eric partridge editor (11 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (english language, jargon, reference) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used;Very Good. London, 1928; signed and numbered 31/50 by editor; marbled paper covered boards; leather spine and corners; corner wear with board exposed; edge wear; joints cracked with boards hanging on by end papers; tape marks on spine; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; top edges gilt; interior pages in very good condition; Interior is clean and unmarked; 131 pages. Signed by Editor.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 389 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Reprint.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. revised updated subsequent edition. 384 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Cloth Boards. Limited Ed. Limited edition one of 1000 copies, 8vo, pp. viii, 200, (1 advert), loosely inserted newspaper clipping causing some offsetting rear blank page, prelim edges faintly yellowed, original cloth boards, faint fishing, spine lightly discoloured, few faint marks front, bottom front cnr worn with loss to cloth.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 256 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Third edition. 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. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column W. 1404449. FP New Rockville Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 256 pages. 9.00x6.10x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). A smart early edition of this collection of adventure stories edited by Eric Partridge. Early edition. A collection of thirty-four adventure stories and commentaries on pirates, highwaymen, and explorers. This work includes: Shakespeare on Pirates, Pirates at Panama, Tom Jones Meets a Highwayman, The Squire's Story, The Tarry Buccaneer, and many others. From various writers including: Lord Byron, Mrs. Gaskell, Sir Walter Scott, Sir Walter Raleigh, Daniel Defoe, Tobias Smollett, and many others. Edited by Eric Partridge, a New Zealand-British lexicographer of English 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. Bound in quarter red cloth with paper covered boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing and wear to the extremities. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot and light age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the rear pastedown. Very Good. book.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. 8vo. (21.6 x 14 cm). pp. 182. Dedication copy. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With the unclipped dust jacket. With a long inscription from Partridge to Hamish (James) Hamilton, the founder of British publishing house Hamish Hamilton Ltd (which published several of Partridge's works), dated 25. Dec. 1975 which reads: "Dear Hamish, You don't have to read it: please me by accepting it for Christmas in a year during which you yourself & your firm have shown me great kindness. Sincerely, Eric". Also includes an Andre Deutsch advertisement pamphlet addressed to Hamish with Partridge's annotations and recommendations tucked inside. Spine of dust jacket a bit sunned, a near fine copy. Eric Honeywood Partridge (6 February 1894 1 June 1979) was a New ZealandBritish lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. His writing career was interrupted only by his service in the Army Education Corps and the RAF correspondence department during World War II.