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A dictionary of the underworld, British & American: being the vocabularies of crooks, criminals, racketeers, beggars and tramps, convicts, the commercial underground, the drug traffic, the white slave traffic, spivs
by Partridge, Eric
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- Hardcover
- first
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1950. First edition, 4to, pp. xv, [1], 804; text in double column; original blue cloth, dust jacket a little chipped and with a few short tears; front hinge cracked; very good. "Owing to production delays this book was not published until 1950" - tipped in note on p. [v]. This copy with a note on the front free endpaper pasted in, with a presentation from Partridge reading: "Dear Alan, You wouldn'tknow anything about this, As ever, Eric. 5 May, 1950."
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52381
- Title
- A dictionary of the underworld, British & American: being the vocabularies of crooks, criminals, racketeers, beggars and tramps, convicts, the commercial underground, the drug traffic, the white slave traffic, spivs
- Author
- Partridge, Eric
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Cant , Slang , ,
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