A DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH
by Partridge, Eric; Beale, Paul [Editor]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0025949802
- ISBN 13
- 9780025949805
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1984. Eighth Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, xxix, 1400 pages. In Very Good Condition with Good Dust Jacket. Spine is black with white lettering. Dust jacket has shelf wear, closed tearing of varying sizes and degrees, some creasing, rubbing, and a library identification sticker on the spine. Text block has some pencil writing on copyright page and dedication page gutter. NOTE: Shelved in Room A. 1372950. Special Collections.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1372950
- Title
- A DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH
- Author
- Partridge, Eric; Beale, Paul [Editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Eighth Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0025949802
- ISBN 13
- 9780025949805
- Publisher
- Macmillan Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
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Glossary
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- Closed Tearing
- Closed tear indicates a torn page in which no material has been lost. A closed tear can be pressed back into place or sometimes...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....