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THE ROMANY RYE.
by Borrow, George. Introduction by Brian Rhys
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Collins Clear-Type Press 498 pp + publisher's catalogue, 16mo (6 1/8" H), thin burgundy leather over card covers/spine - gold lettering and decoration on spine, top edge gilt - in slipcase. Burgundy endpapers, sepiatone illustrations, including frontispiece. A semi-fictionalized account of the author's travels on the open roads of early-19th century Britain and the colourful characters who lived the vagabond life at that time - a sequel to "Lavengro". Previous owner's name, place and date (1930) in ink on rear of frontispiece; small newspaper clipping of a poem tipped-in on the front free endpaper; minor to light edge/corner wear; small light curl to top corner of pages; soft crease down half-title page; light browning to fore-edge and bottom of text block; very light browning to pages; large soft diagonal crease on pages 191 to 208; 1/2" foxing mark in margin of pages 234 to 238; seven words underlined in blue ink and a red pencil scribble with an 1/2" indentation on page 238 - indentation migrates into the adjacent illustration page and several preceding pages. Slipcase has light edge fading, light edge wear.. Full-Leather. Good+. Illus. by A.E. Jackson..
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- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30032
- Title
- THE ROMANY RYE.
- Author
- Borrow, George. Introduction by Brian Rhys
- Illustrator
- A.E. Jackson.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- Collins Clear-Type Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- George Borrow, british Authors, 19th Century, British Novelists, Lavengro, Gypsies, Sequels, Gypsy Life, Gypsy Legends, Romany, Gypsy Gentleman, Victorian Britain, Travel, Open Road, Social History, Character Studies, Travel, Biography, Collins Clear-Type
- Bookseller catalogs
- History and Travel; BRITISH HISTORY; Literature; Collins' Clear-Type (Cleartype);
Terms of Sale
Capricorn Books
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About the Seller
Capricorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Oakville, Ontario
About Capricorn Books
Welcome to Capricorn Books. We offer a wide range of used, out-of-print and antiquarian books in most subjects, for readers and collectors alike. Our business opened in 1995, and has been selling on the internet since 1999. We have a general stock with larger catalogues being History & Travel, Military History, Children's, Art & Antiques and Canadiana. All orders are processed promptly. Our goal is to ship your book(s) within 24 hours and notify you when we have done so - we always try to keep you informed. Enjoy your visit!
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- Top Edge Gilt
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