A Partridge Bibliography

Verse Translations from French Poetry. Privately printed. 1914

The Bakara Bulletin: A Souvenir Book of the Voyage of the Bakara, Dec. 1918-Feb 1919, and more especially of the Diggers abroad. (Ed.) Brisbane: Outridge Printing, c. 1919.

The French Romantics’ Knowledge of English Literature (1820-1848), According to Contemporary French Memoirs, Letters and Periodicals. Paris: E. Champion, 1924.

Eighteenth-Century English Romantic Poetry, up till the Publication of the ‘Lyrical Ballads’, 1798. Paris: E. Champion, 1924.

The Poems of Cuthbert Shaw and Thomas Russell, with a biographical and critical introduction. (Ed.) London: Dulau, 1925.

A Book of English Prose, 1700-1914, with an introduction. (Ed.) London: Edward Arnold, 1926.

A Critical Medley; Essays, Studies and Notes in English, French and Comparative Literature. Paris: H. Champion, 1926

Pirates, Highwaymen and Adventurers, (Ed.) London: Scholartis, 1927.

A Christmas and a New Year Dinner, Garnished with the Compliments of the Season, 1927-8. London: Scholartis, 1927.

Robert Eyres Landor: A Biographical and Critical Sketch. London: the Fanfrolico Press, 1927. (Also issued as a one-volume edition with the next item).

Selections from Robert Landor. (Ed.) London: the Fanfrolico Press, 1927.

The Scholartis Press: Prospectus and First List. London: Scholartis, 1927.

The Three Wartons: A Choice of their Verse, with a note and a select bibliography. (Ed.) London: Scholartis, 1927.

Poetical Sketches, by William Blake (with an essay on Blake’s metric by Jack Lindsay). (Ed.) London: Scholartis, 1927.

Ixion in Heaven, and Endymion (B. Disraeli), with an introductory note. (Ed.) London: Scholartis, 1927.

IX poems by V (C. Clive), with an introduction on Mrs Archer Clive. (Ed.) London: Scholartis, 1928.

A Journal of Summer Time in the Country (R.A. Willmott), with a critical and biographical introduction. (Ed.) London: Scholartis, 1928.

Horace on the Art of Poetry (ed. E. H. Blakeney), with an edited and annotated transcript of Ben Jonson’s translation by E.P. London: Scholartis, 1928.

Orion (R.H. Horne), with a biographical and critical introduction. (Ed.) London: Scholartis, 1928. Revised for Literary Sessions; repr. in A Covey of Partridge, pp. 153-67.

Lettres á Malesherbes (Rousseau), annotated by E.P. London; Scholartis, 1928.

Glimpses (Corrie Denison/Eric Partridge). London: Scholartis, 1928.

Paul Ferroll (C. Clive), with an introductory note. (Ed.) London: Scholartis, 1929.

The Autobiography of Pel. Verjuice (C.R. Pemberton), with a biographical and critical introduction. (Ed.) London: Scholartis, 1929.

Three Personal Records of the War, by R.H. Mottram, John Easton and Eric Partridge. London: Scholartis, 1929; reprinted as Three Men’s War: The Personal Records of Active Service, New York and London: Harper, 1930. E.P. extract part reprinted in A Covey of Partridge, pp. 73-149.

The Window. A quarterly magazine, ed. by Eric Partridge and Bertram Ratcliffe, Vol. I, Nos. 1-4, Jan-Oct. 1930.

The First Three Years: An Account with a Discursive Bibliography of The Scholartis Press. London: Scholartis, 1930.

Songs and Slang of the British Soldier (1914-1918), ed. with John Brophy. London: Scholartis, 1930; 2nd edn, rev. and enl. 1930; 3rd edn, rev., enl. and corr. 1931. Repr. as The Long Trail, André Deutsch, 1965.

American Tramp and Underworld Slang (ed. Godfrey Irwin, asst. ed. Eric Partridge, with an essay by E.P. on ‘The American underworld and English cant’). London: Scholartis, 1931.

A Martial Medley, by Various Hands. (Ed.) London: Scholartis, 1931. Includes a chapter ‘From Two Angles’, by Corrie Denison.

