ADVENTURING AMONG WORDS de PARTRIDGE, Eric - 1961

Andre Deutsch, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1961. First Published. 72 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards are slightly bowed. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking.

A. Deutsch, 1961. Hardcover. Good. very good hardcover in good dust jacket, a couple of tears to jacket rear

London: Andre Deutsch, 1961. Second impression, slim 8vo, pp. 70, [2]; original boards in orange printed, price-clipped dust jacket, shallow chips and tears along edges not affecting text; a good copy. Forms part of the Language Library, edited by Partridge.

Deutsch, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. Second Impression. 70 pages. Dust jacket over grey cloth with gilt lettering. Light tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking and creasing to gutters and hinges; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a very slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1961. Slim 8vo, pp. 70, [2]; original boards in orange printed dust jacket (a bit soiled), light wear to jacket edges, else very good. Forms part of the Language Library, edited by Partridge.

[London]: Andre Deutsch, 1961. First edition, 8vo, pp. 70, [2]; fore-edges spotted, else a near fine copy in the dust jacket.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

[London]: Andre Deutsch, 1961. Second impression, slim 8vo, pp. 70, [2]; original boards in orange price-clipped dust jacket; jacket spine a bit faded, else about fine. Forms part of the Language Library, edited by Partridge. Signed author inscription dated 25 September 1969 on front free endpaper, with Partridge's manuscript annotations on the author bibliography, pp. [71-72] and on the rear jacket cover of the list of books in the Language Library.

[London]: Andre Deutsch, 1961. Second impression, slim 8vo, pp. 70, [2]; original gray cloth, orange-printed dust jacket, near fine. Forms part of the Language Library, edited by Partridge. This copy inscribed by Partridge, "Dear Norman, It's quite readable. Regards! Eric. Christmas 1963." Additionally, Partridge has crossed out the price on the dust jacket, and made two corrections to the list of books published in The Language Library series, and 8 or so other corrections to the list of his own books at the back. Norman is likely Norman Davis, a fellow New Zealander and a professor of English at Oxford.