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Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History Of English Slang (FINE COPY OF SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
by Decharne, Max
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1846685613
- ISBN 13
- 9781846685613
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Serpent's Tail, 2016. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on half-title page. Inscription reads, 'To ----/Here's to crime/Max Decharne'. A well-researched and authoritative study of English slang: it is the language of pop culture, low culture, street culture, underground movements and secret societies. With Bibliography and Index. A fine copy, in a fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Fine/Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16903
- Title
- Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History Of English Slang (FINE COPY OF SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
- Author
- Decharne, Max
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1846685613
- ISBN 13
- 9781846685613
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2016
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Language. Linguistics. English Language. Slang. Slang Speech. Social History. History. Lexicography. Culture.
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