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2011réf. SONG0199734933Oxford University Press 2011-05-24. Pap/Cdr. paperback. Used: Good. 9.20x1.20x6.10. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Oxford University Press paperback
1977réf. SONG0415474337Routledge 1977-09-07. 1. paperback. Used: Good. 6.10x2.10x9.10. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Routledge paperback
2006réf. SONG0567041239Continnuum-3PL 2006-06-20. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.14x1.06x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Continnuum-3PL hardcover
2006réf. SONG1851968261Routledge 2006-04-01. 1. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.50x6.50x9.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Routledge hardcover
2001réf. SONG1892389118Night Shade 2001-05-01. Limited Signed First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.25x1.00x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Night Shade hardcover
1995réf. 101514New Haven: Yale University Press 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Fine. Yale University Press hardcover
1961réf. 1019B8London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1961-63. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 8". None. The complete two-volume set of Eric Partridge's significant dictionary of English slang. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Complete in two volumes. With the book plate of A. Douglas Drury to the front paste down of each volume followed by the inscription: "The original volume which was given to A.D. by Walter de le Mare and contained his inscription was lost by E.G.M. This copy and the supplement have been gifted by the latter as a replacement. 1963". The influential English dictionary of slang colloquialisms catch-phrases solecisms catachreses nicknames vulgarisms and Americanisms as compiled by significant lexicographer Eric Partridge. First published in 1937 the text saw numerous revisions and reprintings. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. With the book plate of A. Douglas Drury to the front paste down of each volume followed by the inscription: "The original volume which was given to A.D. by Walter de le Mare and contained his inscription was lost by E.G.M. This copy and the supplement have been gifted by the latter as a replacement. 1963". Externally lovely condition with only minor bumping and rubbing subtle fading along the spines and light marking to both volumes. Internally firmly bound. More noticeable spotting and discolouration to the first and last few pages of each text becoming lighter and less frequent throughout. Very Good Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd hardcover
réf. 477431Paperback. Good. Titles; paperback
1985réf. 0106421985. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 149pp 1985. Green cloth harcover no marks or tears. Torn dustjacket is laid in. Hardcover
réf. DADAX0469575484Wentworth Press 2019-02-25. hardcover. New. 6.14x1.00x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Wentworth Press hardcover
1991réf. 998Y41Salisbury : Perdix Press 1991. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A wonderful signed presentation copy of this enlightening account of printing and publishing with an endearing letter from the author. The author's presentation copy of this book. With a signed and dated inscription above the frontispiece and a loosely inserted letter from the author. The letter and book are both addressed to a figure named Gordon who is clearly a close acquaintance judging off of the author's letter which jokingly makes light of an "error" in his "blue pencil poem" and finishes by stating "Off to Scotland for a week tomorrow by coach. Easy. No problems".First edition. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. A delightful account of 65 years in printing and publishing as told by master printer and "journeyman" Walter Partridge. The memoirs include fascinating portraits of his equally artistic friends and a vivid sketch of his craft beginning with boyhood as a printer's devil in Yorkshire. The final publication of the author's private press Perdix Press.Also loosely inserted is a review on the book published in Printing World December 1991. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally fine. Dust wrapper is lovely with only a hint of bumping to the head of the spine. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Author's inscription above frontispiece. Fine Perdix Press hardcover
1959réf. 971P14Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1959. Paperback. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. The third impression of Eric Partridge's guide to punctuation signed by the author. The third impression.Signed by the author inscribed to the front paste down "Miss J. M. Bosdel with the author's thanks - gratitude - good wishes Eric Partridge 15/4/961" alongside his notes to the list of his works and to the rear wrap. 'Notes on Punctuation' in a concise monograph on punctuation penned by the noted lexicographer Eric Partridge. This work "provides a clear summary of this tricky subjects" presenting easily digested facts and guidelines about the usage of punctuation in the English language. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally generally smart with a chip to the spine and a small tidemark to the head of the spine. Minor edge wear and handling marks to the wraps. Tear to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good Basil Blackwell paperback
