Barrere, Albert, and Charles Leland, compilers. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant. Embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian Slang, Pidgin English, Tinkers Jargon, and Other Irregular Phraseology. [Edinburgh:] Ballantyne Press, 1889
Contemporary half olive morocco over gray cloth boards, gilt spines. Top edge gilt, others uncut. , [xxiv], 528; [2], 428 pp. , Title-pages in black and red. Decorative woodcut initial letters. Text in double columns.
Corners lightly bumped, minor scuffs to spine. A very good, bright copy of a handsomely printed set. A trade edition appeared in 1897., This is a detailed dictionary by two respected writers. Barrre was the author of Argot and Slang (1887), and of English and French Military Terms (1895-6). Leland (1824-1903), an American lawyer and journalist, became an authority of English gypsies. He wrote several classic books on the subject and was the first president of the Gypsy-Lore Society., BAL 11646. Black, Gypsy Bibliography, 198.
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