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Lavengro; The Scholar The Gypsy The Priest
by George Borrow
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$359.06NZ$323.15
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1851. First edition. Leather. Good. 7.5" by 4.5". None. A smart first edition set of Lavengro, complete in three volumes and bound in full calf. The first edition of the work. With a frontispiece portrait to volume one. Half titles present. Bound without advertisements. Bookplate of Henry B. H. Beaufoy to front pastedown of all volumes. Lavengro is one of Borrow's best known books. He wrote novels and travelogues based on his experiences travelling around Europe. As a genre, Lavengro falls between a memoir and novel. A classic of nineteenth century literature, it follows the son of an officer who after serving an apprenticeship as a lawyer, becomes a Grub Street Hack, allowing him to observe London low-life. In full calf bindings. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the boards and extremities. Loss to spine labels. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just minor age toning. Private library stamp to recto of front free endpaper. Good
Synopsis
Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest is a work by George Borrow, falling somewhere between the genres of memoir and novel, which has long been considered a classic of 19th century English literature. According to the author lav-engro is a Romany word meaning "word master". The historian G. M. Trevelyan called it "a book that breathes the spirit of that period of strong and eccentric characters".
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 822K22
- Title
- Lavengro; The Scholar The Gypsy The Priest
- Author
- George Borrow
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1851
- Size
- 7.5" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- Lavengro George Borrow Calf Binding Henry B. H. Beaufoy George Borrow
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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