242 résultats
1992205501992. Softcover. VG. Pictorial wraps. 48 pp. Numerous high quality color and bw illustrations. The silver items in this catalogue are accompanied by descriptive and scholarly text. they are arranged in chronological order. unknown books
1993110952London: Partridge Fine Arts PLC 1993. Softcover. VG As new. Pictorial stapled wraps. 48 pp. Numerous high quality color and bw illustrations. Includes pieces from between the mid-1500s and late 1800's including soup tureens jugs beakers sauce boats teapots and more; Extensive annotations. Partridge Fine Arts PLC unknown books
194052452Oxford: Clarendon Press 1940. 8vo pp. 2 175-196 i.e. 24pp. in all; original printed wrappers unopened; fine. Issued as Tract no. LV in the publisher's Society for Pure English series. <br/><br/> Clarendon Press unknown books
193352453London: George Routledge & Sons 1933. First edition large 8vo pp. ix 1 476; original red cloth spine faded light wear to extremities else very good. With the bookplate of Partridge's friend collaborator and author John Brophy and with a letter laid in from Brophy to 'Dear Preston Here's Partridge's book on slang which I understandb Gueden wants to borrow. I hope you'll be able to get my articles in reviewing in the paper on Sunday." <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons hardcover 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
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
193341583London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1933. First edition 8vo pp. ix 1 476; original red cloth dust jacket with small chips out at the extremities; a very good sound copy. A classic in its own time the work celebrates the "illegitimate" colloquial speech as a product of an "exuberance of mental activity and the natural delight of language-making." Reprints of this book abound. This is the first time we have catalogued the first edition in a dust jacket. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons, Ltd hardcover books
197652411London: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1976. Second edition "with a few corrections and addtions" 8vo pp. ix 1 204; pictorial paper wrappers light shelf wear to jacket edges top edge spotted near fine in an added protective plastic jacket. Inscribed by Partridge to his friends "Alan and Joan" Steele on half title. <br/><br/> Routledge and Kegan Paul unknown books
196441824London: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1964. Second edition "with a few corrections and addtions" 1972 printing 8vo pp. ix 1 204; original boards in black and yellow printed price-clipped dust jacket minor soiling light shelf wear to jacket edges else very good. <br/><br/> Routledge and Kegan Paul 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
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
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
193050393London: Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press 1930. 8vo pp. vii 1 222 2; orange cloth title gilt direct on spine top edge stained green; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press hardcover books
193052262London: Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press 1930. 8vo pp. vii i; 222 2; original red cloth gilt-lettered spine; spine a bit soiled and covers slightly spotted; all else very good. <br/><br/> Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press hardcover 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
196323243NY: Oxford University Press 1963. Hardcover. Very good. 177pp index. Page edges foxed otherwise very good in a slightly darkened jacket. Prelims foxed otherwise internally very good. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press hardcover books
196344232New York: Oxford University Press 1963. First American edition 8vo pp. 182; of The Language Library series edited by Eric Partridge; small tear at lower edge of half title else near fine in original grey cloth with gilt-lettered cloth in pink dust jacket spine a bit faded. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press hardcover books
196352268London: Andre Deutsch 1963. First edition 8vo pp. 182; pencil checkmarks in the margins and with more extensive pencil notes on the rear endpapers almost certainly the notes of his sometimes collaborator and professor of English at the University of Minnesota John W. Clark who is also one of the five dedicatees of this book. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by Partridge "John from Eric iocundum in amicitiam 28 January 1963." Also with the price on the dust jacket crossed out by Partridge. Fine copy in the dust jacket. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch unknown books
1955014807New York: Random House 1955. 1st Printing. ix 307p. slightly chipped dj. Random House unknown books
1900143584New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1900. Hardcover. VG- Cover and hinges are good with only slight soiling to cover pages are crisp and clean . except where two newspaper clippings have been variously tucked over the years and have darkened parts of pages; the clippings are included; WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ARTIST-AUTHOR on faux tp. Green cloth gilt letters on spine & front cover gilt top edges 213 pp. plus ads 2 BW plates. A novel written by American sculptor William Ordway Partridge 1861-1930 who also signed this copy. The action surrounds an artist's studio. Two plates rendered by A.lbert Beck Wenzell 1864-1917 supplement the text. G. P. Putnam's Sons 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
1958032630London: Chatto & Windus 1958. 254p. original blue cloth lightly sunfaded on the spine. Chatto & Windus unknown books
2008108813London: Partridge Fine Art Ltd 2008. Softcover. VG. Black glossy pictorial folded paper; 8 panels; Cut in the shape of the Chicheley mirrors; 4 color 3 bw photos. Set of four George I mirrors by "Mr. Odell"; A rare complete set of four mirrors; Brochure includes an essay about the mirrors and Chicheley house; Very attractive. Partridge Fine Art Ltd unknown books
195541715New York: Philosophical Library 1955. First American edition 8vo pp. ix 1 219; text printed in double columns; original boards in white dust jacket soiled printed in green; jacket spine browned shallow chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text; interior mostly fine. 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/> Philosophical Library hardcover books
1906143536New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company 1906. Hardcover. VG- interior/very solid covers but with a small red stain on edge of front cover fruit punch and scuffing to back cover. Cream cloth over boards; Art Nouveau decoration and black lettering. 62 pp. with small bw illustrations. Inscribed by the author to Mrs. Baker. Illustrations by Victor Perard. Charming story of a sculptor and his pupil in Tsarist Russia/Siberia. Funk & Wagnalls Company hardcover books
