Eric Partridge Jonathan Swift (4 results)
Published by Andre Deutsch, 1963
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Published by Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1963
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by Andre Deutsch in 1963 here is the first hardback printing of SWIFT'S POLITE CONVERSATION (The Language Library Series) edited and annotated by Eric Partridge. 177 pages, plus further reading, grey cloth binding, gilt spine lettering, the… book is in very good condition with some library stamps from Leeds Polytechnic and some spotting to the top page edges. The dust jacket is also very good.
More imagesPublished by Andre Deutsch 1952-1963, London, 1952
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. Three smart volumes from The Language Library, edited by Eric Partridge. Three volumes. Edited by Eric Partridge, a New Zealand-British lexicographer of English slang. This set includes: Chamber of Horrors, 1952. First edition. A full glo…ssary of British and American jargon, in alphabetical order. Written by "Vigilans" a pseudonym of Eric Partridge. Adventuring Among Words, 1961. Second impression November 1961. Originally published September 1961. A work dealing with the etymology of slang with commentary on the impact of world history. Written by Eric Partridge. Swift's Polite Conversation, 1963. First edition. A language study on the colloquial English language and slang of the eighteenth century as detailed originally by Jonathan Swift, an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and author. In the original grey cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also smart with light shelf wear, minor chipping, and the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Pen annotations to the rear two pages of volume three. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by LondonAndre Deutsch ., 1963
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Seller: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United KingdomRobert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB
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Add to basketFIRST 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.