Francis Grose’s A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (3rd edn, 1796), with biographical notice and linguistic commentary. (Ed.) London: Scholartis, 1931; repr. with minor corr. 1962, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

The Scene is Changed (Corrie Denison). London: Scholartis, 1932. A chapter, ‘Utopian’, repr. in A Covey of Partridge, pp. 193-201.

Why not? (Corrie Denison). London, n.d.

Literary Sessions. London: Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press, 1932.

Words, Words, Words! London: Methuen, 1933.

Slang Today and Yesterday: A History and a Study. London: Routledge, 1933; New York: Macmillan, 1934; 2nd edn, carefully rev. and somewhat augm., 1935; 3rd edn rev. and brought up to date, 1950, Routledge & Kegan Paul/Macmillan (: With a Short Historical Sketch; and Vocabularies of English, American and Australian Slang); 4th edn, rev. and brought up to date, 1970; Bonanza Books ed, 1963.

Name This Child: A Dictionary of English (and American) Christian Names. London: Methuen, 1936; 2nd edn, rev. and enl. 1938; New York: O.U.P., 1942; 3rd edn rev. and much enl. 1951, London: Hamilton (: A Dictionary of Modern British and American Given or Christian Names); abridged ed, 1959; rev and enl. Paperback edn, 1968, London: Evans (Name Your Child).

A Covey of Partridge: An Anthology from the Writings of Eric Partridge. London: Routledge, 1937.

A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. London: Routledge, 1937; Supplement, 1938; 2nd edn, rev. and enl., 1938; 3rd edn, rev. and much enl. 1949 (Routledge & Kegan Paul); 4th edn, rev. 1951; 5th edn, rev. and enl., 2 Vols. 1961; 6th edn, rev. and enl. 1967; 7th edn, rev. and enl. 1970. New York: Macmillan. Mid-Century Book Society selection, 1961. Abridges as A Dictionary of Historical Slang, ed. Jacqueline Simpson, 1972, Penguin Reference Book, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973).

The World of Words: An Introduction to Language in General and to English and American in Particular. London: Routledge, 1938; New York,

Scribner’s, 1939; 2nd edn, rev. 1939; 3rd edn rev. 1948 (Hamilton/Scribner’s).

For These Few Minutes: Almost an Anthology. (Ed.) London: A. Barker, 1938.

An Original Issue of The Spectator, together with the Story of the Famous English Periodical and of its Founders, Joseph Addison and Richard Steele. San Francisco: the Book Club of California, 1939.

Précis Writing: Passages Judiciously Selected with an Introduction on the Art of Précis. London: Routledge, 1940.

A Dictionary of Clichés, with an introductory essay. London: Routledge; New York: Macmillan, 1940; 2nd edn, rev. 1941; 3rd edn, rev. and minor addns 1947; 4th edn 1950, with further addns 1962, 1966; 5th end 1978, and paperback edn, Dutton, 1963.

Slang. Society for Pure English. Tract No. LV. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1940.

A New Testament Word-Book: A Glossary. London: Routledge, 1940.

The Teaching of English in His Majesty’s Forces: A Representative Library. For private circulation, 1941.

A Dictionary of Abbreviations, with Especial Attention to War-time Abbreviations. London: Allen & Unwin, 1942; 2nd edn, rev. and enl. 1943; 3rd edn, rev. and enl. 1949.

Usage and Abusage A Guide to Good English. New York: Harper, 1942; 1st British edn 1947, rev. and enl., London: Hamilton; 4th edn, rev. 1948; 5th edn rev. and enl. 1957; 6th edn, rev. and slightly enl., 1965; postscript and addenda add. 1969. Penguin Reference Book, 1963.

A Dictionary of RAF Slang, with an introductory essay. London: Michael Joseph, 1945.

Journey to the Edge of Morning: thoughts upon Books, Love, Life. London: Frederick Muller, 1946.

Shakespeare’s Bawdy: A Literary and Psychological Essay and a Comprehensive Glossary. London: Routledge, 1947; New York: Dutton, 1948; new pop. Edn 1955 (Routledge & Kegan Paul); 3rd edn, rev. 1958; 4th edn, rev. and enl. 1968. Everyman paperback, 1960.

