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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. Secker & Warburg unknown
194830857London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First edition sm. 8vo pp. xi 1 212; near fine copy in the dust-jacket. Secker & Warburg unknown
1961971120.02Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd. London 1961. Reprint orig. published 1949. Hardcover. Good. Cloth oversize out of print 815 pages prior owner name no jacket very good condition. Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd., London hardcover
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. $85. 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
a47363London 1949 1961. 2 volumes. Sm.4to. 1230pp. pp.1231-1362 hardcover. VG in Good matching DJs. Two volumes. hardcover
12601New York: Macmillan Co. Hardcover in red cloth boards w black title box on spine white jacket. Near Fine unmarked in Good unclipped shelfworn jacket. The standard reference work on slang now completely revised updated and enlarged. Two volumes in one: I The Dictionary and II The Supplement. Solid clean tight copy in good jacket. <br/><br/>6-1/2 x 9-1/2 1528 pp. Macmillan Co hardcover
111654London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979 5th edition; 5th reprint. 4to cloth 1528pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Two volumes: Dictionary and Supplement. But for former owner's name neatly to endpapers about new. Routledge & Kegan Paul Hardcover
111653London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1971 3rd edition revised and much enlarged; reprinted. 4to cloth 886pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. But for former owner's name neatly to endpaper about new. Dust jacket shows a single closed tear. Routledge & Kegan Paul Hardcover
194342174London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1943. Revised and enlarged edition slim 8vo pp. 105; text in double columns; original blue cloth gilt-lettered spine; spine quite toned preliminaries foxed else very good. Constitutional Club Library bookplate on front pastedown. <br/><br/> George Allen & Unwin Ltd hardcover books
1st edition, 278 pages. Near Fine condition hardback in a faded dust jacket. ISBN 0710085370. 50901. eng
197941828New York: Stein and Day 1979. First edition thus 4to pp. ix 1 278; text printed in double columns; original blue and yellow printed wrappers upper cover fore-edge a bit rubbed damage to top edge of back cover not affecting text; interior fine. A Scarborough Book no. 6037. <br/><br/> Stein and Day unknown books
194752465London: George Routledge & Sons ltd 1947. Third edition revised 12mo pp. ix 3 260; green cloth gilt; near fine in very good dust jacket. Inscribed by Partridge to Laurie Atkinson contributor of a number of terms and phrases to his projects and with a peppering of annotations by Partridge noting on the list of his works which titles are out of print and which are in later editions and crossing out the price on the dust jacket. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons ltd hardcover books
197252436London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1972. Later printing after the 4th edition 12mo pp. ix 1 261 1; green cloth; boards bowed top edge lightly soiled else near fine in a near fine price-clipped pink dust jacket. <br/><br/> Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd hardcover 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
194852328London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First edition 8vo pp. xi 1 212; red cloth spine and top corner of covers lightly sunned in a near-fine possibly supplied dust jacket; this copy inscribed by Partridge to his friend and sometimes collaborator John W. Clark on front free endpaper and 1 marginal note by him in the text. <br/><br/> Secker & Warburg 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
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
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
194830857London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First edition sm. 8vo pp. xi 1 212; near fine copy in the dust-jacket. <br/><br/> Secker & Warburg unknown 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
194541693London: Michael Joseph Ltd 1945. First edition slim 8vo pp. 64; fine copy in a fragile war-time dust jacket substantially chipped with tears and with some loss on spine and at the top of the panels. <br/><br/> Michael Joseph Ltd unknown books
194541695London: Michael Joseph Ltd 1945. First edition slim 8vo pp. 64; very good copy in original blue cloth. <br/><br/> Michael Joseph Ltd hardcover books
198451195London Melbourne and Henley: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1984. First printing of the 8th edition small thick 4to pp. xxix 1 1400; text in double column; fine in original blue cloth gilt lettering on spine and a near fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> Routledge & Kegan Paul hardcover books
194950823London: Theodore Brun 1949. Edition de Luxe limited to 106 copies this being copy 97 of 100 signed by Partridge; large 8vo pp. 4 xvi 1230; publisher's full black morocco stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine t.e.g.; fine copy. <br/><br/> Theodore Brun unknown books
196151541New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good. 1961. Hardcover. New York: The Macmillan Company 1961. Two Volumes in one Dictionary and Supplement 1362pp. navy boards have gilt stamping on spine a small amount of stains previous owner signed overall a clean Near Fine copy no DJ. . The Macmillan Company hardcover books
