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196142158London: Andre Deutsch 1961. Second impression slim 8vo pp. 70 2; original boards in orange printed price-clipped dust jacket shallow chips and tears along edges not affecting text; a good copy. Forms part of the Language Library edited by Partridge. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch hardcover books
196142157New York: Oxford University Press 1961. Slim 8vo pp. 70 2; original boards in orange printed dust jacket a bit soiled light wear to jacket edges else very good. Forms part of the Language Library edited by Partridge. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press hardcover books
196134107London: Andre Deutsch 1961. First edition 8vo pp. 70 2; fore-edges spotted else a near fine copy in the dust jacket. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch unknown books
196136631NY: Oxford University 1961. 8vo pp. 70. Index. VG. Oxford University unknown books
1939027267San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1939. Limited Edition. Quarto. . Limited to 455 copies printed by the Grabhorns. Tipped in is an original leaf from the May 11 1712 issue of The Spectator. Bound in 1/4 natural linen over marbled paper covered boards paper spine label. A fine copy. The Book Club of California unknown books
1939WRCLIT63166San Francisco: Book Club of California 1939. Small folio. Canvas backed boards paper spine label. Lower fore-tips bruised and boards a bit edgeworn bookplate otherwise a very good copy. First edition. One of 455 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. The issue tipped into this copy is for 20 July 1711. Book Club of California hardcover books
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
195244224New York: British Book Centre 1952. First edition American issue 8vo pp. 140; original cloth in pale green dust jacket rear jacket cover torn but complete in mylar cover. Compiled by Partridge under the pseudonym Vigilans "as he does not wish to become the victim of a man-hunt effected by a horde of enraged civil servants" jacket blurb. Forms part of the Language Library. <br/><br/> British Book Centre hardcover books
196163680NY:: Macmillan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. First American edition. Very good in a very good age toning and fading price clipped dust jacket. . Macmillan, hardcover books
196741823New York: Hobbs Dorman 1967. First American edition small 8vo pp. 134 1; illustrations; original boards in green pictorial price-clipped dust jacket minor ink smudges on upper cover printed in black and white; jacket edges a bit rubbed and worn interior fine. <br/><br/> Hobbs Dorman hardcover books
196141818London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1961. First edition small 8vo pp. 134 1; illustrations; original boards in orange pictorial price-clipped dust jacket printed in red and black; spine a bit browned light edge wear to spine ends; bookseller's ticket on front pastedown; interior fine. <br/><br/> Routledge & Kegan Paul hardcover books
192452250Paris: Librairie Ancienne Edouard Champion 1924. First edition of Partridge's second book 8vo pp. x 11-260; contemporary quarter maroon diced russia over green cloth-covered boards spine ends chipped joints starting; good copy. Original wrappers not preserved. <br/><br/> Librairie Ancienne Edouard Champion hardcover books
194951478London: Winchester Publications Ltd 1949. First edition 8vo 3 vols in 1 pp. xv 1 192; 2 174; 2 173 1; original black cloth gilt title on spine gilt worn textblock a little shaken but holding solid good. This copy with a presentation from Partidge "To the Principal Inspector of Schools in Scotland with the author's compliments" signed and dated May 5 1944. Also with a 1 p. A.L.s. laid in to said inspector one Y. Y. Pringle identifying two errata in the text. <br/><br/> Winchester Publications Ltd hardcover books
195752429London: Phoenix House 1957. First edition 12mo pp. 46 2; original printed wrappers lightly soiled else very good in original yellow wrappers printed in black. Inscribed by the author to "Richmond" on half title dated 18 April 1957. A complaint against bureaucratic and communist language. An uncommon Partridge title. <br/><br/> Phoenix House unknown books
198750711Victoria: Melbourne University Press 1987. First edition thus and first separate edition 8vo pp. 6 146; 1 full-page map; black cloth gilt title direct on spine fine in fine dust jacket. Originally published in 1929 in Three Personal Records of the War by the Scholartis Press. <br/><br/> Melbourne University Press hardcover books
