Eric Partridg (2 results)

rilegato. Condition: Poor. Libro in condizioni mediocri, presenta copertina lievemente ingiallita come le pagine al suo interno 384 Mediocre (Poor) . Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The scarce first edition of Eric Partridge's booklet discussing the changes to the English language. The first edition of this work. A scarce booklet. Eric Partridge discusses the English language with focus on 'debased English' and 'communist English'.From 'A Background Book' series edited by Stephen Watts, concerned with contemporary affairs and questions.Eric Partridge was a New Zealand-British lexicographer of the English language. In the original publisher's coloured wraps. Externally very smart with light wear to extremities, minor mark to front wrap, affecting through to p 7. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…