Inscribed by the dedicatee

Franklyn, Julian

A dictionary of rhyming slang

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, [1960]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 180; fine copy in original blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine; dust jacket with long tear repaired on the verso of the front panel. The book is dedicated by Franklyn to Eric Partridge, and Partridge has inscribed this copy to his sometimes collaborator and professor of English at the University of Minnesota, "John W. Clark, this record of a very old linguistic phenomenon: from Eric (as if on: 19 Feb. 1960)." Item #51622

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