Eric Partridge; Vigilans; Jonathan Swift — Works from the Language Library

London, Andre Deutsch, 1952-1963. First edition. Cloth. Three smart volumes from The Language Library, edited by Eric Partridge. Three volumes. Edited by Eric Partridge, a New Zealand-British lexicographer of English slang. This set includes: Chamber of Horrors, 1952. First edition. A full glossary of British and American jargon, in alphabetical order. Written by "Vigilans" a pseudonym of Eric Partridge. Adventuring Among Words, 1961. Second impression November 1961. Originally published September 1961. A work dealing with the etymology of slang with commentary on the impact of world history. Written by Eric Partridge. Swift's Polite Conversation, 1963. First edition. A language study on the colloquial English language and slang of the eighteenth century as detailed originally by Jonathan Swift, an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and author. In the original grey cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also smart with light shelf wear, minor chipping, and the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Pen annotations to the rear two pages of volume three. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.