The bitter end
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1928. First American edition, small 8vo, pp. [4], 252; dust jacket with several shallow chips and creases, spine lightly sunned; very good. A seventeen-year old volunteer in the trenches. More
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Fanfare and other papers
London: Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press, 1930. First edition, 8vo, pp. 160; blue cloth, blue-stained top edge; corners rubbed, shadows on endpapers, light spotting on fore edge, very good in a toned and price-clipped dust jacket. More
Pluck the flower
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., [1929]. First American edition, 8vo, pp. [12], 301, [1]; fine copy in original orange cloth stamped in black on upper cover and spine, dust jacket with one or two short tears at the extremities and very shallow ships at the head and heel..... More
The long trail: soldiers' songs and slang 1914-18
New York: Books for Libraries Press, [1972]. First printing of the "revised and rewritten" edition, 8vo, pp. 189, [1]; blue cloth gilt; fine; inscribed by Partridge to Laurie Atkinson, contributor of a number of terms and phrases, on upper endpaper. A couple of minor corrections in Partridge's hand to the..... More
The long trail: what the British soldier sang and said in the Great War of 1914-18
[London]: Andre Deutsch, [1965]. Uncorrected proof copy of the "revised and rewritten" edition, 8vo, pp. 239, [1]; original gray printed wrappers; very good. Originally published as The Songs and Slang of the British Soldier 1914-18 in 1930. More
The long trail: what the British soldier sang and said in the Great War of 1914-18
[London]: Andre Deutsch, [1965]. First printing of the "revised and rewritten" edition, 8vo, pp. 239, [1]; 21 illustrations, primarily from photographs, on rectos and versos of 8 plates; fine copy in original orange cloth, pictorial dust jacket with faded spine. Originally published as The Songs and Slang of the British..... More
The long trail: what the British soldier sang and said in the Great War of 1914-18
[London]: Andre Deutsch, [1965]. First printing of the "revised and rewritten" edition, 8vo, pp. 239, [1]; 21 illustrations, primarily from photographs, on rectos and versos of 8 plates; fine copy in original orange cloth, pictorial dust jacket with faded spine. This copy inscribed by Partridge "Dear John reminiscently less regenerate..... More
Songs and slang of the British soldier: 1914-1918. Second edition revised and enlarged
London: Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press, 1930. 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 222, [2]; orange cloth, title gilt direct on spine, top edge stained green; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. More
Songs and slang of the British soldier: 1914-1918. Third edition, carefully revised and very much enlarged
London: Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press, 1931. 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 383; original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; 2 ink stains on fore-edge extending slightly into the margins, else very good. The first of Eric Partridge's slang dictionaries. The first through third editions of this popular volume..... More
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Songs and slang of the British soldier: 1914-1918. Third edition, carefully revised and very much enlarged
London: Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press, 1931. First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 383; original red cloth; corners bumped, spine sunned with a small stain, joints starting, bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian on upper pastedown, very good. Inscribed by Partridge to..... More
Songs and slang of the British soldier: 1914-1918
London: Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press, 1930. First edition limited to 1000 copies, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 200, [1]; original orange cloth (some soiling), gilt-lettered spine; spine faded, preliminaries a bit foxed, else very good. The first of Eric Partridge's slang dictionaries. More
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