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193441819New York: The Macmillan Company 1934. Large 8vo pp. ix 1 476; maroon cloth gilt-lettered spine; ex-Millersville State College Library with usual markings edges a bit rubbed else very good. <br/><br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover books
193341583London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1933. First edition 8vo pp. ix 1 476; original red cloth dust jacket with small chips out at the extremities; a very good sound copy. A classic in its own time the work celebrates the "illegitimate" colloquial speech as a product of an "exuberance of mental activity and the natural delight of language-making." Reprints of this book abound. This is the first time we have catalogued the first edition in a dust jacket. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons, Ltd hardcover books
197652411London: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1976. Second edition "with a few corrections and addtions" 8vo pp. ix 1 204; pictorial paper wrappers light shelf wear to jacket edges top edge spotted near fine in an added protective plastic jacket. Inscribed by Partridge to his friends "Alan and Joan" Steele on half title. <br/><br/> Routledge and Kegan Paul unknown books
196441824London: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1964. Second edition "with a few corrections and addtions" 1972 printing 8vo pp. ix 1 204; original boards in black and yellow printed price-clipped dust jacket minor soiling light shelf wear to jacket edges else very good. <br/><br/> Routledge and Kegan Paul hardcover books
1939627931939. PARTRIDGE Eric. An Original Issue of "THE SPECTATOR" together with the story of the famous periodical and its founders Joseph Addison and Richard Steele. CA: Grabhorn Press/Book Club of CA 1939. 4to. beige cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards paper label. Fine with just a hint of sun one small patch of rubbing at the rear board. unknown books
196323243NY: Oxford University Press 1963. Hardcover. Very good. 177pp index. Page edges foxed otherwise very good in a slightly darkened jacket. Prelims foxed otherwise internally very good. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press hardcover books
196344232New York: Oxford University Press 1963. First American edition 8vo pp. 182; of The Language Library series edited by Eric Partridge; small tear at lower edge of half title else near fine in original grey cloth with gilt-lettered cloth in pink dust jacket spine a bit faded. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press hardcover books
196352268London: Andre Deutsch 1963. First edition 8vo pp. 182; pencil checkmarks in the margins and with more extensive pencil notes on the rear endpapers almost certainly the notes of his sometimes collaborator and professor of English at the University of Minnesota John W. Clark who is also one of the five dedicatees of this book. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by Partridge "John from Eric iocundum in amicitiam 28 January 1963." Also with the price on the dust jacket crossed out by Partridge. Fine copy in the dust jacket. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch unknown books
195541715New York: Philosophical Library 1955. First American edition 8vo pp. ix 1 219; text printed in double columns; original boards in white dust jacket soiled printed in green; jacket spine browned shallow chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text; interior mostly fine. A shortened and simplified version of the author's famous Usage and abusage omitting very difficult or theoretical matter and including some new material. <br/><br/> Philosophical Library hardcover books
192452248Paris: Librairie Ancienne Edouard Champion 1924. First edition of Partridge's first book 8vo pp. xv 1 17-370; slight chipping at spine ends else a near fine copy in original cream wrappers printed in red and black. "This book aims then at presenting the influence of English literature on French romaniticism strictly in the light of the contemporary external evidence." <br/><br/> Librairie Ancienne Edouard Champion unknown books
1924042875Paris: Librairie Ancienne Edouard Champion 1924. 370p. burgundy buckram ex libris Bibliothèque de la Revue de littérature comparée 14. Librairie Ancienne Edouard Champion unknown books
196328298London: Andre Deutsch 1963. Hardcover. Very good. 119pp. very good hardback in a slightly tanned jacket. Ink name on front pastedown. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch hardcover books
196321588London: Andre Deutsch 1963. 8vo pp. 119. Fine in slightly soiled dj. Partridge tells how he became a lexicographer and discusses some of the problems of producing dictionaries. Andre Deutsch unknown books
196342176New 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. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
196341717London: Andre Deutsch 1963. First edition 8vo pp. 119; a bit of spotting to the fore-edge else a fine copy in lightly worn dust jacket. A classic and entertaining text on making dictionaries. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch unknown books
196341718London: Andre Deutsch 1963. First edition 8vo pp. 119; a bit of spotting to the fore-edge else a fine copy in lightly worn price-clipped dust jacket. A classic and entertaining text on making dictionaries. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch unknown books
196358435New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good. 1963. Hardcover. Black cloth boards gilt printing to spine 119pp. about Fine. . The Macmillan Company hardcover books
196334106London: Andre Deutsch 1963. First edition 8vo pp. 119; a bit of spotting to the fore-edge else a fine copy in the dust jacket. A classic and entertaining text on making dictionaries. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch unknown books
192851224London: 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. <br/><br/> Scholartis Press unknown books
195552466London: 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. <br/><br/> Faber & Faber hardcover books
195552415London: Faber & Faber 1955. Third impression 12mo pp. 107 1; near fine copy in the later state price: 10s 6d dust jacket. Inscribed by Partridge to Stever Farley "my favorite postmaster" on upper endpaper. <br/><br/> Faber & Faber unknown books
1995UPARWOR00MELWordsworth Editions 1995. Very Good. Partridge Eric. The Wordsworth Book of Usage and Abusage. Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions 1995. 219pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges. Pages yellow. Wordsworth Editions paperback books
193942167London: 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. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons hardcover books
197052410Middlesex etc: Penguin Books 1970. Reprint edition with postscript and addenda 8vo pp. 377 7; text printed in double columns; pictorial paper wrappers added protective plastic jacket; light wear to spine else fine. Inscribed from Partridge to "Alan and Joan" Steele "who will have the charity to regard it as 'curiosity' and to accept it as a gift for Christmas 1970 from Eric." A shortened and simplified version of the author's famous Usage and abusage omitting very difficult or theoretical matter and including some new material. <br/><br/> Penguin Books unknown books
194742153London: Hamish Hamilton 1947. Second impression "revised" 8vo pp. 381; text in double columns; original cloth in dust jacket printed in red and black; jacket spine quite toned shallow chips and tears along edges only one affecting text small loss to spine head; interior very good. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton hardcover books