ARGOT AND SLANG A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases used in the high and low life of old and new Paris

BARRERE, Albert

Published by Whittaker and Co., London, 1889

About this Item

Dark brown cloth covers, light brown cloth spine, sp. lettering only, clean and minimally worn but marred by very darkened sp. rendering lettering quite faint, also sl. sp. end rubbing. Small decorative eng. f/piece with title and a man's half-profile behind the ornate capital A (the author?). lx + 483; near fine internally with no tanning, marking or other obvious faults, a Sheffield book-seller's tiny label bottom end gutter. The 1st ed. appeared in 1887 with f/piece ascribed to Godefroy Durand. Entries all French to English. 15 cm x 21 cm.

Seller Inventory # 013928

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ARGOT AND SLANG A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases used in the high and low life of old and new Paris
• Publisher: Whittaker and Co., London
• Publication Date: 1889
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: VG(-) for Age
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language & Linguistics