Author: BARRéRE, ALBERT & LELAND, CHARLES G.:
Title: A dictionary of slang, jargon & cant. Embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian slang, pidgin English, tinkers' jargon and other irregular phraseology. No place (Edinburgh), Printed for subscribers only at the Ballantyne Press, 1889-90.
Description: . Small 4to. Pp. xxiv, 528; (iv), 428. With titles printed in red and black. Uncut copy in original wrappers over boards. Wrappers somewhat worn and stained. Spine of volume one faded and with title in manuscript. A charming copy of this limited subscriber's edition of 675 copies, of which this is no. 352. The first public edition was published at London in 1897. A very thorough study of the different varieties of English slang. Black, Gypsy Bibl. 198. Zaunmüller 108.

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