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1932rif. 52334London: Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press 1932. Edition limited to 650 copies 8vo pp. ix 1 201 9; original blue cloth gilt-lettered spine; spine a touch faded and soiled blue-stained top edge bleeding into lower endpapers a little very good. Inscribed by Partridge to Mr. & Mrs. Angus Scott. Angus Scott was a Scottish painter who provided some material for Partridge's Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Also laid in is a 1 p. A.L.S. to the Scotts written "late Friday night" thanking them profusely for a dinner party and their hospitality. Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press unknown
1949rif. 51478London: Winchester Publications Ltd 1949. First edition 8vo 3 vols in 1 pp. xv 1 192; 2 174; 2 173 1; original black cloth gilt title on spine gilt worn textblock a little shaken but holding solid good. This copy with a presentation from Partidge "To the Principal Inspector of Schools in Scotland with the author's compliments" signed and dated May 5 1944. Also with a 1 p. A.L.s. laid in to said inspector one Y. Y. Pringle identifying two errata in the text. Winchester Publications Ltd unknown
1953rif. 52330London: Hamish Hamilton 1953. First edition 8vo pp. x 230; original blue cloth spine sunned else very good. Inscribed by Partridge to Clark "John - my favorite and best collaborator! From Eric 8/v/1953. Hamish Hamilton unknown
1937rif. 50981New 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. Macmillan Co unknown
1950rif. 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
1928rif. 50887London: Scholartis Press 1928. First edition one of 500 copies on antique laid paper 8vo pp. 256; original brown cloth gilt title direct on spine; fine in dust jacket with a slip pasted across the spine "Sole distributor in the United States Walter V. McKee . publisher and importer . New York City." Short stories and a novella before during and after World War I. Scholartis Press unknown
1959rif. 50990Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1959. First reprint of the second edition 8vo pp. 20; original printed green wrappers; very good.This copy inscribed "To the Opies' - so conjoined that one has to leave them paired - with the author's appreciation and admiration from Eric Partridge 17-ii-1961. Basil Blackwell unknown
1950rif. 52350London: 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. Theodore Brun, Ltd unknown
1950rif. 50973London: Hamish Hamilton 1950. First edition 8vo pp. 188; original blue cloth spine sunned the dust jacket not preserved. With a long presentation from the author to the publisher and bookseller Basil Blackwell dated 5 May 1950 beginning: "When first I met you late in 1923 you were an dauntingly efficient young publisher." Partridge goes on to praise Blackwell as both a bookseller and a publisher and presents "this imperfect yet I thihnk readable book with a kindly smile. Hamish Hamilton unknown
1963rif. 52351Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1963. Second reprint of the second edition 8vo pp. 20; original printed green wrappers; very good. This copy inscribed "Ken Spelman - not that he needs it he doesn't - with compliments E.P. 20/7/1965. Basil Blackwell unknown
1950rif. 52381London: 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. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd unknown
1949rif. 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
1961rif. 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
1949rif. 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
1965rif. 52254London: Andre Deutsch 1965. Uncorrected proof copy of the "revised and rewritten" edition 8vo pp. 239 1; original gray printed wrappers; very good. Originally published as The Songs and Slang of the British Soldier 1914-18 in 1930. Andre Deutsch unknown
1924rif. 52248Paris: Librairie Ancienne Edouard Champion 1924. First edition of Partridge's first book 8vo pp. xv 1 17-370; slight chipping at spine ends else a near fine copy in original cream wrappers printed in red and black. "This book aims then at presenting the influence of English literature on French romaniticism strictly in the light of the contemporary external evidence. Librairie Ancienne Edouard Champion unknown
1961rif. 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
1965rif. 52263London: Andre Deutsch 1965. First printing of the "revised and rewritten" edition 8vo pp. 239 1; 21 illustrations primarily from photographs on rectos and versos of 8 plates; fine copy in original orange cloth pictorial dust jacket with faded spine. This copy inscribed by Partridge "Dear John reminiscently less regenerate days - Eric 25 October 1965." John is likely John W. Clark Partridge's sometimes collaborator and professor at the University of Minneaota. Originally published as The Songs and Slang of the British Soldier 1914-18 in 1930. Andre Deutsch unknown
1963rif. 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
1924rif. 52250Paris: Librairie Ancienne Edouard Champion 1924. First edition of Partridge's second book 8vo pp. x 11-260; contemporary quarter maroon diced russia over green cloth-covered boards spine ends chipped joints starting; good copy. Original wrappers not preserved. Librairie Ancienne Edouard Champion unknown
1931rif. 52261London: Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press 1931. 8vo pp. vii 1 383; original red cloth spine lettered in gilt; 2 ink stains on fore-edge extending slightly into the margins else very good. The first of Eric Partridge's slang dictionaries. The first through third editions of this popular volume were each limited to 1000 copies. Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press unknown
1929rif. 52283London: The Scholartis Press 1929. First edition this one of 100 copies numbered and signed by each author large 8vo pp. 8 405 1; map frontispiece one additional text map; original black cloth gilt-lettered spine t.e.g.; small dark spot on top edge of text block not touching text covers a touch rubbed very good. Contents include Mottram's "A Personal Record"; Easton's "Broadchalk a Chronicle"; and Partridge's "Frank Honywood Private. The Scholartis Press unknown
1948rif. 48647London: 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. Secker & Warburg unknown
1933rif. 45070London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1933. First edition 8vo pp. x 230; original cloth in light blue decorative price-clipped dust jacket printed in two shades of blue; jacket spine toned edges a bit worn very shallow loss at spine head not affecting text; interior fine. One leaf of publisher's ads printed in red and black on recto and verso laid in. Methuen & Co. Ltd unknown
1961rif. 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