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Best.-Nr. ria9780415059169_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A catch phrase is a well-known frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7000 such phrases. paperback
Best.-Nr. ria9781138155725_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; An abridged version of Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Catch Phrases concentrating on those phrases in current use in the English-speaking world. hardcover
Best.-Nr. ria9781138912243_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; First published in 1942 this dictionary was designed to help civilians and members of H.M. forces to make their way amid the jungle of wartime abbreviations. The preface notes that newspaper readers sailors soldiers and airmen had to paperback
1950Best.-Nr. 012824-09Macmillan 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. First edition. VG/VG-. Minor edge wear and light soiling to dust jacket in a clear protective sleeve. Book is in excellent condition with minimal wear. Ownership signature of actor Edward Herrmann in pencil on the rear endpaper and his small bookplate on the front pastedown. Text is clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box. Macmillan hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 869Q17London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. An amusing collaboration of ex-military veterans presenting their experience of slang in the British army navy and air force between 1939 and 1945. This work is presented in original publisher's red cloth binding in original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. This humorous piece of work was created as a result of the collaboration of three ex-military servicepeople. Eric Partridge was a lexicographer who served in the Army Education Corps and the RAF correspondence department during World War Two. Patridge edited the work. Frank Roberts contributed his knowledge of army slang and Wilfred Granville presented naval slang from their careers. This work contains a list of this slang described as vivid allusive and sometimes obscure. With a foreword and introduction by the editor. Original publisher's advertisements to rear of dust wrapper. In original publisher's red cloth binding and original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally generally smart with minor shelf wear only. Damp staining to cover. Bright colour to cloth. The occasional spotting to endpapers. Dust wrapper is unclipped and in very good condition. Age toning to dust wrapper particularly to spine. Minor chipping and light sunning to dust wrapper. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the occasional spot and light age toning. Very Good Indeed Secker & Warburg hardcover
Best.-Nr. A9781138155725Hardback. New. hardcover
Best.-Nr. A9781138912120Hardback. New. hardcover
Best.-Nr. A9781138159204Hardback. New. hardcover
1968Best.-Nr. 2047778Routledge & Kegan Paul 1968. Hard cover. Very good/No jacket. Third edition. Cover is in excellent condition. Spine is slightly shaken but binding is secure. Light stain on fore edge of text block not visible on pages. Pages are lightly tanned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Routledge & Kegan Paul unknown
1974Best.-Nr. 24341974 two volume set as pictured. A vast collation of British colloquialisms catch phrases solecisms and vulgarisms. Bindings are firm. Blue boards with gold stamping are lightly soiled with slight edge wear. Edges of text blocks lightly tanned. Texts are clean and unmarked. Dust jackets are rubbed with a few small tears along edges. Price includes extra shipping costs due to weight. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sOH4 Routledge & Kegan Paul LTD hardcover
Best.-Nr. A9781138912243Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1937Best.-Nr. 9976Macmillan Co 1937. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Macmillan Co1937. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Covers are very worn. Corners and edges are rubbed top of spine has piece missing.Front inside hinge is cracked and showing some webbing. Foxing on front and back inside covers and first few pages of text otherwise pages are clean and toned. Good reading copy. Macmillan Co hardcover
Best.-Nr. 071000088X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 013671Theodore Brun Limited. Original BLue cloth. Black topstain. Clipped DJ in archival cover large chips. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1950. Theodore Brun Limited hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 13588London: Theodore Brun Limited 1950. Full leather. Very Good. The 1950 Limited Deluxe Edition which was issued simultaneously with the trade edition. 250 copies were issued in the Limited Deluxe Edition but this copy specifically is among the first 100 copies in the limitation #21 which were the only ones Eric Partridege signed. Bound in a full dark-leather as well and includes bright gilt-design and lettering along the front panel and spine respectively. A bit of light scuffing to the panels and light wear along the spine ends. Still though solidly VG to VG and very presentable. Thick octavo 804 pgs. In a long wonderful career of offering up linguistic and lexical oddities this remains one of Eric Partridge's most beloved works. Theodore Brun Limited unknown
Best.-Nr. 62423524The Lawbook Exchange Limited . Hardback. New. pp. 824 The Lawbook Exchange, Limited hardcover
Best.-Nr. 6438703Taylor & Francis Group . Papeback. New. pp. 272 Taylor & Francis Group unknown
Best.-Nr. 6420028Taylor & Francis Group . Papeback. New. pp. 412 2nd Edition Taylor & Francis Group unknown
1961Best.-Nr. 32296Routledge et Kegan Paul LTD 1961. Hardcover. Livre en anglais. Couverture rigide. Colloquialisms and catch-phrases solecisms and catachreses nicknames vulgarisms and such americanisms as have been naturalized. 2 volumes reliures éditeur. 1362 pages. 19 x 25 cm. ref. 32296 Routledge et Kegan Paul LTD hardcover
1967Best.-Nr. 473622London : Routledge & Kegan Paul 1967. 5th edition reprint. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 2 v. xvi1476p ; 26cm. London : Routledge & Kegan Paul hardcover
1978Best.-Nr. 625867New York: The Macmillian Company 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Later printing of the Seventh Edition. Two volumes in one: The Dictionary and The Supplement. Small quarto. xiv 1528pp. Red topstain a tiny bit sunned at the crown else fine in a lightly tanned very good dust jacket with the author's name on the spine sunned tiny tears at the crown and a very small chip at the spine base. The final edition of this most excellent work that was published in Partridge's lifetime. The Macmillian Company hardcover
1984Best.-Nr. 166023London / Adelaide: Routledge & Kegan Paul / Mary Martin 1984. 8th edition. Very nice copy. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket xxix 1400pp. appendix One volume edition. Completely revised 8th edition. Very nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket Routledge & Kegan Paul / Mary Martin hardcover
2015Best.-Nr. x-1138912123Routledge 2015. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 106 pages. 8.74x5.67x0.51 inches. Routledge hardcover
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