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196442165New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1964. 12mo pp. xii 196; original stiff white wrappers a bit soiled edges toned 2 small stains to textblock fore-edge else very good. "A Dutton Paperback." <br/><br/> E.P. Dutton & Co paperback books
DADAX1506450385Fortress Press 2018-10-01. Updated Revised. paperback. New. 7.30x0.30x9.10. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Fortress Press paperback
1961870T11New York: The Macmillan Company 1961. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. The first U.S. edition of this commentary on the English language from Eric Partridge. First U.S. edition. A commentary on the English language with chapters on the etymology of advertising dictionaries cliches the language of witchcraft and magic Australian English aspects of emptiness and much more. Written by Eric Partridge a New Zealand-British lexicographer of the English language and its slang. 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. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and minor fading to the spine. Original price clipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and the odd small closed tear to the boards. Sunning to the spine and the odd small mark to the board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout with contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed The Macmillan Company hardcover
1962193805New York: MacMillan 1962. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Faint spotting along top text block edge. Lightly toned spine. MacMillan hardcover
1013881346.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
196032051London: Hamish Hamilton 1960. First edition. Cloth fine in very good dust jacket. From Ira Gershwin's library with posthumous bookplate. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton hardcover books
196052269London: Hamish Hamilton 1960. First edition 8vo pp. 190pp.; fine copy in the dust jacket. Inscribed by Partridge: "Dear John You'll find a few things new to you. As ever Eric 15 September 1960." Partridge has also noted underneath this presentation "Pp. 13-20 & 32-39: v. slight indeed. Could well be ignored by J. W. C." The John and J. W. C. in the inscription is John W. Clark sometimes collaborator of Partridge's and professor of English at the University of Minnesota There is also a small correction in the text by Partridge on p. 127 and a scribble on the flap of the jacket deleting the price. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton unknown books
1963191114015Barnes & Noble 1963. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. Hardcover no DJ very good condition mostly cover wear spine faded. Barnes & Noble hardcover
1963087673Barnes & Noble 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good clean tight condition. Text free of marks. Fading to spine. No dust jacket. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged. <br/> <br/> Barnes & Noble hardcover
1992Q-0880297662Dorset Press 1992-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Dorset Press hardcover
19632111902156001155Routledge & kegan-Paul 1963. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Routledge & kegan-Paul paperback
1963120202Barnes & Noble 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Name on flyleaf otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket has tears creases discoloration small pieces out. Binding firm. Barnes & Noble Hardcover
19631404449New York: Barnes & Noble 1963. Third edition. Hardcover. Octavo ix 396 pages. In Good minus condition with a Poor dust jacket. Spine is black with pink print. Dust jacket lacks spine front and rear panels laid in edge wear toning. Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and pink paper to boards; wear to spine caps and corners tattering to spine head. <br /> <br /> NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column W. 1404449. FP New Rockville Stock. Barnes & Noble hardcover
1931PARTRIDG000290The Scholartis Press London. 1931. First edition thus: edited with a biographical and critical sketch and an extensive commentary by Eric Partridge. The text is taken from Grose's third edition of 1796. Octavo. 396 pages. Rust-coloured buckram covers with title-label. Spare label at rear. Out of a total edition of 560 this is one of 550 ordinary copies.Head and tail of spine slightly pushed. Top corner of front cover very slightly bumped. Near fine. The Scholartis Press, London. hardcover
1767180583London: The Company of Stationers 1767. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A bound collection of 12 items: 1. "Remarkable News from the Stars: Or an Ephemeris for 1767." William Andrews; 48pp; 2. The Gentleman's Diary or the Mathematical Repository; "An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1767" Anonymous; 48pp; 3. The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1767." Anonymous; 48pp; 4. Vox Stetlarum: or a Loyal Almanack for the Year of Human Redemption 1767." Francis Moore; 16pp; 5. Merlinus Liberatus. Being An Almanack for the Year of our Redemption 1767." John Partridge; 48pp; 6. Parker's Ephemeris For the Year of Our Lord 1767."; Anonymous; 56pp; 7. "The Coelestial Diary: Or An Ephemeris For the Year of Our Blessed Saviour's Incarnation 1767."; Salem Pearse; 32pp; 8. "The Second Part of the Coelestial Diary." Salem Pearse; 16pp; 9. Poor Robin 1767. An Almanack After the Old but yet very agreeable." Sir Robin Poor; 32pp; 10. "A Prognostication For the Year of our Lord God 1767." Sir Robin Poor; 16pp; 11. "The English Apollo; Or Useful Companion.1767" Richard Saunders; 48pp; 12. "Speculum Annis: or Season on the Seasons. Being An Almanck for the Year of Our Lord 1767." Henry Season; 48pp; 13. "An Almanack For the Year of Our Lord God 1767." Tycho Wing; 48pp; 14. "The Coelestial Atlas; Or A New Ephemeris for the Year of our Lord 1767." Robert White; 48pp; 1p Printer's Book List. The covers are lacking and the spine is very chipped at the ends but the page block of all these contents is very good with little or no damage or foxing etc. <br/> <br/> The Company of Stationers 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
