A History of the Parish of Mitton in the West Riding of Yorkshire. by ACKERLEY, Frederick George:

29 pages. Complete and readable but quite worn.. Paper. Good.

Gypsy Lore Society, Liverpool, 1941. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good. 7 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. The Gypsy Lore Journal was devoted almost entirely to accounts of the social and moral condition of the Gypsies in the past, to the defence of their right to life; to the discussion of attempts which have been made to "entice or compel a race of tent-dwellers to adopt manners of life which science and experience alike prove to be less healthy than their own". Size: Octavo (25 x 16 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Gypsy Lore Society; Inventory No: 409897..

Gypsy Lore Society, Liverpool, 1938. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good. 11 pages, with self portrait plate of Augustus John. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. The Gypsy Lore Journal was devoted almost entirely to accounts of the social and moral condition of the Gypsies in the past, to the defence of their right to life; to the discussion of attempts which have been made to "entice or compel a race of tent-dwellers to adopt manners of life which science and experience alike prove to be less healthy than their own". Size: Octavo (25 x 16 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Gypsy Lore Society; Inventory No: 409851..

Gypsy Lore Society, Liverpool, 1929. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good. 45 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. The Gypsy Lore Journal was devoted almost entirely to accounts of the social and moral condition of the Gypsies in the past, to the defence of their right to life; to the discussion of attempts which have been made to "entice or compel a race of tent-dwellers to adopt manners of life which science and experience alike prove to be less healthy than their own". Size: Octavo (25 x 16 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Gypsy Lore Society; Inventory No: 409721..

Secretary of the Gypsy Lore Society, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 120 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

Edinburgh: The Gypsy Lore Society, 1935. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 10" by 6.5". None. A scarce biography of Robert Andrew Scott Macfie, one of Britain's leading authorities on Roma/Gypsies and their language. A scarce work, here in its first edition, with frontispiece portrait of the man in question. Robert Andrew Scott Macfie in 1907 was persuaded to revive the Gypsy Lore Society, which until that point had been defunct for fourteen years. The documents held in their archives became the inspiration and driving force behind much of the valuable research work published in the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, of which this is vol. XIV of the third series.Macfie became one of England's leading authorities on Roma/Gypsies and their language, recording vast quantities of dialect, folk-tales and songs from various bands of Roma/Gypsies in Britain. This is the work of Anglican priest and acknowledged scholar of Romany language and culture, Frederick George Ackerley. In the publisher's… Read More