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195352439London: Hamish Hamilton 1953. First edition 8vo pp. x 230; original blue cloth tan and red dust jacket with a couple shallow chips at spine and small closed tear on lower panel. Inscribed May 8 1953 from Partridge to his friend Alan Steele on the front free endpaper and with the dust jacket price crossed out in his hand. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton hardcover books
195352330London: Hamish Hamilton 1953. First edition 8vo pp. x 230; original blue cloth spine sunned else very good. Inscribed by Partridge to Clark "John - my favorite and best collaborator! From Eric 8/v/1953." <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton hardcover books
196452412London: Hamish Hamilton 1964. 8vo pp. x 230; blue and white paper covers added protective plastic jacket; light wear to covers very good. Inscribed by Partridge to his friends Alan & Joan Steele. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton unknown books
193345070London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1933. First edition 8vo pp. x 230; original cloth in light blue decorative price-clipped dust jacket printed in two shades of blue; jacket spine toned edges a bit worn very shallow loss at spine head not affecting text; interior fine. One leaf of publisher's ads printed in red and black on recto and verso laid in. <br/><br/> Methuen & Co. Ltd hardcover books
194852407London: Fredrick Muller Ltd 1948. First edition small slim 8vo pp. ix 1 176; original black cloth shadow on front free endpaper very good in dust jacket with spotting on verso and small loss of a square inch out of one corner of the upper panel. Inscribed by Partridge to his friend and collaborator "John W. Clark scholar and friend with compliments Eric Partridge 25 Dec. 1949." The book "covers not only the war of 1939-1945 but also more particularly the influence of wars and warfare on the vocabulary." jacket blurb. <br/><br/> Fredrick Muller Ltd hardcover books
194842162London: Fredrick Muller Ltd 1948. First edition small slim 8vo pp. ix 1 176; original cloth in blue printed price-clipped dust jacket; jacket edges a bit chipped back cover foxed spine edge damp stained; ffep considerably browned else interior very good. <br/><br/> Fredrick Muller Ltd hardcover books
1967Embry 157128Mountain States Printing Company 1967. First edition first printing. Fine. B&W photos. Maroon leatherette with gold stamping. Non-personally inscribed by the author. Mountain States Printing Company, 1967. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
1976Embry 146975Mountain States Printing Company 1976. Revised edition. Fine. B&W photos. Maroon leatherette with gold stamping. Mountain States Printing Company, 1976. Revised edition. hardcover books
196352408London: Hamish Hamilton 1963. Fifth impression small 8vo pp. 128; fine dust jacket spine toned small pen mark on jacket front. This copy inscribed by Partridge to John W. Clark "The only adverse criticism ever leveled against this little book is that it isn't for young people only." He has also made a small correction to a typo on page 16 and scribbed through the price on the flap of the jacket. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton unknown books
1999119575London: Partridge Fine Arts PLC 1999. Softcover. VG- Some light scratching to wraps. Mulberry-colored illus. wraps; 80 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color photos. Contains forty-eight items of fine furniture and decorative pieces with extensive annotations including a Chinese padouk wood dining table circa 1780 a Louis XV ormolu-mounted commode applied with black lacquer and stamped by Pierre Roussel an early nineteenth-century French ormolu-mounted casket applied with black eighteenth-century Japanese lacquer a George II carved giltwood mirror a Queen Anne green lacquer bureau cabinet and much more. Partridge Fine Arts PLC paperback books
197052410Middlesex etc: Penguin Books 1970. Reprint edition with postscript and addenda 8vo pp. 377 7; text printed in double columns; pictorial paper wrappers added protective plastic jacket; light wear to spine else fine. Inscribed from Partridge to "Alan and Joan" Steele "who will have the charity to regard it as 'curiosity' and to accept it as a gift for Christmas 1970 from Eric." 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/> Penguin Books unknown books
194742153London: Hamish Hamilton 1947. Second impression "revised" 8vo pp. 381; text in double columns; original cloth in dust jacket printed in red and black; jacket spine quite toned shallow chips and tears along edges only one affecting text small loss to spine head; interior very good. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton hardcover books
