comic alphabets origin development von partridge eric (13 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1961. First Edition. 134 pages. Orange dust jacket over red cloth. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Minor droplets to pages. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to edges. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Mild foxing. Moderate tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Thus. First Edition Thus. Not price-clipped ($2.95 price intact). Published by Hobbs Dorman, 1967. Octavo. Green boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Black star stamp on flyleaf and half title page. Dust jacket is very good with shelf wear, edgewear, nicks and small tears. Pen marks over price on front flap. 134 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

First Edition. First edition, small 8vo, pp. 134, [1]; illustrations; original boards in orange pictorial price-clipped dust jacket printed in red and black; spine a bit browned, light edge wear to spine ends; bookseller's ticket on front pastedown; interior fine.

First American edition, small 8vo, pp. 134, [1]; illustrations; original boards in green pictorial price-clipped dust jacket (minor ink smudges on upper cover) printed in black and white; jacket edges a bit rubbed and worn, interior fine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Illustrated by Foreman, Michael (illustrator). Owner's label on front endpaper. 1/2" tear in edge of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is price-clipped. Dust wrapper spine faded. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. "The Victorians delighted in comic rhymed alphabets, nor have their descendants quite forsaken them." - from dust wrapper blurb. ; 134, [1] pages. Illustrated. Red boards with silver lettering on spine. ; 12mo.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, UK. 1961. 134 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (light sunning present to the spine). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Light foxing present. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "The Victorians delighted in comic rhymed alphabets, nor have their descendants quite forsaken them." - from dust wrapper blurb. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 134 pages.

Card Covers. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Michael Foreman (illustrator). First Edition. 134 pages. Michael Foreman illustrations. Very mild foxing of edges and prelims; light shelf-wear to cloth and dust-jacker; inscription on front endpaper; a good to very good copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 140 pages. 7.80x5.08x0.32 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Zustand: Good. 1961 hardback first edition on red cloth.

Zustand: New. 140.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1961, this book explores the form of the comic alphabet. Whether through poems, prose or phonetics, the alphabet has become a way in which mankind has taken pleasure in playing with words and phrases. Indeed, approaches can vary significantly from the almost moronically humorous to the ingenious and genuinely witty and this book looks at the reasons how and why the comic alphabet came to possess the arguably sophisticated form in which people know it today.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Michael Foreman (illustrator). First edition. A superb signed first edition of this Eric Partridge lexicographical work, inscribed by both the author and the illustrator. The first edition, first impression of this work.Inscribed by the author and illustrator to the recto to the front endpaper, 'Maurice, with all good wishes, from Eric Christmas 1963'.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A fascinating and comical lexicographical study, discussing the quirks of the English language.Illustrated with an illustrated title page and illustrations throughout.By the lexicographer Eric Partridge.Illustrated by Michael Foreman.One page of publisher's adverts to the rear, with two ink corrections to the prices to the leaf. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the extremities. Minor edgewear to the dustwrapper. Author's inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Spine is a little sunned, with some light marks to the wraps, including to the reverse. Ink crossing out the price to the front flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. signed by author. book.