GYPSY FIRES IN AMERICA: A Narrative of Life Among the Romanies of the United States and Canada.
by Brown, Irving
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- Hardcover
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- Very good, quite clean and unworn, no jacket
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Very good, quite clean and unworn, no jacket. viii, [1], 243 pp., frontispiece and 15 plates from photographs; octavo, original dark blue pictoriall cloth.
Henry Irving Brow (1888 - 1940) was on the faculty of Columbia University. Himself part gypsy, he was a recognized expert on gypsy culture in America.
Henry Irving Brow (1888 - 1940) was on the faculty of Columbia University. Himself part gypsy, he was a recognized expert on gypsy culture in America.
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- Chanticleer Books (US)
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- 23707
- Title
- GYPSY FIRES IN AMERICA: A Narrative of Life Among the Romanies of the United States and Canada.
- Author
- Brown, Irving
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, quite clean and unworn, no jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
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