Price: US$94.67 + shipping
Description: Good copy only in the original sitff-card wrappers. Spine worn; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Some foxing to prelims. Internally, bright and clean. Physical description; 495 pp., ill ; 23 x 18 cm. Subjects; Dictionary. French. Slang. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$112.00 + shipping
Description: Good copy only in the original sitff-card wrappers. Spine worn; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Some foxing to prelims. Internally, bright and clean. Physical description; 495 pp., ill ; 23 x 18 cm. Subjects; Dictionary. French. Slang. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: [496]pp. Full calf, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Marbled end papers. Minor shelf wear, a bit of scuffing at the hinges, some foxing of preliminary leaves a fine copy otherwise. We have seen a reference to a similar copy with a signed limitation (675 copies); this copy is unsigned, and has no stated limitation. It is a large copy, with large margins. The owner's bookplate is expertly mounted on a leaf following the title. Title page printed in red & black. Frontispiece. A handsome copy of this important slang dictionary.
Seller: William Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop, Sidney, BC, Canada
Price: US$312.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, square 8vo, pp. lxxxiv, 495, [1]; engraved frontis by Godefroy Durand; text in double column; recent black cloth, red morocco label on spine; half-title a little chipped at the edges, else fine in a new binding. Printed in a small but unspecified edition at The Chiswick Press. Entries in French with English equivalents. The frontal matter is extensive, with a list of authorities consulted, historical introduction, canting samples from the 15th to the 19th century, and the long "Autobiography of a Thief in Thieves' Language." The book was reprinted in 1907.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, square 8vo, pp. lxxxiv, 495, [1]; engraved frontispiece by Godefroy Durand; text in double column; contemporary three-quarter maroon morocco, spine rather worn and faded, accession number neatly obscured on spine; some scuffing; very good. Printed in a small but unspecified edition at The Chiswick Press. Entries in French with English equivalents. The frontal matter is extensive, with a list of authorities consulted, historical introduction, canting samples from the 15th to the 19th century, and the long "Autobiography of a Thief in Thieves' Language." The book was reprinted in 1907.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.