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Barrera, Albert; Charles G Leland - A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant Embraching English, American and Anglo-Indian Slang, Pidgin English, Tinker's Jargon and Other Irregular Phraseology

Title: A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant Embraching English, American and Anglo-Indian Slang, Pidgin English, Tinker's Jargon and Other Irregular Phraseology
Description: London, Printed for Subscribers only at the Ballantyne Press, 1890. Hardcover. Marbled cloth boards. Orange leather corners and spine. GIlt lettering and design elements on 5 raise band spine. Marbled inside covers and end pages. Vol 1 states that it is limited to 650 copies (this is number 344). Volume 1. A-K Volume 2. L-Z. G Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover. Leather portions of both volumes have peeling and discoloration. Front cover to volume one seperated from binding. Cover to volumes two partially seperated from binding. Bookblocks of both volumes have age toning. Interior pages have general age toning and foxing. (from the library E. Hubert Litchfield) .

Keywords: Reference of All Sorts, Slang ; Slang ; ;

Price: US$ 100.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 187688

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