Partridge, EricABAA
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1939rif. 57566SF: The Book Club of California 1939. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 455cc. 50pp. Publisher's cloth backed marbled boards with an original page of 'The Spectator' tipped in. Boards a bit darkened and rubbed with a spot of soiling to the top of the front else very good. Publication announcement laid in. The Book Club of California hardcover books
1961rif. 63680NY:: Macmillan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. First American edition. Very good in a very good age toning and fading price clipped dust jacket. . Macmillan, hardcover books
1967rif. 208800New York: Hobbs Dorman 1967. Hardcover. VG-. Price clipped toning to jacket spine light wear around the edges and rubbing. Twelvemo. Hardcover. Bound in green cloth with green illustrated jacket. 134 pages illustrations 19 cm. Hobbs, Dorman hardcover books
1967rif. 41823New York: Hobbs Dorman 1967. First American edition small 8vo pp. 134 1; illustrations; original boards in green pictorial price-clipped dust jacket minor ink smudges on upper cover printed in black and white; jacket edges a bit rubbed and worn interior fine. Hobbs Dorman unknown books
1961rif. 41818London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1961. First edition small 8vo pp. 134 1; illustrations; original boards in orange pictorial price-clipped dust jacket printed in red and black; spine a bit browned light edge wear to spine ends; bookseller's ticket on front pastedown; interior fine. Routledge & Kegan Paul unknown books
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 books
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 books
1957rif. 52429London: Phoenix House 1957. First edition 12mo pp. 46 2; original printed wrappers lightly soiled else very good in original yellow wrappers printed in black. Inscribed by the author to "Richmond" on half title dated 18 April 1957. A complaint against bureaucratic and communist language. An uncommon Partridge title. Phoenix House unknown books
1952rif. 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
1952rif. 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
1963rif. 49673NY:: Macmillan. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. A later printing. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Macmillan, hardcover books
1950rif. 42156London: Hamish Hamilton 1950. Small 8vo pp. 188; original cloth in white printed dust jacket a bit soiled; shallow chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text; interior fine. Partridge "considers topics as diversified as the verbal eccentricities of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll South America's linguistic contributions to North America the language of showmen and of the underworld the slang of the licentious soldiery and the euphemisms of the Victorians" from the jacket. Hamish Hamilton unknown books
1950rif. 42151London: Hamish Hamilton 1950. Small 8vo pp. 188; original cloth in white printed dust jacket a bit soiled; shallow chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text; neat contemporary ownership on ffep else interior fine. Partridge "considers topics as diversified as the verbal eccentricities of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll South America's linguistic contributions to North America the language of showmen and of the underworld the slang of the licentious soldiery and the euphemisms of the Victorians" from the jacket. Hamish Hamilton unknown books
1950rif. 42161London: Hamish Hamilton 1950. Second edition 8vo pp. 188; original cloth in white mylared price-clipped dust jacket printed in maroon and blue; jacket spine a bit darkened else near fine. Partridge "considers topics as diversified as the verbal eccentricities of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll South America's linguistic contributions to North America the language of showmen and of the underworld the slang of the licentious soldiery and the euphemisms of the Victorians" from the jacket. Hamish Hamilton unknown books
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 books
1946rif. 52327London: Frederick Muller Ltd 1946. First edition small slim 8vo pp. ix 1 85 1; original cloth in blue printed dust jacket minor stain on back cover; jacket edges and spine toned head and tail of spine chipped all else very good. With a presentation inscription from Partridge to his friend Alan Steele "who backs the wrong horse but does it very convincingly bless him!" Laid in is a long 2 p. autograph letter from Partridge to Steele concerning the book "Ch. 3 is the one worth rereading" and word usage in his writing. Frederick Muller Ltd unknown books
1946rif. 42160London: Frederick Muller Ltd 1946. First edition small slim 8vo pp. ix 1 85; original cloth in blue printed dust jacket minor stain on back cover; back jacket cover flaps and preliminaries a bit foxed else a very good sound copy. Newspaper clipping of a book review by Partridge apparently from Books of the Month June 1955 laid in. Frederick Muller Ltd unknown books
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 books
1932rif. 42164London: Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press 1932. Edition limited to 650 copies 8vo pp. ix 1 201 9; original blue cloth very light soiling gilt-lettered spine; spine a touch faded else near fine. Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press unknown books
1950rif. 291999New York: Macmillan 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Second edition revised and enlarged. Very good in a good dustwrapper that is soiled with small chips at the spine ends small tape shadows near the corners front and rear. Macmillan hardcover books
1959rif. 51275London: Hamish Hamilton 1959. First abridged edition 16mo pp. 126; pictorial paper covered boards; fine with an inscription on the front free endpaper from Partridge to "Dick seasonally and always Eric 25 / xii / 1959. Hamish Hamilton unknown books
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 books
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 books
1961rif. 100533London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1961. XIX, 972 Seiten. Gr. 8° (22,5-25 cm). Roter Orig.-Leinenband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
1977rif. 3118682London & Henley: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1977. XIX, 972 Seiten. Gr. 8° (22,5-25 cm). Orig.-Leinenband mit Orig.-Schutzumschlag. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
