lawrence t e brophy john partridge (1 Ergebnisse)

First edition. Octavo. pp viii, 200, [1] advert. The first of Eric Partridge's slang dictionaries, a good proportion of this book being devoted to songs and chants. Somewhat against the spirit of the enterprise, words of however slight a scabrous nature are replaced by dashes. ''The editors wish to thank Major Gordon Innes, Captain Bertram Ratcliffe, and Messrs. T.E. Shaw and Hugh Kimber, for helpful comments on, and suggestions for, the glossary.'' (from the Preface). Philip M. O'Brien, in his T.E. Lawrence: A Bibliography (F0154), notes only the second edition of the same year.Fore-edge a bit spotted. Very good indeed in near-fine, price-clipped dustwrapper slightly darkened at the spine.