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1912160567Boston: Little Brown and Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1912. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition first printing in near fine condition with dust-jacket of very good condition. Signed and dated in pencil by previous owner. Dust-jacket shows normal wear and chipping. ; Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim under the pseudonym Anthony Partridge. This "complicated plot replete with mystery and surprises keeps the reader continually on the qui vive" and is touted as the "most powerful story yet written by Anthony Partridge" ; B&W; 8vo; 340 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1988DADAX0890063370Artech House Publishers 1988-10-31. paperback. New. 8.28x1.35x11.04. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Artech House Publishers paperback
1976mon0000010198D. I. Publications 1976T. paperback. Good. 0.4000 in x 9.6000 in x 7.2000 in. Rebound in buckram. Otherwise clean and solid. D. I. Publications paperback
1933869Q34New York: Bonanza Books 1933. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 10" by 6". None. The revised third edition of Partridge's work documenting the development of slang throughout history. This is the revised third edition of the work. Dated from similar copies of the third edition on JISC. In original publisher's cloth binding and with original unclipped dust wrapper. This interesting work by Partridge explores the history of slang covering many different types including modern American Cockney military medical and rhyming. The work focuses on slang from the sixteenth century up until the 1930s. Eric Partridge is a lexicographer who has written many books on this subject. With a bookplate of Nicolas Wall to front paste down. In original publisher's cloth binding with original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with some light shelf wear only. Light bumping to the extremities. Bookplate to front paste down. The occasional handling mark to endpapers. Dust wrapper in good condition. Some chipping to wrap with occasional tear causing loss to extremities of wrap. Slight sunning to wrap with age toning and slight spotting. Occasional mark to wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean Very Good Indeed Bonanza Books hardcover
1946653h5531USA: The Magazine Antiques 1946. Book. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Silver Cake Basket by Edith Fennell frontispiece photo; Bible Pictures in English Needlework; A Distinguished Collaboration - Illustrators Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson; Burnap Collection of English Pottery - Part II - The Early Wares; The Pingree House in Salem; New Light on a Silver Sugar Box; Wood Clocks - The Arts or Mystery of Their Manufacture; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 137-200. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. Covers loose but present. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. The Magazine Antiques Paperback
1999ZB1350104Australian Coal Preparation Society 1999. reprint of the 1992 edition; iii 89 iii 56 iv 88 pp. hardcover ex library else text clean & binding tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Australian Coal Preparation Society hardcover
1965mon0000035166Citadel Press 1965-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Ex-Library. Rebound Hardback. Citadel Press paperback
19929781098170<p><strong>book in excellent condition never used no mark light yellow pages due to aging satisfied guaranteed. Ship same or next working day. A customer service.</strong></p> Wit Press hardcover
1953Alibris.0016436Chatto & Windus. 1953. Hard cover. Fair. No dust jacket. no dust jacket cover is well-worn with some discoloration spine is cocked bookplates partly-removed from inside covers bookstore stamp inside front cover foxing age spots on outside edges and some pages. 278p. ill. 21 cm. Chatto & Windus hardcover
199523209Penobscot Press 1995. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1995 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its dark-red cloth with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Octavo a number of vintage photos complementing Craig Partridge's text. Penobscot Press unknown
1945136077ca. 1945-76. Fine. 45 21x26 cm b&w photos. Many are stamped L. H. Partridge on rear. <br/><br/>Features Blackpool London Glasgow Newcastle. Some cars/equipment identified on rear. Mixed in are a few street scenes ferris wheel seashore etc. Most 1940s-70s with some prints copies of earlier times. unknown
199261942Berkeley: University of California Press 1992. First edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. Small quarto. 10": x 7" 374pp. A fine copy in dust jacket. University of California Press hardcover
1927646664Scholartis Press 1927. First Edition. Leather Binding. Fine. Beautifully bound by Zaehnsdorf in full red polished calf spine with raised bands brown morocco label and gilt floral tooling within gilt-ruled compartments covers bordered with a triple gilt fillets with rosettes at corners dentelles tooled in gilt with a repeating floral scroll top edge gilt marbled endpapers other edges uncut has very slight wear. Copy #82 of 150 numbered copies signed by editor Eric Partridge. Scholartis Press unknown
193159971London: Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press 1931. First edition 8vo pp. vii 1 383; original red cloth; corners bumped spine sunned with a small stain joints starting bookplate of James Mead Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian on upper pastedown very good. Inscribed by Partridge to sometimes collaborator and good friend Professor John W. Clark of the University of Minnesota "who will deplore the method but perhaps enjoy the contents." The first of Eric Partridge's slang dictionaries. The first through third editions of this popular volume were each limited to 1000 copies. This copy has a cracked front hinge apparently due to Partridge's mishandling of the book. In the gutter he has written "Apologies" with an arrow indicating the crack. Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press unknown
1936mon0000141906Hillman-Curl 1936-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Hillman-Curl hardcover