1927réf. 904P28London: The Fanfrolico Press 1927. First edition. Vellum. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". None. A smart limited edition volume collecting the works of Robert Eyres Landor this copy is out of series. A limited edition of one hundred and fifty-five copies this copy is out of series and unnumbered.A collection of the work of Robert Eyres Landor an Anglican cleric who was renowned for his reluctance to claim credit for his own work so much so that his popular 1824 drama 'The Count Arezzi' was at the time attributed to Lord Byron.Landor was the brother of Walter Savage Landor and wrote a proto sci-fi novel titled 'The Fountain of Arethusa'.Illustrated with one plate.Edited with a biographical introduction by Eric Partridge a noted lexicographer. In the original publisher's half vellum binding with paper to the boards. Vellum is lightly discoloured and marked as is usual to see. A few minor marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed The Fanfrolico Press hardcover
1959réf. 909Y42London : Routledge & Kegan Paul 1959. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 10" by 7.5". None . The second edition of Eric Partridge's etymological dictionary in the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The second edition of this work.In the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. Eric Partridge was a New Zealand-British lexicographer particularly of English slang. 'Origins' is one of Partridge's etymology-focused works with small paragraphs of information relating to the words origins and the evolutions of its semantics. In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally with light shelf wear and marks to the boards. Dust wrapper is edge worn with a couple closed tears and light chipping to the spine. Spotting and handling marks to the wrap heaviest to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Ink inscription to the copyright page. Very Good Indeed Routledge & Kegan Paul hardcover
réf. A9781783276554Hardback. New. Examines how the Channel Islands have been crucial to Britain's successful maritime superiority in the English Channel. hardcover
réf. 3752562072.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1948réf. 869Q17London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. An amusing collaboration of ex-military veterans presenting their experience of slang in the British army navy and air force between 1939 and 1945. This work is presented in original publisher's red cloth binding in original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. This humorous piece of work was created as a result of the collaboration of three ex-military servicepeople. Eric Partridge was a lexicographer who served in the Army Education Corps and the RAF correspondence department during World War Two. Patridge edited the work. Frank Roberts contributed his knowledge of army slang and Wilfred Granville presented naval slang from their careers. This work contains a list of this slang described as vivid allusive and sometimes obscure. With a foreword and introduction by the editor. Original publisher's advertisements to rear of dust wrapper. In original publisher's red cloth binding and original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally generally smart with minor shelf wear only. Damp staining to cover. Bright colour to cloth. The occasional spotting to endpapers. Dust wrapper is unclipped and in very good condition. Age toning to dust wrapper particularly to spine. Minor chipping and light sunning to dust wrapper. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the occasional spot and light age toning. Very Good Indeed Secker & Warburg hardcover
1937réf. 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
1929réf. 869M30London: The Scholartis Press 1929. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6". Not Stated. A smart first edition copy of this collection of three accounts of the First World War with maps. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Two bookplates to the front paste down one of which belongs to Sir Nicholas Wall 1945-2017 who was an English judge who was President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice for England and Wales. Illustrated with two full page maps. Collated complete. Ralph Hale Mottram 1883-1971 was an English writer and First World War poet. He was posted to the Western Front with the 9th Norfolk Regiment 6th Division British Expeditionary Force BEF in October 1915 where he assisted in defending the Ypres Salient. Eric Partridge 1894-1979 was a New ZealandBritish lexicographer who served in the Australian infantry during the First World War in Egypt Gallipoli and on the Western Front before being wounded in the Battle of Pozières. Together with John Easton they relate their evocative tales of the First World War. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart with just a little bumping to the upper corner of the front board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are age toned but generally clean with just the occasional spot to the front of the volume. Very Good Indeed The Scholartis Press hardcover
