Partridge, Eric

Origins: a short etymological dictionary of modern English

New York: Macmillan Co., 1958. First American edition, small 4to, pp. xix, [1], 970; about fine in a slightly chipped dust jacket, and with one longer tear in the back panel, without loss. Laid in is a 1-page A.L.s. from Partridge to "Amici cari mei," enclosing a 'corrigenda' and an 'addenda' which "will make your copies of Origins as 'good' as the 2nd edition..." These corrigenda and addenda are not printed, but typed, presumably by Partridge, on 8" x 11" paper, and contain a few amendations in pencil and ink. Item #52451

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