PARTRIDGE, Eric.Livre Rare Book
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réf. 94966Londond and New York, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2009, 235x155mm, XIX - 972pages, paperback.
réf. 3512, London, Penguin, 1973, Paperback, in-8? , 380pp.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1961réf. UPARCHA00acmfHamish Hamilton 1961. Very Good. Partridge Eric. A Charm of Words. London: Hamish Hamilton 1961. 190pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with light bumping and yellowing. Hamish Hamilton hardcover books
1947réf. 58970London 1947. Each printed on stiff card and folded to make 4 pages except as noted all 8vo all fine except as noted all with prose essays by Partridge on a variety of subjects many pertaining to some aspect of words or language. Laurie Atkinson Esq. whose name appears with some frequency below was an amateur lexicographer a reader and contributor to Eric Partridge and his works for many years. These cards started appearing in 1927 and were issued annually until 1976 with a couple of interruptions notably during the years of World War II. Partridge died in 1979. 1947 / 1948: Spivs and Phoneys. 1949 / 1950: We are the People inscribed "To all there Eric." 1950 / 1951: Westward to the Fortunate Isles; pp. 8; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1951 / 1952: The Real McCoy and the Real Mackay; pp. 8; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1952 / 1953: Imagination and Good Sense in Etymology; with a 4" x 6" prospectus laid for Partridge's You Have Point There addressed to Laurie Atkinson; also with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1953 / 1954: The Etymology of Etymology; with a 4" x 6" prospectus laid for Partridge's Concise Usage and Abusage addressed to Laurie Atkinson; also with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson; slight glue residue at the top from envelope. 1954 / 1955: Babes Babblers Barbarians; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1955 / 1956: Elephantine; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1957 / 1958: Aspects of Emptiness; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson Esq. together with a typed carbon reply from him to Partridge. 1958 / 1959: . Nor any Drop to Drink; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1959 / 1960: A Square Digs Beatnick; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1960 / 1961: Annus Laud Mirabilis; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson Esq. 1961 / 1962: Merely Another Year; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson Esq. 1962 / 1963: A Few Things Done; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson moderate glue residue at the top from envelope. 1963 / 1964: An Optical Illusion; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson together with a one-and-a-half page draft A.L.s to Partridge regarding an ill-fated trip to New York. 1964 / 1965: The Women Have It: Some Lawn Tennis Players I have Watched; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson together with a one-and-a-half-page draft A.L.s to Partridge regarding tennis. 1968 / 1969 "How Did You Come to Write Your Dictionary of Slang Or Indeed Your Usage and Abusage" With the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson together with a one-page A.L.s to Partridge from Atkinson regarding catch-phrases. 1969 / 1970 Below the Surface; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson Esq. 1970 / 1971: In Memoriam Julian Franklyn; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1971 / 1972: What's in a Catch-Phrase; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson · 1973 / 1974: Report on a Work in Progress i.e. A Dictionary of Catch Phrases; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1974 / 1975: Still Progressing: A Further Report on Catch Phrases; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson; with a draft 1-p. A.L.s. from Atkinson to Partridge expressing thanks and offering memories. 1975 / 1976 No Man is an Island; inscribed "Dear Laurie all good wishes et multos ad Annos Eric"; together with a 1-p. typed letter to Partridge from Atkinson regarding "hundreds of new definitions for DSUE." 1976 / 1977: Four Linguistic Brevities; inscribed "Dear Laurie Nos. I - II are ; IV less stolid. Regards! Eric"; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. unknown books
1937réf. 41690London: George Routledge & Sons 1937. First edition 8vo pp. ix 1 317 2; photographic frontispiece portrait; smudge on spine; a good sound copy in original terracotta cloth gilt lettering on spine. Twenty-seven essays by the noted New Zealander mostly unpublished in book form. George Routledge & Sons unknown books
1937réf. 52446London: George Routledge & Sons 1937. First edition 8vo pp. ix 1 317 2; photographic frontispiece portrait; endpapers spotted; a very good copy in original terracotta cloth in a chipped dust jacket with spine a bit spotted. Partridge's friend Alan Steele's signature on upper free endpaper. Twenty-seven essays by the noted New Zealander mostly unpublished in book form. George Routledge & Sons unknown books
1943réf. 42174London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1943. Revised and enlarged edition slim 8vo pp. 105; text in double columns; original blue cloth gilt-lettered spine; spine quite toned preliminaries foxed else very good. Constitutional Club Library bookplate on front pastedown. George Allen & Unwin Ltd unknown books
19771st edition, 278 pages. Near Fine condition hardback in a faded dust jacket. ISBN 0710085370. 50901. eng
réf. UPARDIC00acmfE. P. Dutton. Very Good. Partridge Eric. A Dictionary of Cliches. NY: E. P. Dutton ND. 259pp. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good with yellowed edges. Lightly bumped panels. E. P. Dutton paperback books
1947réf. 52465London: George Routledge & Sons ltd 1947. Third edition revised 12mo pp. ix 3 260; green cloth gilt; near fine in very good dust jacket. Inscribed by Partridge to Laurie Atkinson contributor of a number of terms and phrases to his projects and with a peppering of annotations by Partridge noting on the list of his works which titles are out of print and which are in later editions and crossing out the price on the dust jacket. George Routledge & Sons ltd unknown books
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 books
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 books
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 books
1948réf. 30857London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First edition sm. 8vo pp. xi 1 212; near fine copy in the dust-jacket. Secker & Warburg unknown books
1945réf. 41694London: Michael Joseph Ltd 1945. First edition slim 8vo pp. 64; fine copy in a fragile war-time dust jacket slightly chipped and split along the front joint. Michael Joseph Ltd unknown books
1945réf. 41695London: Michael Joseph Ltd 1945. First edition slim 8vo pp. 64; very good copy in original blue cloth. Michael Joseph Ltd unknown books
1945réf. 41693London: Michael Joseph Ltd 1945. First edition slim 8vo pp. 64; fine copy in a fragile war-time dust jacket substantially chipped with tears and with some loss on spine and at the top of the panels. Michael Joseph Ltd unknown books
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 books