1933réf. 869M28London: Methuen & Co. 1933. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A scarce first edition in book form of Eric Partridge's fascinating work on the philology of British slang including soldiers' slang. The first edition in book form of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. A scarce to see first edition in book form of this collection of articles on the etymology slang including soldiers' slang rhyming slang euphemisms and many more. These articles were originally published in a variety of newspapers and periodicals such as 'The London Quarterly Review' and 'The New Statesman'. They were written by Eric Partridge 1894-1979 a New ZealandBritish lexicographer. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart with just a little fading to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for some offsetting to the first and last couple of pages. Very Good Methuen & Co. hardcover
1953réf. 871T4London: Faber and Faber Limited 1953. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". V. H. Drummond. A smart first edition of this instructive tale from Eric Partridge with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated throughout. An instructive and entertaining work on the art of story-telling with reference to the "Shaggy Dog" story its origin and the ways in which it has developed and changed over time. Written by Eric Partridge a New Zealand-British lexicographer of English slang. Illustrated by Violet Hilda Drummond a British children's author and illustrator. 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. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear and chipping to the extremities. Sunning to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Near Fine Faber and Faber Limited hardcover
1952réf. 870T32London: Andre Deutsch 1952-1963. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". None. Three smart volumes from The Language Library edited by Eric Partridge. Three volumes. Edited by Eric Partridge a New Zealand-British lexicographer of English slang. This set includes: Chamber of Horrors 1952. First edition. A full glossary of British and American jargon in alphabetical order. Written by "Vigilans" a pseudonym of Eric Partridge. Adventuring Among Words 1961. Second impression November 1961. Originally published September 1961. A work dealing with the etymology of slang with commentary on the impact of world history. Written by Eric Partridge. Swift's Polite Conversation 1963. First edition. A language study on the colloquial English language and slang of the eighteenth century as detailed originally by Jonathan Swift an Anglo-Irish satirist essayist and author. In the original grey cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also smart with light shelf wear minor chipping and the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Sunning to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Pen annotations to the rear two pages of volume three. Very Good Indeed Andre Deutsch hardcover
1961réf. 870T11New York: The Macmillan Company 1961. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. The first U.S. edition of this commentary on the English language from Eric Partridge. First U.S. edition. A commentary on the English language with chapters on the etymology of advertising dictionaries cliches the language of witchcraft and magic Australian English aspects of emptiness and much more. Written by Eric Partridge a New Zealand-British lexicographer of the English language and its slang. 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. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and minor fading to the spine. Original price clipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and the odd small closed tear to the boards. Sunning to the spine and the odd small mark to the board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout with contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed The Macmillan Company hardcover
1948réf. 870T10London: Hamish Hamilton 1948. Cloth. Very Good/Good Only. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A fourth edition of this guide to the English language with the original unclipped dust wrapper. With original unclipped dust wrapper. Fourth edition. A guide to good English which combines scholarship with readability for an accessible reference book. With reference to the influence of war on language. Written by Eric Partridge a New Zealand-British lexicographer of the English language and its slang. In the original red cloth binding. Externally smart with light shelf wear and fading to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is worn with chipping and loss to the head and tail of the spine as well as the front board. The odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Hamish Hamilton hardcover
1942réf. 870T9New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers 1942. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A very smart edition of this guide for writers and speakers of the English language by Eric Partridge with original unclipped dust wrapper. With original unclipped dust wrapper. A guide to the English and American languages with specific articles on slang similes cliches and grammar. Includes entries of common errors in pronunciation punctuation spelling and usage being corrected. Written by Eric Partridge a New Zealand-British lexicographer of the English language and its slang. 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. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and minor fading to the spine. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with chipping and minor loss to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Price stamp to the front endpaper. Pencil inscription to the rear pastedown. Previous owner's bookplate to the rear pastedown. Very Good Indeed Grosset & Dunlap Publishers hardcover
