Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest
by Borrow, George
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London (Birr), Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1914. Book. Illus. by Sullivan, Edmund J.. Very Good. Buckram. First Edition thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt green buckram cloth hardcovers. Top edge gilt. Grey endpapers. 12 colour illustrations by Edmund J. Sullivan, tipped in. Fore and bottom edges uncut (untrimmed). Internally a clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat. Elfick & Harris 24. xxii,655[+1][+ads.]p..
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
- CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24096h
- Title
- Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest
- Author
- Borrow, George
- Illustrator
- Sullivan, Edmund J.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition thus
- Publisher
- T. N. Foulis
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- literature fine press illustrated editions T. N. Foulis
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Presses & collector's editions;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
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London (Birr), Ontario
About CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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