1954039019United Kingdom: Bailliere Tindall and Cox 1954. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/NO Dustwrapper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sixth Edition. Bailliere Tindall and Cox London 1954. illus xiv 1078 4pp adverts hb No Dust-wrapper gilt black cloth spine faded gilt faded pages browned previous owner's signature vg Heavy book may need additional postage if not UK <br/> <br/> Bailliere, Tindall and Cox hardcover
1958870T31London: Hamish Hamilton; Routledge & Kegan Paul; Andre Deutsch 1958-1976. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Michael Foreman. A set of four smart volumes from lexicographer Eric Partridge. Four volumes. Written by Eric Partridge a New Zealand-British lexicographer of English slang. This set includes: A First Book of Quotations 1958. First edition. A collection of over one thousand quotations arranged by subject with historical commentary and corrections for common misquotations. Comic Alphabets: Their Origin Development Nature 1961. First edition. An entertaining study of the origin and development of the comic and rhyming alphabet since Victorian times. Illustrated throughout by Michael Foreman a British author and illustrator known for his children's books. Previously held in the library of Nicholas Wall an English judge President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice for England and Wales. The Gentle Art of Lexicography as Pursued and Experienced by an Addict 1963. First edition. Part language study part memoir this work explores Partridge's early years in New Zealand and his lifelong desire for learning. Smaller Slang Dictionary 1976. Reprint of the second edition originally published 1961. Written for the general public this work includes important words that have survived generations and the slang of the twentieth century. In the original cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear only. Original dust wrappers are all unclipped other than the Smaller Slang Dictionary. Dust wrappers are smart with light shelf wear and chipping to the extremities with the odd small closed tear and light sunning to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning. Near Fine Hamish Hamilton; Routledge & Kegan Paul; Andre Deutsch hardcover
1930LAWRENCE016196Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press London. 1930. First edition. Octavo. pp viii 200 1 advert. The first of Eric Partridge's slang dictionaries a good proportion of this book being devoted to songs and chants. Somewhat against the spirit of the enterprise words of however slight a scabrous nature are replaced by dashes. ''The editors wish to thank Major Gordon Innes Captain Bertram Ratcliffe and Messrs. T.E. Shaw and Hugh Kimber for helpful comments on and suggestions for the glossary.'' from the Preface. Philip M. O'Brien in his T.E. Lawrence: A Bibliography F0154 notes only the second edition of the same year.Fore-edge a bit spotted. Very good indeed in near-fine price-clipped dustwrapper slightly darkened at the spine. Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press, London. unknown
1933mon0000059985George Routledge & Sons 1933-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback generally in good condition with some fading to spine and book covers and minor discolouring to page edges due to age. Clean text sound binding. George Routledge & Sons hardcover
1933mon0000079060George Routledge & Sons 1933-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback rebound by library. Clean text sound binding. George Routledge & Sons hardcover
1993DADAX0412434407Springer 1993-07-31. 1993. hardcover. New. 6.14x0.81x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Springer hardcover
1997BN150990Zürich ; Düsseldorf : Benziger 1997. 1997. Die Sixtinische Kapelle : das jüngste Gericht. mit Beiträgen von Loren Partridge Fabrizio Mancinelli Loren Partridge Gianluigi Colalucci. Fotogr. von Takashi Okamura. Hrsg.: Sandro Chierici. Aus dem Engl. und Ital. übers. von Simone Schultze <br/><br/>Die Sixtinische Kapelle : das jüngste Gericht. mit Beiträgen von Loren Partridge Fabrizio Mancinelli Loren Partridge Gianluigi Colalucci. Fotogr. von Takashi Okamura. Hrsg.: Sandro Chierici. Aus dem Engl. und Ital. übers. von Simone Schultze Michelangelo / Künstler / Maler / Kunst / Sixtinische Kapelle / Rom / - Partridge Loren Sandro Chierici und Buonarroti Michelangelo Zürich ; Düsseldorf : Benziger unknown
1988SONG0890063370Artech House Publishers 1988-10-31. paperback. Used: Good. 8.28x1.35x11.04. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Artech House Publishers paperback
194362917San Francisco: Sierra Club 1943. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Original Printed Wrappers. As New. 9 1/4 x 6 1/8. From Photographs. As New; pristine and flawless. See scans and description. San Francisco: Sierra Club 1943. The June 1943 issue of the Sierra Club Bulletin. Original printed wraps 9 1/4" x 6 1/8". 110pp. 32 plates with photographs maps etchings. Probably the most perfectly preserved example of a vintage Sierra Club Bulletin you'll see - or for that matter of any 1940s periodical. No flaws whatsoever. See all scans. 16 Roi Partridge etchings of western mountains; 12 Bradford Washburn Mount McKinley Denali photos; 4 Maps. Topics include Jedediah Smith - 1st Sierra Nevada Crossing; Camping in Popocatépetl Crater; Nathaniel Fish McClure; Muir Criticism; Mount McKinley Diary; standard departments. Contributors include editor/writer Francis P. Farquhar; Einar Nilsson; Jorge Carlos Ybarra; Charlotte E. Mauk; Roi Partridge; William B. Rice. An almost irreplaceable collector example in this condition. Ships in a new sturdy protective box not a bag. LSC2 <br/> <br/> Sierra Club unknown
19395844San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1939 First edition. Limited to 455 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Folio. Pp. viii 50. Tipped-in original leaf. Title-page vignette of Addison & Steele. Cloth-backed marbled boards printed paper spine label. A fine copy. This copy contains Number CCCLXV of The Spectator for April 29 1712. Book Club: 56; Grabhorn: 312. The Book Club of California hardcover books
