SLANG TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY: With a Short Historical Sketch; and Vocabularies of English, American, and Australian Slang
by Partridge, Eric
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good-
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bonanza Books (No Date) 476 pp. Original gray cloth covers; spine and edges a bit sunned. Light fraying to spine ends. Tiny, faint dampstain at top edge of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and several closed tears to edges. Spine and edges darkened. Few small, faint dampstains to front panel. Contents nice.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8269
- Title
- SLANG TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY: With a Short Historical Sketch; and Vocabularies of English, American, and Australian Slang
- Author
- Partridge, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Bonanza Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- LANGUAGE SLANG ENGLISH LANGUAGE LANGUAGES VOCABULARIES AMERICAN VOCABULARY ENGLISH VOCABULARY AUSTRALIAN VOCABULARY AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES WORLD HISTORY ENGLAND LONDON EUROPE AUSTRALIA NONFICTION GENERAL
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- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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