London: Routledge, [1955]. New popular edition (revised), 1961 printing, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 226; original cloth in pale grey price-clipped dust jacket printed in orange and dark blue; jacket edges and spine rather toned, shallow tears not affecting text; ownership signature on front free endpaper, else interior about fine. Discussion..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934. Large 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 476; maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spine; ex-Millersville State College Library with usual markings, edges a bit rubbed, else very good. More
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1933. Large 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 476; original red cloth (soiling), spine lettered in gilt; light wear to extremities, spine a bit faded; minor damage to front pastedown, else interior very good. More
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1933. First edition, large 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 476; original red cloth, spine faded, light wear to extremities, else very good. With the bookplate of Partridge's friend, collaborator and author, John Brophy, and with a letter laid in from Brophy to 'Dear Preston, Here's Partridge's..... More
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1933. First edition, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 476; original red cloth, dust jacket with small chips out at the extremities; a very good, sound copy. A classic in its own time, the work celebrates the "illegitimate" colloquial speech as a product of an "exuberance..... More
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1964. Second edition "with a few corrections and addtions," 1972 printing, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 204; original boards in black and yellow printed price-clipped dust jacket (minor soiling), light shelf wear to jacket edges, else very good. More
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, [1976]. Second edition "with a few corrections and addtions," 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 204; pictorial paper wrappers, light shelf wear to jacket edges, top edge spotted, near fine in an added protective plastic jacket. Inscribed by Partridge to his friends "Alan and Joan" (Steele) on..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1963. First American edition, 8vo, pp. 182; of The Language Library series, edited by Eric Partridge; small tear at lower edge of half title, else near fine in original grey cloth with gilt-lettered cloth, in pink dust jacket (spine a bit faded). More
[London]: Andre Deutsch, [1963]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 182; pencil checkmarks in the margins and with more extensive pencil notes on the rear endpapers, almost certainly the notes of his sometimes collaborator and professor of English at the University of Minnesota, John W. Clark, who is also one of the..... More
London: Book Club Associates, 1972. New edition, 8vo, pp. 392; text printed in double columns; original boards in tan dust jacket (a bit soiled), minor jacket edge wear, else very good. More
London: Hamish Hamilton, [1947]. Second impression, "revised," 8vo, pp. 381; text in double columns; original cloth in dust jacket printed in red and black; jacket spine quite toned, shallow chips and tears along edges, only one affecting text, small loss to spine head; interior very good. More
[Middlesex etc]: Penguin Books, 1970. Reprint edition, with postscript and addenda, 8vo, pp. 377, [7]; text printed in double columns; pictorial paper wrappers, added protective plastic jacket; light wear to spine, else fine. Inscribed from Partridge to "Alan and Joan" (Steele) "who will have the charity to regard it as..... More
London: Fredrick Muller Ltd., 1948. First edition, small, slim 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 176; original cloth in blue printed, price-clipped dust jacket; jacket edges a bit chipped, back cover foxed, spine edge damp stained; ffep considerably browned, else interior very good. More
London: Fredrick Muller Ltd., 1948. First edition, small, slim 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 176; original black cloth, shadow on front free endpaper, very good, in dust jacket with spotting on verso and small loss of a square inch out of one corner of the upper panel. Inscribed by Partridge to..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1933]. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 230; original cloth in light blue decorative price-clipped dust jacket printed in two shades of blue; jacket spine toned, edges a bit worn, very shallow loss at spine head not affecting text; interior fine. One leaf of publisher's ads..... More
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1939. Second, revised edition, small 8vo, pp. x, [2], 354; folding plate showing the families of languages; original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; spine a bit cocked, else near fine. A popular volume designed for the general public. More
[London]: Andre Deutsch, [1952]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 140; spine very slightly discolored, else a fine copy in the dust jacket, enhanced by a presentation from Partridge to "Norman Davis - who may, in this elementary book, find a few things to amuse, perhaps one or two to instruct. With..... More
New York: British Book Centre, [1952]. First edition, American issue, 8vo, pp. 140; original cloth in pale green price-clipped dust jacket (a bit soiled), chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text, jacket spine and endpapers toned. Compiled by Partridge under the pseudonym Vigilans, "as he does not wish..... More
New York: British Book Centre, [1952]. First edition, American issue, 8vo, pp. 140; original cloth in pale green price-clipped dust jacket (a bit soiled), chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text, jacket spine and endpapers toned. Compiled by Partridge under the pseudonym Vigilans, "as he does not wish..... More
London: The Scholartis Press, 1928. Edition limited to 500 copies, 8vo, pp. 256; original orange cloth (a bit soiled), gilt-lettered spine; spine faded, negligible foxing to preliminaries, else a very good copy. Short stories, many inspired by the author's experiences serving in the Australian Imperial Force during the first World..... More
