Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gipsy, the Priest (Everyman's Library #119)


By: BORROW, George

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A 1921 reprint of the 1906 issuance. Per Donald Armstrong Ross, "Lavengro" is part autobiography and part novel. The author, George Borrow (1803-1881) was an English author who traveled extensively in Europe and was intrigued with the Romany people he found there. Includes an introduction by Thomas Seccombe. Entry 119 in Everyman's Library Fiction series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In flatback binding style 1, full dark red cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, brown topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page, endpapers & frontis. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Fair-only copy, with partial splits to both hinges and a little darkening to spine, else a sound, mostly intact copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); xxvi, 550 pages

Title: Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gipsy, the Priest (Everyman's Library #119)

Author Name: BORROW, George

Location Published: London / New York, Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.: 1921

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Categories: >>Classic Fiction, Literature, >>Everyman's Library Editions, >>Travel / Exploration / Adventure

Stock No.: 86591