195228111London: Hamish Hamilton 1952. First edition 12mo pp. 14 146; about fine throughout in a very good jacket. This copy inscribed "To Vernon Watkins who conveys dignity with delight & inextricably mingles form and thought. Gratefully Eric Partridge 17-xi-61." In this copy Partridge has altered the word "languages" on the title page as well as on the dust jacket to read 'language" and he has also scribbled through the price on the dust jacket; on the verso of the half-title Partridge has written in "OP" for out-of-print next to 5 of the 17 works in the list of books by him; and he has made corrections in the text on p. 23 34 and on p.65 where he has written a 2-line note in the bottom margin signed "E. P." There are also manuscript corrections by Partridge on the rear flap of the jacket and on the back panel. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton unknown books
195250703London: Hamish Hamilton 1952. First edition small 8vo pp. 14 146; red cloth boards silver title on spine; fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed to the dedicatee by Partridge: "To John W. Clark with the wish that it was worthy of him Eric Partridge 30 May 1952." Clark professor at the University of Minnesota was an old friend of Partridge and a sometimes collaborator. One small correction to the text in Partridge's hand. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton hardcover 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
195042159London: Hamish Hamilton 1950. Second edition 8vo pp. 188; original cloth in white dust jacket soiling printed in maroon and blue; jacket spine darkened ends chipped; faint bookseller rubber stamp on front pastedown previous ownership has been excised from top right-hand corner of ffep else interior very good. Partridge "considers topics as diversified as the verbal eccentricities of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll South America's linguistic contributions to North America the language of showmen and of the underworld the slang of the licentious soldiery and the euphemisms of the Victorians" from the jacket. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton hardcover books
195042161London: Hamish Hamilton 1950. Second edition 8vo pp. 188; original cloth in white mylared price-clipped dust jacket printed in maroon and blue; jacket spine a bit darkened else near fine. Partridge "considers topics as diversified as the verbal eccentricities of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll South America's linguistic contributions to North America the language of showmen and of the underworld the slang of the licentious soldiery and the euphemisms of the Victorians" from the jacket. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton hardcover books
195042151London: Hamish Hamilton 1950. Small 8vo pp. 188; original cloth in white printed dust jacket a bit soiled; shallow chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text; neat contemporary ownership on ffep else interior fine. Partridge "considers topics as diversified as the verbal eccentricities of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll South America's linguistic contributions to North America the language of showmen and of the underworld the slang of the licentious soldiery and the euphemisms of the Victorians" from the jacket. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton hardcover books
195042156London: Hamish Hamilton 1950. Small 8vo pp. 188; original cloth in white printed dust jacket a bit soiled; shallow chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text; interior fine. Partridge "considers topics as diversified as the verbal eccentricities of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll South America's linguistic contributions to North America the language of showmen and of the underworld the slang of the licentious soldiery and the euphemisms of the Victorians" from the jacket. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton hardcover books
195050973London: Hmish Hamilton 1950. First edition 8vo pp. 188; original blue cloth spine sunned the dust jacket not preserved. With a long presentation from the author to the publisher and bookseller Basil Blackwell dated 5 May 1950 beginning: "When first I met you late in 1923 you were an dauntingly efficient young publisher." Partridge goes on to praise Blackwell as both a bookseller and a publisher and presents "this imperfect yet I thihnk readable book with a kindly smile." <br/><br/> Hmish Hamilton hardcover books
196952426New York: Books for Libraries Press 1969. Small slim 8vo pp. vii 3 85 1; blue cloth red and gilt spine; edges spotted else a near-fine copy. A reprint of author and publisher Eric Partridge's short memoir. <br/><br/> Books for Libraries Press hardcover books
194652327London: Frederick Muller Ltd 1946. First edition small slim 8vo pp. ix 1 85 1; original cloth in blue printed dust jacket minor stain on back cover; jacket edges and spine toned head and tail of spine chipped all else very good. With a presentation inscription from Partridge to his friend Alan Steele "who backs the wrong horse but does it very convincingly bless him!" Laid in is a long 2 p. autograph letter from Partridge to Steele concerning the book "Ch. 3 is the one worth rereading" and word usage in his writing. <br/><br/> Frederick Muller Ltd hardcover books