Search Results: the slang dictionary or the vulgar by john camden hotten

Adamant Media Corporation, 2004-04-20. Paperback. Good.

New.

BiblioBazaar, 2009-09-16. Paperback. Used:Good.

BiblioBazaar, 2009-09-16. Paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

hansebooks, 2017. Paperback. New. 356 pages. 8.50x5.99x0.81 inches.

Hardback. New.

London: John Camden Hotten, 1864. Tenth thousand, 8vo, pp. xxi, [3], 305, 5 (ads), [17] ads; frontispiece map, vignette title page, sm bookseller ticket on front paste down, spine ends frayed and segments of spine are torn (with glue repair), spine and edges a bit darkened, otherwise a good copy in original blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, and upper cover decorated in gilt. One of the most famous and esteemed dictionaries of slang ever published. This new edition includes nearly 10,000 words, according to the preface, as well as the prefaces to the first and second editions.

London: John Camden Hotten, 1872. Seventieth thousand, 8vo, pp. xxi, [3], 305, [1], 5, [1] ads, [28] ads; frontis map of the begging district; original green cloth gilt, extremities rubbed and worn, else a good, sound copy with prefaces from the first three editions. First published in 1859 (3000 words); this edition with over 10,000. Includes A History of Cant, or the Secret Language of Vagabonds, and a Bibliography of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Literature. Vancil, p. 114.

London: John Camden Hotten, 1865. Later printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [5], vi-xxi, [4], 2-305, [1], [1]-5 (pages of publisher's advertisements), [1], [16] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Purple publisher's cloth with gilt decorations on the front board and spine. Coated green endpapers and pastedowns. Publisher's advertisements are illustrated. The text is illustrated with a device on the title page and a full-page map of "the begging district" of London. Stated "Eleventh Thousand" on the copyright page. A later edition of Hotten's slang dictionary, in pleasing condition. A very slight lean and a small push to the top textblock.

The slang dictionary; or, the vulgar words, street phrases, and "fast" expressions of high and low society. Many with their etymology, and a few with their historytraced by Hotten, John CamdenLondon: John Camden Hotten, 1864, Third edition, 8vo, pp. xxi, [3], 305; frontispiece map, vignette title page, top edge gilt, full leather binding with gilt dentelles, spine and cover decoration. The fine leather binding is not the original binding but appears contemporary. Original blue cloth cover bound into rear. "One of the most famous and esteemed dictionaries of slang ever published. This new edition includes nearly 10,000 words, according to the preface, as well as the prefaces to the first and second editions."Please contact the store for more information:
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London: John Camden Hotten, 1869. Large paper edition limited to 100 copies, 4to, interleaved throughout; pp. xxi-[xxiv], 305, 5 (ads); frontispiece map, illus. in text; extremities rubbed, small crack at head of spine, else good or better in original red paper-covered boards backed in green morocco gilt, t.e.g. A work three times the size of the first edition which was published in 1859. Includes the prefaces to the first and second editions, and a 64-p. History of slang and cant which precedes the dictionary proper. This edition not mentioned by Kennedy and not found in NUC.