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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
1950réf. 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
1950réf. 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
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
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
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
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
1948réf. 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
1979réf. 22156London:: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good in Good DJ. Two volume set. Both volumes: Light shelf wear. Dj lightly creased sunned and soiled. Routledge & Kegan Paul, hardcover
2013réf. DADAX1584774444Lawbook Exchange Ltd 2013-07-08. hardcover. New. 7.25x2.25x10.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Lawbook Exchange, Ltd hardcover
1949réf. 41820London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1949. Third edition "revised and much enlarged" 4to pp. xvi 1230; text printed in double columns; original blue cloth a bit soiled gilt-lettered spine top edge blue; binding quite shaken joints weak contemporary pencil gift inscription on ffep else interior mostly very good. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd unknown
1948réf. 42152London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First edition small 8vo pp. xi 1 212; original cloth in grey price-clipped dust jacket back cover a bit soiled printed in red and black; light edge wear else very good. Secker & Warburg unknown
1948réf. 42171London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First edition sm. 8vo pp. xi 1 212; original cloth in grey printed dust jacket a bit soiled jacket edges lightly shelf worn else very good. Secker & Warburg unknown
1992réf. 23228Chelsea Michigan U.S.A.: Scarborough House. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED 384 pages; clean and crisp tight and bright pages with no writing or markings to the text. -- -- with a bonus offer--; 009018-1; ENGLISH LANGUAGE TERMS PHRASES APHORISMS A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: American and British from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day LANGUAGE REFERENCE WRITING Partridge Eric . 1992. 0812885368 . Scarborough House paperback
1948réf. 30857London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First edition sm. 8vo pp. xi 1 212; near fine copy in the dust-jacket. Secker & Warburg unknown
réf. 111654London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979 5th edition; 5th reprint. 4to cloth 1528pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Two volumes: Dictionary and Supplement. But for former owner's name neatly to endpapers about new. Routledge & Kegan Paul Hardcover
réf. 111653London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1971 3rd edition revised and much enlarged; reprinted. 4to cloth 886pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. But for former owner's name neatly to endpaper about new. Dust jacket shows a single closed tear. Routledge & Kegan Paul Hardcover
réf. 12601New York: Macmillan Co. Hardcover in red cloth boards w black title box on spine white jacket. Near Fine unmarked in Good unclipped shelfworn jacket. The standard reference work on slang now completely revised updated and enlarged. Two volumes in one: I The Dictionary and II The Supplement. Solid clean tight copy in good jacket. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 1528 pp. Macmillan Co hardcover
réf. a47363London 1949 1961. 2 volumes. Sm.4to. 1230pp. pp.1231-1362 hardcover. VG in Good matching DJs. Two volumes. hardcover
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
1958réf. C103482London: Hamish Hamilton 1958. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xiv 196. Original publisher's blue cloth lettered silver at the spine. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper to the scholar and philologist Carl Hunter ""Carl Hunter who'll one day be represented in a better and larger Dictionary of Quotations with regards Eric Partridge - Christmas 1958."" Very good indeed in very good dust jacket with a few closed tears. Eric Partridge has scribbled on the price on the front inside jacket flap. Front panel of jacket designed by Patricia Davey. Hamish Hamilton, hardcover
1958réf. 51197London: Hamish Hamilton 1958. First edition 8vo pp. xiv 196; fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy inscribed to "Laurie Atkinson a learned and generous contributor to a noble cause with many yet far too few thanks from Eric Partridge for his valuable notes. 17/iii/1959." Also with a postcard to Atkinson laid in written less than two weeks later saying Partridge is "working on your material now; have just begun it; so the additional matter is v. useful." As usual Partridge has scribbled through the price on the jacket flap. Hamish Hamilton unknown
réf. 7258Baron Ebury 1864; Lord Morpeth 1847; Lady Palmerston n.d.; Baron Willoughby de Eresby 2 - 1847; Sir James Graham 3rd person 1848; Charles Shaw Lefevre 5 - 1829 1849 & n.d.; Lord Northampton 3rd person 1828; Lord Guilford 1830; Lord Dartmouth 1833; Baron Stockman re pictures for the Queen n.d.; Duke and Duchess of Sutherland 2 - 1849 & n.d.; Marquis of Westminster 3 - one in the 3rd person - 1858 1865 & n.d.; Baron Ashburton n.d. Duke of Norfolk 1859; & Marquis of Lansdowne 2 - in the 3rd person - n.d. unknown
1964réf. 039980United Kingdom: Spring Books 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/NO Dustwrapper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Spring Books London 1964. illus 224pp hb No Dust-wrapper gilt brown cloth spine faded pages browned vg Spring Books hardcover
réf. 20-04731Southern Book Publishers 33512. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Southern Book Publishers hardcover