Set Reminder2023-10-28 12:00:002023-10-28 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The Ricky Jay Collection Part II https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-ricky-jay-collection-part-ii-21921 Unusual relics were the hallmark of Ricky Jay's storied collection. This second auction from his archives features an astonishing array of the fantastic, the funny, and the flabbergasting.
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[SLANG]?GROUP OF 7 UNDERWORLD AND CRIMINAL DICTIONARIES.?Including: SMILEY, Jack.?Hash House Lingo.?Easton, PA: Author, 1941. Inscribed and signed, ?To Harry Reffe/Linguistically Yours/Jack Smiley.? ? LESTER, Sydney.?Vardi the Palarey: A Comprehensive Guide to the ?Slanguage? of the Entertainment Profession.?Doncaster, n.d., 1937. ? ERSINE, Noel.?Underworld and Prison Slang.?Upland, IN: A.D. Freese & Son, 1933. ??Argot: A Dictionary of Underworld Slang.?Seattle: Columbia Publishing, 1939. ? JACKSON, Louis E.?A Vocabulary of Criminal Slang.?Portland, 1914. ? and two others. Size 8vo or 12mo. One cloth-backed boards, others paper.