Item #59971 Songs and slang of the British soldier: 1914-1918. Third edition, carefully revised and very much enlarged. John Brophy, Eric Partridge.
Songs and slang of the British soldier: 1914-1918. Third edition, carefully revised and very much enlarged
Songs and slang of the British soldier: 1914-1918. Third edition, carefully revised and very much enlarged

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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 sometimes collaborator and good friend Professor John W. Clark of the University of Minnesota, "who will deplore the method, but perhaps enjoy the contents." The first of Eric Partridge's slang dictionaries. The first through third editions of this popular volume were each limited to 1000 copies. This copy has a cracked front hinge, apparently due to Partridge's mishandling of the book. In the gutter he has written "Apologies" with an arrow indicating the crack. Item #59971

Price: $175.00

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