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Lavengro: the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest - by George Borrow with twelve illustrations in colour by Edmund J. Sullivan
by George Borrow
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
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About This Item
T. N. Foulis Ltd, Edinburgh, 1914. First Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Edmund J. Sullivan. grey end-papers; 21 pages of tissue-guarded, tipped-in colour frontis; titles; preface; lists of chapters & illustrations. 11 further tipped-in plates from water-colour drawings by Edmund J. Sullivan. 'Lavengro' falls somewhere between the genres of memoir and novel & Borrow originally intended the book to be an autobiography. Its protagonist, whose name is George, is born the son of an officer in a militia regiment and is brought up in various barrack towns in England, Scotland and Ireland. After serving an apprenticeship to a lawyer he moves to London and becomes a Grub Street hack, an occupation which gives him ample opportunities to observe London low-life. Finally he takes to the road as a tinker. At various points through the book he associates with Romany travellers, of whom he gives memorable and generally sympathetic pen-portraits. At the back are 4 pages of publisher's titles. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 21 + 655 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Deckled outer & bottom edges (rough cut). Top edge gilt in good condition. Gilt titles spine & front. green cloth. Illustrator: Edmund J. Sullivan. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Norwich; Gypsies; Edinburgh; Britain/UK; 19th century; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 3947. .
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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- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3947
- Title
- Lavengro: the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest - by George Borrow with twelve illustrations in colour by Edmund J. Sullivan
- Author
- George Borrow
- Illustrator
- Edmund J. Sullivan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. N. Foulis Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Fiction/Novel/Memoirs/Autobiography/Travellers/Gypsies/Norwich/Norfolk/Edinburgh/Norwich School Fiction; Norwich; Gypsies; Edinburgh; Britain/UK; 19th century; Biography & Autobiography. Edmund J. Sullivan Unbranded George Borrow Lavengro: t
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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