Partridge, Eric (Beale, Paul – Editor)

A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: British and American from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day

Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1985. Reprint, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780710204950 Preface to the first edition, introduction to the first edition, modifications of the original introduction, acknowledgments to the first edition, preface to the second edition, acknowledgments to the second edition and a list of abbreviations. Black coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Line plaintext dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Title says it all. Minor rubbing of the book corners and back strip edges. Very light age toning of the text block edges and panels with offset tanning to the end pages. Some creasing of the dustwrapper edges with rubbing of the panels. Sunning to the left hand edge of the front panel, back strip and patchy sunning to the rear panel. Second Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - XXV, [1] 384, [6] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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PARTRIDGE, ERIC

A Dictionary of Catch Phrases : British and American from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day

London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977. Hardcover. 1st edition, 278 pages. Near Fine condition hardback in a faded dust jacket. ISBN 0710085370. 50901.. Very Good .

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Partridge, Eric

A Dictionary Of Catch Phrases - British And American, From The Sixteenth Century To The Present Day

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977, 2nd impression. Cloth, dj, F/VG. xvi+278pp, spine of dustjacket rather sunned, otherwise a fine copy. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN: 0710085370
¶ A - Z listing of the famous & not so famous catch phrases & epithets with details of the origin & first uses of the saying. From 'a d'autres!' to 'Zed is a whoreson letter'.

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PARTRIDGE, Eric

A dictionary of slang and unconventional English: Colloquialisms and catch-phrases, solecisms and catachreses, nicknames, vulgarisms and such Americanisms as have been naturalized; volume 2

Routledge & K. Paul, 1961. Used - Good. Good hardback in poor dust jacket 5th ed.. Volume 2 only. Sound reference copy in tight binding; navy cloth with gilt titles o spine; pages foxed on end papers, and edges; name inked on front free nd paper; Dust jacket not price clipped; loose, with sellotaped edges and stains on rear panel. Photo:.

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PARTRIDGE, Eric

Dictionary of Catch Phrases British and American from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day

London and Henley, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. Complete edition, first published in 1977. A very nice bright hardback copy in original unclipped dust-wrapper. Clean and tight. Quarto, xv+278pp. arranged in two columns. Very clear print unlike later reprints and abridged editions. Used; Very Good . Hardback.

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