American Tramp and Underworld Slang....
by Edited by Godfrey Irwin, with a Terminal Essay by Eric Partridge
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: Sears Publishing Co. No Date ( dated December 1930 at end of 1st essay). Title continues: "words and phrases used by hoboes, tramps, migratory workers and those on the fringes of society, with their uses and origins with a number of tramp songs". 264 pages. "Songs of Jungles and Drag" (without music): p. 199-252. Very Good, no jacket, red cloth worn at spine ends with 1/4" loss, corners rubbed, spine dulled, interior clean, tight and unmarked. SCARCE. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010069
- Title
- American Tramp and Underworld Slang....
- Author
- Edited by Godfrey Irwin, with a Terminal Essay by Eric Partridge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sears Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Bloomington, Indiana
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