197241817London: Book Club Associates 1972. New edition 8vo pp. 392; text printed in double columns; original boards in tan dust jacket a bit soiled minor jacket edge wear else very good. <br/><br/> Book Club Associates hardcover books
192952283London: The Scholartis Press 1929. First edition this one of 100 copies numbered and signed by each author large 8vo pp. 8 405 1; map frontispiece one additional text map; original black cloth gilt-lettered spine t.e.g.; small dark spot on top edge of text block not touching text covers a touch rubbed very good. 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
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
193942167London: George Routledge & Sons 1939. Second revised edition small 8vo pp. x 2 354; folding plate showing the families of languages; original blue cloth gilt-lettered spine; spine a bit cocked else near fine. A popular volume designed for the general public. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons hardcover books
19146870NY: John Lane Company 1914. Softcover. VG wear to spine. Wraps. xii 67 pp. 67 bw plates. Contains a brief biographical essay on the artist followed by a categorized listing of 138 works by the sculptor. This is followed by the presentation of the illustrations contained on 67 single-sided sheets. From a limited edition estimated to be more than 500 copies. Quite nice. John Lane Company paperback books
1995UPARWOR00MELWordsworth Editions 1995. Very Good. Partridge Eric. The Wordsworth Book of Usage and Abusage. Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions 1995. 219pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges. Pages yellow. Wordsworth Editions paperback books
1930172542London: Eric Partridge Ltd 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Features T.F. Powys' story "Like Paradise" and George Baker's story "The Amazing Adoption." Also includes poems by Edmund Blunden Peggy Barwell and Nigel Morland. A near fine copy in boards. No dust jacket. Eric Partridge, Ltd unknown books
1930172543London: Eric Partridge Ltd 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Features H.E. Bates' story "Sheep" a satire by John Brophy and a story by E.V. De Fontmell. Also includes Eric Partridge's "The War Comes Into its Own. A near fine copy in boards. No dust jacket. Eric Partridge, Ltd unknown books
1936002117Seattle WA: The Simplex Publishing Co. 1936. Hardcover. First edition; 12 1/4 x 9 1/4; pp. 5 6-47 1 10 maps and illustrations on 5 plates; textured illustrated orange paper over card stock boards backed with blue cloth; a bit of fraying to tips of spine; mild fading to upper margin of front board; small rubbed spot and a bookshop label to ffep; overall in very good condition.A scarce early-20th century publication the book was considered an important work for those interested in both astronomy and astrology. Apart from descriptions of the constellations pictured on the plates it also featured "The Poem of Manilius" B.C. 45 "The Phainomena or Heavenly Display" of Aratos B.C. 225 and Maps of the Heavens. Seattle, WA: The Simplex Publishing Co. hardcover books
1825264486London: Scientific Press 1825. First. hardcover. very good. 356 pages 4 page index untrimmed. Small 8vo older 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards rubbed. London: Scientific Press 1825. First Edition. A very good copy of this scarce book.<br/><br/> Scientific Press unknown books
195552466London: Faber & Faber 1955. Third impression originally published in 1953; 12mo pp. 107 1; blue cloth gilt in pictorial dust jacket; light spotting to edges else near fine. Inscribed by Partridge to Anthony Clarkson "with whom it has been a pleasure for me to do businesss." Additionally Partridge has crossed out the jacket price and has made a small notation on the list of other works noting one title as out of print. <br/><br/> Faber & Faber hardcover books
195552415London: Faber & Faber 1955. Third impression 12mo pp. 107 1; near fine copy in the later state price: 10s 6d dust jacket. Inscribed by Partridge to Stever Farley "my favorite postmaster" on upper endpaper. <br/><br/> Faber & Faber unknown books
196552254London: Andre Deutsch 1965. Uncorrected proof copy of the "revised and rewritten" edition 8vo pp. 239 1; original gray printed wrappers; very good. Originally published as The Songs and Slang of the British Soldier 1914-18 in 1930. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch unknown books