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1963réf. 42176New York: Macmillan 1963. First edition American issue 8vo pp. 119; title page printed in brown and black; original black cloth in white printed dust jacket; jacket edges a bit shelf worn else very good. Contains a 3-p. list of dictionaries compiled by Partridge. Classic Partridge. Macmillan unknown books
1963réf. 58435New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good. 1963. Hardcover. Black cloth boards gilt printing to spine 119pp. about Fine. . The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1928réf. 51224London: Scholartis Press 1928. 8vo pp. 8; self wrqppers; stapled as issued; near fine Announcing works by Partridge as well as 20 or so Scholartis Press titles together with works in preparation. Scholartis Press unknown books
1954réf. 59252London: Faber & Faber 1954. Second impression 12mo pp. 107 1; text illustrations; blue publisher's cloth; corners bumped a little cocked very good. Inscribed by Partridge to "Sir Michael Ralcon with the author's admiration and compliments. Faber & Faber unknown books
1955réf. 52466London: Faber & Faber 1955. Third impression originally published in 1953; 12mo pp. 107 1; blue cloth gilt in pictorial dust jacket; light spotting to edges else near fine. Inscribed by Partridge to Anthony Clarkson "with whom it has been a pleasure for me to do businesss." Additionally Partridge has crossed out the jacket price and has made a small notation on the list of other works noting one title as out of print. Faber & Faber unknown books
1927réf. 57726London: Scholartis Press 1927. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 150cc out of series unnumbered. 192pp. Quarter art vellum over marbled boards. Offsetting to prelims spine darkened extremities a bit worn else very good. Scholartis Press hardcover books
1927réf. 57830London: Scholartis Press 1927. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 150cc out of series unnumbered. 192pp. Quarter art vellum over marbled boards. Offsetting to prelims ink name on front free endpaper spine darkened extremities a bit worn else very good. Scholartis Press hardcover books
1939réf. 42167London: George Routledge & Sons 1939. Second revised edition small 8vo pp. x 2 354; folding plate showing the families of languages; original blue cloth gilt-lettered spine; spine a bit cocked else near fine. A popular volume designed for the general public. George Routledge & Sons unknown books
1972réf. 41817London: Book Club Associates 1972. New edition 8vo pp. 392; text printed in double columns; original boards in tan dust jacket a bit soiled minor jacket edge wear else very good. Book Club Associates unknown books
1963réf. 52408London: Hamish Hamilton 1963. Fifth impression small 8vo pp. 128; fine dust jacket spine toned small pen mark on jacket front. This copy inscribed by Partridge to John W. Clark "The only adverse criticism ever leveled against this little book is that it isn't for young people only." He has also made a small correction to a typo on page 16 and scribbed through the price on the flap of the jacket. Hamish Hamilton unknown books
1948réf. 52407London: Fredrick Muller Ltd 1948. First edition small slim 8vo pp. ix 1 176; original black cloth shadow on front free endpaper very good in dust jacket with spotting on verso and small loss of a square inch out of one corner of the upper panel. Inscribed by Partridge to his friend and collaborator "John W. Clark scholar and friend with compliments Eric Partridge 25 Dec. 1949." The book "covers not only the war of 1939-1945 but also more particularly the influence of wars and warfare on the vocabulary." jacket blurb. Fredrick Muller Ltd unknown books
1933réf. 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 books
1964réf. 52412London: Hamish Hamilton 1964. 8vo pp. x 230; blue and white paper covers added protective plastic jacket; light wear to covers very good. Inscribed by Partridge to his friends Alan & Joan Steele. Hamish Hamilton unknown books
1953réf. 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 books
1930réf. 172543London: Eric Partridge Ltd 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Features H.E. Bates' story "Sheep" a satire by John Brophy and a story by E.V. De Fontmell. Also includes Eric Partridge's "The War Comes Into its Own. A near fine copy in boards. No dust jacket. Eric Partridge, Ltd unknown books
1930réf. 291881London: Eric Partridge Ltd 1930. Hardcover. 95p. backlist foxing else very good first edition in original green buckram cloth boards withpaper title label affixed front cover. Eric Partridge, Ltd hardcover books
2013réf. 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 books
1980réf. 9022195New York: MacMillan 1980. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Bound in the publisher's original burgundy quarter cloth and paper over boards spine stamped in gilt. Light rubbing to edges and extremities of dust jacket. Contributions from Anthony Burgess Ralph Elliott Winston Graham and Randolph Quirk. MacMillan hardcover books
1951réf. 52443London: Andrew Dakers n.d. 1951. First edition 8vo pp. x 341 1; fine in a slightly chipped jacket. Two World Wars new technologies and the global spread of English made for substantial changes in English in the 20th century. Andrew Dakers, n.d. unknown books
1927réf. 41730London: The Scholartis Press 1927. 8vo pp. 250 1; original half red cloth over marbled boards red-lettered spine top edge green; edges and first and last few leaves quite foxed else fine. The Scholartis Press unknown books
1948réf. 004657London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 21.5 by 14 cm. xi 1 212 pp. A fun collection of that most ephemeral area of language. Most of the terms or their meaning at the time now obscure. Slight edge bump by upper front edge and light wear to DJ. DJ is NOT price clipped! Otherwise a near fine copy both the book itself and the DJ. Secker & Warburg unknown books
1955réf. 60273London: Faber and Faber 1955. Third impression. 12mo 19cm. Blue cloth in salmon dust jacket; 1071pp; black and white illustrations by V. H. Drummond. Inscribed by Partridge to Denys and Joane Kelsey on front free endpaper. Bookplate and ownership inscription of noted zoologist James G. Mead. Lightly rubbed Very Good or better. Jacket lightly dusty and rubbed with neat cellotape repairs to verso at head and jacket flaps: Very Good. Inscribed by the author who also made ink corrections to the text on the front jacket flap and to the advertisement opposite the title page. Faber and Faber unknown books
1987réf. 70011Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1987. Hardcover. First U. S. Edition. Blue boards with gilt printing to the spine. Some very light sunning/toning at the cover edhes. Otherwise Very Good in a price-clipped and slightly toned dust jacket. . Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1987réf. 609351Boston: Little Brown and Company 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Small quarto. Profusely illustrated from black and white photographs. A few tiny soil spots at the foredge margin of one page else fine in a near fine dust jacket with light edgewear and a thin dampstain at the foot of the spine. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1987réf. 585730Boston: Little Brown and Company 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Small quarto. Illustrated. Fine in fine dust jacket. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