194758970London 1947. Each printed on stiff card and folded to make 4 pages except as noted all 8vo all fine except as noted all with prose essays by Partridge on a variety of subjects many pertaining to some aspect of words or language. Laurie Atkinson Esq. whose name appears with some frequency below was an amateur lexicographer a reader and contributor to Eric Partridge and his works for many years. These cards started appearing in 1927 and were issued annually until 1976 with a couple of interruptions notably during the years of World War II. Partridge died in 1979. 1947 / 1948: Spivs and Phoneys. 1949 / 1950: We are the People inscribed "To all there Eric." 1950 / 1951: Westward to the Fortunate Isles; pp. 8; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1951 / 1952: The Real McCoy and the Real Mackay; pp. 8; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1952 / 1953: Imagination and Good Sense in Etymology; with a 4" x 6" prospectus laid for Partridge's You Have Point There addressed to Laurie Atkinson; also with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1953 / 1954: The Etymology of Etymology; with a 4" x 6" prospectus laid for Partridge's Concise Usage and Abusage addressed to Laurie Atkinson; also with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson; slight glue residue at the top from envelope. 1954 / 1955: Babes Babblers Barbarians; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1955 / 1956: Elephantine; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1957 / 1958: Aspects of Emptiness; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson Esq. together with a typed carbon reply from him to Partridge. 1958 / 1959: . Nor any Drop to Drink; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1959 / 1960: A Square Digs Beatnick; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1960 / 1961: Annus Laud Mirabilis; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson Esq. 1961 / 1962: Merely Another Year; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson Esq. 1962 / 1963: A Few Things Done; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson moderate glue residue at the top from envelope. 1963 / 1964: An Optical Illusion; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson together with a one-and-a-half page draft A.L.s to Partridge regarding an ill-fated trip to New York. 1964 / 1965: The Women Have It: Some Lawn Tennis Players I have Watched; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson together with a one-and-a-half-page draft A.L.s to Partridge regarding tennis. 1968 / 1969 "How Did You Come to Write Your Dictionary of Slang Or Indeed Your Usage and Abusage" With the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson together with a one-page A.L.s to Partridge from Atkinson regarding catch-phrases. 1969 / 1970 Below the Surface; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson Esq. 1970 / 1971: In Memoriam Julian Franklyn; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1971 / 1972: What's in a Catch-Phrase; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson · 1973 / 1974: Report on a Work in Progress i.e. A Dictionary of Catch Phrases; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. 1974 / 1975: Still Progressing: A Further Report on Catch Phrases; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson; with a draft 1-p. A.L.s. from Atkinson to Partridge expressing thanks and offering memories. 1975 / 1976 No Man is an Island; inscribed "Dear Laurie all good wishes et multos ad Annos Eric"; together with a 1-p. typed letter to Partridge from Atkinson regarding "hundreds of new definitions for DSUE." 1976 / 1977: Four Linguistic Brevities; inscribed "Dear Laurie Nos. I - II are ; IV less stolid. Regards! Eric"; with the original mailing envelope addressed in Partridge's hand to Laurie Atkinson. unknown
0233974113.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1982SONG0233974113Wiley-Blackwell 1982-01-01. paperback. Used: Good. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Wiley-Blackwell paperback
0389202878.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1937869Q33London: George Routledge & Sons LTD 1937. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A varied anthology of twenty-seven essays by British-New Zealand lexicographer Eric Partridge. This work is in publisher's original cloth binding. First edition of the work. An interesting and varied collection of essays written by Eric Partridge many of which were previously unpublished. These essays explore topics including Essays on Words Fiction and 'Near' History. Also included is a sketch on Piracy. Partridge was a British-New Zealand lexicographer who wrote many books and essays surrounding etymology and the history of slang. With a frontispiece of the author.With owners inscription to front endpaper. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Light rubbing to extremities. Age toning and offsetting to endpapers with the occasional spot. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the occasional spot. With owners inscription to front endpaper. Very Good Indeed George Routledge & Sons, LTD hardcover
193752446London: George Routledge & Sons 1937. First edition 8vo pp. ix 1 317 2; photographic frontispiece portrait; endpapers spotted; a very good copy in original terracotta cloth in a chipped dust jacket with spine a bit spotted. Partridge's friend Alan Steele's signature on upper free endpaper. Twenty-seven essays by the noted New Zealander mostly unpublished in book form. George Routledge & Sons unknown
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. George Routledge & Sons unknown
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
193752446London: George Routledge & Sons 1937. First edition 8vo pp. ix 1 317 2; photographic frontispiece portrait; endpapers spotted; a very good copy in original terracotta cloth in a chipped dust jacket with spine a bit spotted. Partridge's friend Alan Steele's signature on upper free endpaper. Twenty-seven essays by the noted New Zealander mostly unpublished in book form. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons hardcover books
