A Dictionary of the Underworld, British and American. by Partridge, Eric

New York:: The Macmillan Company,, 1950.. publisher's cloth.. A little light use to cloth; tight and sound.. Large 8vo,. Being the Vocabularies of Crooks, Criminals, Racketeers, Beggars and Tramps, Convicts, the Commercial Underworld, the Drug Traffic, the White Slave Traffic, Spivs.

Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd., London, 1961. Reprint, orig. published 1949.. Hardcover. Good. Cloth, oversize, out of print, 815 pages, prior owner name, no jacket, very good condition.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. 804 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Blue cloth. Very good. 804 pp. 1 vols. 4to.

2013. ISBN-13: 9781584774440; ISBN-10: 1584774444. Partridge, Eric, Compiler. A Dictionary of the Underworld, British and American. Being the Vocabularies of Crooks, Criminals, Racketeers, Beggars and Tramps, Convicts, the Commercial Underworld, the Drug Traffic, the White Slave Traffic, Spivs. Originally published: New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. xv, 804 pp. Reprinted 2004, 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774440. ISBN-10: 1584774444. Hardcover. New. $75. * Reprint of the second edition. Thoroughly engrossing, A Dictionary of the Underworld offers definitions for such obscure terms and phrases as "witch-hazel man" (heroin addict), "eason" (to tell) and "budge a beak" (run away). "Once in about every generation a book is published which dominates its field. Such a book is Partridge's Dictionary of the Underworld, which is not only the first extensive work on the underworld to appear in the twentieth century, but also the largest in the English language. (.) It is truly a… Read More

London, England.: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. A Dictionary of the Underworld. British & American. By Eric Partridge. Subtitled: Being the vocabularies of Crooks, Criminals, Racketeers, Beggars, Tramps, Convicts, the Commercial Underworld, The Drug Traffic, the White Slave traffic, Spivs Blue Cloth hard covers in very good condition..

Macmillan, 1950. First U.S. edition. Faint wear, still fine in very good, edge worn dust jacket, with moderate chips to head/tale of spine, in mylar cover..

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."