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Eric Partridge: In His Own Words
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in the history of the English language have left as indelible a mark as Eric Partridge — lexicographer, slang scholar, and tireless...
Eric Partridge: In His Own Words
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA rich work of linguistic biography and anthology, Eric Partridge: In His Own Words presents the life and...
Eric Partridge in His Own Words
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis book presents a collection of thoughts and reflections from the renowned lexicographer Eric Partridge. It captures his insights on...
Usage & Abusage
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLanguage is a battleground, and Eric Partridge's Usage & Abusage is its definitive field guide — a witty,...
Usage & Abusage
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLanguage is a weapon, and in the wrong hands it becomes a blunt instrument — Usage & Abusage...
Usage And Abusage: A Guide To Good English
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. The book is a hardcover with a red cloth binding. No dust jacket present. The interior pages appear cream/yellowed/ foxed with age, consistent with an older...
Usage And Abusage: A Guide To Good English
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerLanguage is a living thing — and like all living things, it can...
Usage and Abusage: A Modern Guide to Good English
The book titled Usage and Abusage: A Modern Guide to Good English by the author Eric Partridge. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...
You Have A Point There: A New And Complete Guide To Punctuation
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Author: Eric PartridgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton., 1953Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive guide to punctuation, You Have A Point There, presents a meticulous examination of English grammar's...
Frank Honywood, Private: A Personal Record Of The 1914-1918 War
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Author: Eric PartridgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical memoir chronicles the harrowing experiences of a soldier during the Great War. It...
A Dictionary Of Slang And Unconventional English
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Condition remarks: Condition: VG. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding condition: Intact. Two-volume set presented together. First published in 1937, A Dictionary of Slang...
A Dictionary Of Slang And Unconventional English (Two-Volume Set)
$80.00 AUD
Author: Eric PartridgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis two-volume lexicographical reference presents Eric Partridge’s authoritative catalogue of British and Commonwealth slang, cant,...
Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English (Abusus Non Tollit Usum)
$10.00 AUD
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The World Of Words: An Introduction To Language In General And To English And American In Particular
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Edition: 2nd ed., revisedCondition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning and foxing. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Binding intact but worn. Fold-out chart intact. Language is...
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis etymological dictionary gives the origins of some 20,000 items from the modern English vocabulary, discussing them in groups that...
English Dialects
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Complicated Game: Inside the Songs of XTC
"I LIKE ACCIDENTS. I LIKE TO PUT MYSELF IN THE WAY OF MUSICAL HARM. I LIKE BEING AT THE WHEEL OF THAT MUSICAL CAR, AND AIMING IT AT THE WALL,...
Big Beacon (SIGNED)
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Author: Alan PartridgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Seven Dials, 2023, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: SignedIn his inspirational new memoir Big Beacon, Alan tells two stunning stories of triumph over mild adversity:...
Other People
Chronicles the author's life in the mid-1960s, when she was struggling to come to terms with existence after the deaths of both her husband Ralph and her son Burgo. Coping...
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon: The hilarious new memoir from the nation's
'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs saying "hilarious" on them. This is infinitely funnier than...
The Widow of Walcha: A true story of love, lies and murder in a small country town
The Widow of Walcha is a shocking true story about death, love and lies in the small NSW town of Walcha. Shortlisted, 2023 Danger Awards, Nonfiction category All farmer Mathew...
I, Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan
Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder - Alan Partridge - a man with a fascinating past and an amazing future. Gregarious and popular, yet Alan's never happier than when...
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon: The hilarious new memoir from the nation's favourite broadcaster
Author: Alan Partridge Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs...
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon: The hilarious new memoir from the nation's
'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs saying "hilarious" on them. This is infinitely funnier than...
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon (SIGNED)
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Author: Alan PartridgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Seven Dials, 2023, First Edition, First Impression Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: SignedIn his inspirational new memoir Big Beacon, Alan tells two stunning stories of triumph...
A Bloomsbury Album: Friends in Focus
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The book titled A Bloomsbury Album: Friends in Focus by the author Frances Partridge. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Hanging on: Diaries, 1960-63
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Alan Partridge: Nomad
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Alan Partridge: Big Beacon: The hilarious new memoir from the nation's favourite broadcaster
Author: Alan Partridge Format: CD-Audio Number of Pages: 0 In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the odds. TWICE. Using an innovative 'dual narrative'...
Frances Partridge's Diaries 1939-1975
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Author: Frances PartridgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Hogarth Press [with] Gollancz [with] Harper Collins [with] Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [-], 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner 1. A Pacifist's War 1939-1945;...
I, Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan
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The Return of the Grey Partridge: Restoring Nature on the South Downs
The Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary story of how wildlife is restoed to the Arundel Estate in West Sussex. Prompted by the collapse in numbers of one...
Everything to Lose: Diaries, 1945-60
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Alan Partridge Nomad
Author: Alan Partridge Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Currently co-hosting This Time with Alan Partridge on BBC One. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Praise for Nomad: 'Funniest book...
Ups and Downs: Diaries 1972-75
At the age of 100, Frances Partridge has had a new lease of life and decided she would like to publish another volume of diaries which covers the years 1972-75....
Everything To Lose: Diaries 1945-1960
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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the aftermath of World War II, one of the last surviving members of the Bloomsbury Group picked up her pen and began recording...
Alan Partridge: Nomad: 'Sensationally funny' (Richard Osman) and the perfect gift this Christmas
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Frances Partridge: The Biography
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The Return of the Grey Partridge: Restoring Nature on the South Downs
The Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary story of how wildlife is restoed to the Arundel Estate in West Sussex. Prompted by the collapse in numbers of one...
The Widow of Walcha: A true story of love, lies and murder in a small country town
The Widow of Walcha is a shocking true story about death, love and lies in the small NSW town of Walcha. Shortlisted, 2023 Danger Awards, Nonfiction category All farmer Mathew...
A Partridge in a Pear Tree: Crochet the 12 birds of Christmas
Author: Kerry Lord Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 A unique collection of crochet patterns for the 12 birds of Christmas. Taking inspiration from the famous Christmas carol, Kerry Lord,...