Words at War: Words at Peace. Essays on language in general and particular words. London: Frederick Muller, 1948.

A Dictionary of Forces’ Slang, 1939-45, with Wilfred Granville and Frank Roberts. (Ed., with the section on Air Force slang by Eric Partridge.) London: Secker & Warburg, 1948.

Dictionary of Effective Speech. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949.

English: A Course for Human Beings. London: Winchester Pubs, 1949; London and New York: Macdonald (3-vol. Edn.).

Sea Slang of the 20th Century (W. Granville), with an introduction and etymologies. (Ed.) London: Winchester Pubs, 1949.

A Dictionary of the Underworld, British and American: Being the Vocabulary of Crooks, Criminals, Racketeers, Beggars and Tramps, Convicts, the Commercial Underworld, the Drug Traffic, The White Slave Traffic, Spivs. New York: Bonanza Books, 1949; London: Routledge & Kegan Paul/New York: Macmillan, 1950; 2nd edn rev. and enl. 1961; 3rd edn much enl. 1968.

Name into Word: Proper Names that have become Common Property – a Discursive Dictionary. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949; 2nd edn, rev. and enl. 1950; New York: Macmillan, 1950.

Here, There and Everywhere: Essays upon Language. London: Hamilton, 1950.

British and American English since 1900, with contributions on English in Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and India. (With John W. Clark.) London; Andrew Dakers, 1951; New York: Philosophical Library.

From Sanskrit to Brazil: Vignettes and Essays upon Languages. London: Hamilton, 1952.

Chamber of Horrors: A Glossary of Official Jargon, both English and American, by ‘Vigilans’ (E.P.), with an introduction by Eric Partridge. London: André Deutsch, 1952; New York: O.U.P.

Appendix to H.C. Wyld, The Universal Dictionary of the English Language. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1952.

The ‘Shaggy Dog’ Story: Its Origin, Development and Nature (with a few seemly examples). Illustrated by C.H. Drummond, London: Faber & Faber, 1953; New York: Philosophical Library, 1954.

You Have a Point There: A Guide to Punctuation and its Allies. (With a chapter on American practice by John W. Clark.) London: Hamilton, 1953; New York: 4th edn rev., 1978, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul (: A New and Complete Guide to Punctuation).

The Concise Usage and Abusage: A Modern Guide to Good English. London: Hamilton, 1954; New York: Philosophical Library.

Notes on Punctuation. Oxford: Blackwell, 1955; 2nd edn, rev. 1956; 3rd edn 1963. What’s the Meaning? The Young People’s Book of Answers to Baffling Questions in the English Language. London: Hamilton, 1956.

English Gone Wrong. London: Phoenix House (Background Books), 1957.

A First Book of Quotations. London: Hamilton, 1958; 2nd edn, rev. 1960.

Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1958; New York: Macmillan; 2nd edn, corr. and addns 1959; 3rd edn rev. and enl. 1961; 4th edn, rev. and addns 1966. Mid-Century Books Society Selection, 1960.

A Charm of Words: Essays and Papers on Language. London: Hamilton, 1960; 2nd edn, minor corr., 1961.

Comic Alphabets: Their Origins, Development, Nature. Illustrated by Michael Foreman. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1961.

Swift’s Polite Conversation, with introduction, notes and extensive commentary. (Ed.) London: André Deutsch, 1963 (Language Library); New York: O.U.P.

Adventuring Among Words. London: André Deutsch, 1961 (Language Library); New York: O.U.P.

Smaller Slang Dictionary. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1961; New York: Philosophical Library; 2nd edn, corr. And addns, 1964.

The Gentle Art of Lexicography, as Pursued and Experienced by an Addict: A Memoir, London; André Deutsch, 1963; New York: Macmillan.

By the Brisbane River: The University of Queensland 1914-15, 1919-21. London: 1972.

A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: British and American, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977; New York: Stein & Day.

Copyright Andre Deutsch (HarperCollins) with kind permission