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193152261London: Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press 1931. 8vo pp. vii 1 383; original red cloth spine lettered in gilt; 2 ink stains on fore-edge extending slightly into the margins else very good. The first of Eric Partridge's slang dictionaries. The first through third editions of this popular volume were each limited to 1000 copies. <br/><br/> Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press hardcover books
192942175London: The Scholartis Press 1929. Large 8vo pp. 405 1; map frontispiece one additional text map; original black cloth gilt-lettered spine; near fine. Contents include Mottram's "A Personal Record"; Easton's "Broadchalk a Chronicle"; and Partridge's "Frank Honywood Private" <br/><br/> The Scholartis Press hardcover books
193741690London: 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 Twenty-seven essays by the noted New Zealander mostly unpublished in book form. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons hardcover books
195942148London: Macmillan Co 1959. Second edition "with some corections and additions" small 4to pp. xix 1 970; text in double columns; publisher's maroon cloth back cover a bit damaged from damp gilt-lettered spine; near fine. <br/><br/> Macmillan Co hardcover books
195922340New York: Macmillan Co 1959. Second edition revised; small 4to pp. iv 970; about fine in the dust-jacket. <br/><br/> Macmillan Co 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
1910223441Williamstown: Privately Printed 1910. First. hardcover. very good-. 12mo blue cloth cloth partially faded from sun exposure otherwise very good. Williamstown: Privately Printed 1910.<br/><br/> One of 600 numbered copies.<br/><br/> Privately Printed unknown books
193916061New York: E.P. Dutton & Company. Very Good- in Fair dj. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. moderate shelfwear some soiling to covers discoloration to gutters/endpapers original owner's name/address on front pastedown; jacket heavily worn separated at rear hinge tears at most corners with occasional paper loss including part of title at top of spine horizontal tear in mid-spine etc. none of this helped by a previous owner's sloppy attempts at internal tape repair now mostly removed . E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover books
199668204New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1996. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy - as new still sealed in the original shrink wrap. Yale University Press hardcover books
2013398052013. 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. $49.95 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
195152444New York: Philosophical Library 1951. First American edition 8vo pp. x 341 1; fine in a slightly worn jacket. Two World Wars new technologies and the global spread of English made for substantial changes in English in the 20th century. <br/><br/> Philosophical Library unknown books
195944657New York: The Macmillan Co. Very Good. 1959. Hardcover. New York: The Macmillan Co. 1959. Second edition. 970 pages hardbound. The interior is very bright and clean. The red cloth binding is tight with very light edgewear. Overall VG/VG. DJ is beginning to chip at the top spine tip. . The Macmillan Co hardcover books
1905287118London: Kegan Paul Trench Trübner & Co 1905. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Austin Dobson's Proverbs in Porcelain to which is added "Au Revoir;" a collection of short dramatic works with numerous illustrations by Bernard Patridge. Signed by Dobson on a paper slip pasted onto to the front endpaper. With a personal inscription on the recto of the frontispiece for a previous owner from her mother. Olive cloth with white lettering and illustration. Very Good. Very Good binding. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co unknown books
183918146Washington: Blair & Rives printers 1839. 8vo. 19 pp. <br><br>Referred to the Committee on the Militia and ordered to be printed and that 5000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate." The memorialists assert that the plan would "render a standing army beyond a small peace establishment just sufficient to protect our necessary fortifications arsenals &c. totally unnecessary and place the military defence of the country where the framers of the constitution evidently intended it to be placed in the hands of the people themselves the only safe guardians of our national independence and of our civil and religious liberties." Government document: 25th Congress 3d Session. Senate. 197. Removed from a nonce volume. Ink numeral at top right corner of p. 1. Very good. Blair & Rives, printers unknown books
1961021995New York: Macmillan Company 1961. 5th Edition. 2 volumes in one xiv 1362p. original cloth. Contents: v. 1 The dictionary. v. 2 The supplement. Macmillan Company unknown books
19979013762New York: Abrams 1997. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 154 including 150 plates in color. <br/><br/> Abrams hardcover books
194541694London: 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. <br/><br/> Michael Joseph Ltd unknown books
192842168London: The Scholartis Press 1928. Edition limited to 500 copies 8vo pp. 256; original orange cloth a bit soiled gilt-lettered spine; spine faded negligible foxing to preliminaries else a very good copy. Short stories many inspired by the author's experiences serving in the Australian Imperial Force during the first World War and here published under the pseudonym Corrie Denison. <br/><br/> The Scholartis Press hardcover books
195542172New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1955. New popular edition revised 8vo pp. ix 1 226; original cloth in grey price-clipped dust jacket printed in orange and black; spine toned shallow chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text; interior fine. Discussion and glossary of the bawdy references in the works of Skakespeare. <br/><br/> E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover books
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
2015150367Oakland California: University of California Press 2015. Softcover. VG. Color illus. wraps 148 pp. many color & BW illus. "Chronicling the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and journeying from the Piazza San Marco to the villas of the Veneto this vivid and authoritative survey of architecture sculpture and painting offers a rich perspective on the history and artistic achievements of Renaissance Venice. It examines the masterpieces of Venice's urban design civic buildings churches and palaces within their distinctive cultural and geographic milieus exploring issues of function style iconography patronage and gender. Readers will also discover fascinatnig in-depth analyses of major works by such artists as Giovanni Bellini Carpaccio Giorgione Palladio Tintoretto Titian and Veronese. Deisnged to appeal to students and travelers alike." back cover. University of California Press paperback books
19989016112New York: Viking 1998. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition / Fine condition dust jacket. <br/><br/> Viking hardcover books
199750611New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc 1997. First English Language Edition. Quarto 32.5cm.; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; 207pp.; color illus. throughout including 150 colorplates. Text block slightly cocked mild toning to margins of text block otherwise boards and text block tight clean and unmarked. Quarter inch nick to front flap of jacket text unaffected else Fine book in Fine jacket. Harry N. Abrams, Inc unknown books
2001115001New York: Puffin Books 2001. First edition thus. Softcover. An illustrated biography of this important photographer with numerous black and white images. A fine copy in wrappers. Signed and inscribed by Partridge on the half title page and uncommon as such. Puffin Books 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
