Group of Slang/Criminal Underworld Dictionaries.
Group of Slang/Criminal Underworld Dictionaries. Ten volumes, including A New Dictionary of Americanisms (New York: Louis Weiss, ca. 1902); The Underworld Speaks (San Francisco, 1935); Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo (New York, 1950); A Dictionary of the Underworld (New York, 1961); a UCLA M.A. thesis on gambling argot by Marcus Landsberg (1974); and others. Sizes and bindings vary. Generally very good, with dust-jackets protected under Brodart.
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Group of Slang/Criminal Underworld Dictionaries. Ten volumes, including A New Dictionary of Americanisms (New York: Louis Weiss, ca. 1902); The Underworld Speaks (San Francisco, 1935); Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo (New York, 1950); A Dictionary of the Underworld (New York, 1961); a UCLA M.A. thesis on gambling argot by Marcus Landsberg (1974); and others. Sizes and bindings vary. Generally very good, with dust-jackets protected under Brodart.