Category: Dictionaries and Language

n-ap li kréol Liv 1

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Port-au-Prince, Haiti, UNESCO : 1950

Seller ID: 004182

Condition: Near Fine

Oblong, 12 by 18.5 cm. 60 pp. Simple language instruction in the Creole and pidgen patois of Haiti, using stick figure illustrations to convey the meaning of the words and phrases. The cover refers to this as "Liv 1" but it would appear there was no sequel. Only two copies located on OCLC FirstServe, both in France. Light wear.
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A Dictionary of the English Language in which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers, to which are prefixed a History of the Language and an English Grammar. In Two Volumes. The Fifth Edition

By: Johnson, Samuel

Price: $2,000.00

Publisher: London, W. & A. Strahan; J. F. & C. Rivington; etc. : 1784

Seller ID: 003493

Binding: Half Calf

Condition: Very Good

Folio, 44 by 28 cm. Modern calf over marbled boards. One pinprick on spine label of Vol. II. First few leaves, including title of second volume, with one tiny wormhole near bottom, and one small burn hole, the latter affecting a few letters of the first leaf of text. Wear to edge of title pages. Light scattered soiling and foxing, but overall the pages come off as unblemished.
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A Dictionary of Forces' Slang 1939-1945

By: Partridge, Eric, editor. Naval Slang: Wilfred Granville. Army Slang: Frank Roberts.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: London, Secker & Warburg : 1948

Seller ID: 004657

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

8vo. 21.5 by 14 cm. xi, [1], 212 pp. A fun collection of that most ephemeral area of language. Most of the terms, or their meaning at the time, now obscure. Slight edge bump by upper front edge, and light wear to DJ. DJ is NOT price clipped! Otherwise, a near fine copy, both the book itself and the DJ.
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U.S.A. Slang. Ordbok Över Modern Amerikansk Slang

By: Skaarup, Victor and Kris Winther

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Stockholm, Världspressens Förlag : 1945

Seller ID: 004179

Binding: Hardcover. Paper pastedown.

Condition: Very Good

8vo. 16.5 by 12 cm. 80 pp. "Floozy", "dump", "four-flusher", "smarty pants", and thousands of other terms that in English, may have become mainstream, may have already been so at the time, or relics of the past, still marginal and edgy, etc. A time capsule of American culture, as distilled through a Swedish prism. The Swedish definitions surely seldom capture the spirit of the word or phrase, even when literally defining them. Occasional vignette illustrations. Uncommon title. It would appear the equivalent book was created for Danish speakers by Skaar...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin, Esq. containing his Views of the Lancashire Dialect, With large Additions and Improvements; also, His Poems of the Flying Dragon, and the Man of Heaton; Together with other Whimsical Amusements in Prose and Verse. To which is added, A Life of the Author

By: Tim Bobbins [John Collier]

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Salford, Cowdroy & Slack : 1812

Seller ID: 001643

Binding: Half Calf

Condition: Very Good

8vo. 240, 88 pp. With frontis portrait and 27 copper engraved plates, which are generally whimsical, boisterous, or funny. The plates capture the tone of much of the text, which is given over to light verse and broad burlessque, dialect humor. Of greatest value, though, is surely the glossary of Lancashire words and phrases, combined with how this picturesque form of speech is worked into the skits and dialogues. Tim Bobbins was a pseudonym for John Collier (1708-1786), the Lancashire Hogarth. His publication on the Lancashire dialect was indeed the first important work to treat the subj...
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Category: Dictionaries and Language

n-ap li kréol Liv 1

A Dictionary of the English Language in which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers, to which are prefixed a History of the Language and an English Grammar. In Two Volumes. The Fifth Edition

A Dictionary of Forces' Slang 1939-1945

U.S.A. Slang. Ordbok Över Modern Amerikansk Slang

The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin, Esq. containing his Views of the Lancashire Dialect, With large Additions and Improvements; also, His Poems of the Flying Dragon, and the Man of Heaton; Together with other Whimsical Amusements in Prose and Verse. To which is added, A Life of the Author