: "J.E.C. Partridge" in ink on front cover. Boards are a little darkened and rubbed a few prints are faded very good. A notable album of images compiled by Lieutenant J.E.C. "Birdie" Partridge an officer in the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers and founder of the British Army Rugby Union ARU in 1906. The album documents the activities of Partridge's militia unit throughout South Africa during the Boer War. The unit is identified as the "46th R.E.". Included are images of the militia and several R.E. officers on the march and performing various duties and at leisure at various camps. Also included are images of Boer farms and families and Boer prisoners at Cape Town. Partridge was promoted to lieutenant in March 1901 and he represented South African rugby teams during the Boer war when he was serving there. After the war he became a prominent international rugby union player and founded the Army Rugby Union. The album likely includes more than one image of Partridge in particular in one print of an "X-mas dinner 1901". A well-preserved historically important collection of images. hardcover books
