The Romany Rye
by Borrow, George with an introduction by Walter Starkie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
London: The Cresset Press, 1948. Hardcover. xxxii414p., lengthy introduction, very good first edition thus (Starkie intro) blue buckram cloth boards in dust jacket; heavy foxing to edges and endpapers but text-block is clean, gilt-titling is bright, the price-clipped jacket is somewhat edgeworn. The Cresset Library, general editor: John Hayward. Originally published in 1857 this is Starkie's new edition with his introduction. Sequel to "Lavengro
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 199698
- Title
- The Romany Rye
- Author
- Borrow, George with an introduction by Walter Starkie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Cresset Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nineteenth century; Gypsies, Rom, Romany;
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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