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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
1939WB15015San Francisco: Book Club of California 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Small folio. Natural linen over marbled boards paper spine label. One of 455 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. The original leaf bound in is from the May 29 1711 issue. Nice copy. <br/><br/> Book Club of California hardcover books
19102283824Grant Richards Ltd 1910. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. No jacket board corners lightly bumped. 1910 Hard Cover. xvi 288 pp. With 100 illustrations from photographs. A history of aerial craft. CONTENTS: Part I--Balloons; Part II--Airships; Part III--Heavier-Than-Air Machines Kites Gliders and Aeroplanes. Grant Richards, Ltd hardcover books
1976Embry 146975Mountain States Printing Company 1976. Revised edition. Fine. B&W photos. Maroon leatherette with gold stamping. Mountain States Printing Company, 1976. Revised edition. hardcover books
19146870NY: John Lane Company 1914. Softcover. VG wear to spine. Wraps. xii 67 pp. 67 bw plates. Contains a brief biographical essay on the artist followed by a categorized listing of 138 works by the sculptor. This is followed by the presentation of the illustrations contained on 67 single-sided sheets. From a limited edition estimated to be more than 500 copies. Quite nice. John Lane Company paperback books
196356852NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1963. First Edition second printing. Signed presentation from Partridge on two front pages: "For the Fields children Mike John and Susie with our best wishes. Ben Partridge." The also signed by Cheney: "and Cora Cheney." On the opposite page Partidge put the information to his asterisk: ":children of the best up-hill down-hill taxi driver on Yang Ming Shan!" The Fields children's father was Capt. Leonard Field who served in the military on Taiwan with Partridge. Uncommon to find signed copies of this title. 8vo. pictorial boards; 111 pages. Illustrated by Paul Galdone. Very Good minor wear covers; contents clean & tight little bumping top corner text. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
196552263London: Andre Deutsch 1965. First printing of the "revised and rewritten" edition 8vo pp. 239 1; 21 illustrations primarily from photographs on rectos and versos of 8 plates; fine copy in original orange cloth pictorial dust jacket with faded spine. This copy inscribed by Partridge "Dear John reminiscently less regenerate days - Eric 25 October 1965." John is likely John W. Clark Partridge's sometimes collaborator and professor at the University of Minneaota. Originally published as The Songs and Slang of the British Soldier 1914-18 in 1930. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch hardcover books
193042173London: Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press 1930. First edition limited to 1000 copies 8vo pp. vii 1 200 1; original orange cloth some soiling gilt-lettered spine; spine faded preliminaries a bit foxed else very good. The first of Eric Partridge's slang dictionaries. <br/><br/> Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press hardcover books
193752446London: 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. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons hardcover books
194848647London: 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. <br/><br/> Secker & Warburg hardcover books
194842152London: 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. <br/><br/> Secker & Warburg hardcover books
195052277New York: Macmillan Co 1950. First American edition small 4to pp. xvi 804; dust jacket slightly chipped at the top of the spine else a very good copy in original blue cloth. "Language of the criminal and near-criminal world compiled upon historical lines" jacket blurb. <br/><br/> Macmillan Co hardcover books
195951275London: 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." <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton hardcover books
196352351Oxford: 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." <br/><br/> Basil Blackwell unknown books
193341825London: George Routledge & Sons 1933. Large 8vo pp. ix 1 476; original red cloth soiling spine lettered in gilt; light wear to extremities spine a bit faded; minor damage to front pastedown else interior very good. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons 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
196452412London: Hamish Hamilton 1964. 8vo pp. x 230; blue and white paper covers added protective plastic jacket; light wear to covers very good. Inscribed by Partridge to his friends Alan & Joan Steele. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton unknown books
194842171London: 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. <br/><br/> Secker & Warburg hardcover books
1931WRCLIT84756London: Eric Partridge at the Scholartis Press 1931. vi2383pp. Large thick octavo. Gilt lettered light orange cloth. Slight fading to the cloth but a very good copy in somewhat worn frayed and faded dust jacket. Third edition revised "and very much enlarged." The first edition appeared in 1930 and each of the three editions consisted of 1000 copies. The binding bears the spine imprint "Milford" at the toe but OCLC/Worldcat does not record copies actually published under the Humphrey Milford imprint. Eric Partridge at the Scholartis Press hardcover books
1952S8375Offprint from:: Journal of Biological Chemistry vol. 194 no. 1 1952. 1952. 8vo. 269-278 pp. Printed wrappers. Ownership rubber stamp of Norman Horowitz. FINE. Yanofsky was a pioneer geneticist who "showed that suppressor mutations result in the reappearance of an enzyme that has been missing from a mutant organism." McGraw-Hill Modern Men of Science p. 621. He carried out numerous studies of tryptophan and Neurospora crassa and made significant contributions to the science of genetics. David Bonner Yanofsky's teacher was also an accomplished geneticist who worked extensively on the subject at Yale. Horowitz was a pioneer Caltech geneticist. WITH: PARTRIDGE & Norman H. GILES. "Identification of Major Accumulation Products of Adenine-Specific Mutants of Neurospora." Offprint from: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics vol. 67 no. 1 1957. 8vo. 237-238 pp. Single leaf. WITH: PARTRIDGE. "Altered Properties of the Enzyme Adenylosuccinase Produced by Interallelic Complementation at the AD-4 Locus in Neurospora Crassa." Offprint from: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications vol. 3 no. 6 1960. 8vo. 613-619 pp. Figs. Self-wraps. Signature of Horowitz rubber stamp of Norman H. Giles. WITH: PARTRIDGE & GILES. "Sedimentation Behaviour of Adenylosuccinase Formed by Interallelic Complementation in Neurospora Crassa." Offprint from: Nature vol. 199 no. 4890 1963. 8vo. 304-305 pp. Self-wraps. Initials of Horowitz. WITH: PARTRIDGE & GILES. "Comparative Biochemical Studies of Allelic Inositolless Mutants in Neurospora Crassa." Offprint from: American Journal of Botany vol. 40 no. 10 1953. 8vo. 778-787 pp. Figs. Printed wrappers; extremities chipped. Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 194, no. 1, 1952. paperback books
1948004657London: 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. <br /><br /> Secker & Warburg hardcover books
1950Embry 75977Macmillan 1950. First U.S. edition. Faint wear still fine in near fine dust jacket with some light edgewear a one-half inch chip to lower rear panel and a one inch horizontal piece missing from upper rear panel. Macmillan, 1950. First U.S. edition. unknown books
1967Embry 157128Mountain States Printing Company 1967. First edition first printing. Fine. B&W photos. Maroon leatherette with gold stamping. Non-personally inscribed by the author. Mountain States Printing Company, 1967. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
199453359Valley Ford:: Pacific Pictures. Fine. 1994. Video. 1878211099 . 48 minute documentary film. Fine in a fine plastic case. . Pacific Pictures, unknown 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
