A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Language

John Camden Hotten ((Antiquarian Bookseller))

Published by John Camden Hotten, London, 1859

About this Item

Original brown pebble-patterned cloth, spine stamped gilt, front panel emblem and ruling in blind. Frontispiece map. 160pp + [2] ads. Full title: "A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, used at the present day in the streets of London; the universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the dens of St. Giles; and the palaces of St. James. Preceded by a history of cant and vulgar language from the time of Henry VIII . With glossaries of two secret languages, spoken by the wandering tribes of London, the costermongers and the patterers. By a London Antiquary." Book Condition: Fair: Brown cloth, gold gilt lettering to spine. Top quarter inch of binding torn almost loose from spine edge. Small pale spot to lower front cover. Binding cracked at half-title. 4 of 5 binding strings broken at pages 32/33, held together only at bottom binding string. Seller Inventory # HCS12181

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and ...

Publisher: John Camden Hotten, London

Publication Date: 1859

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Edition: First edition.