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Don Gypsy: Adventures with a Fiddle in Barbary, Andulusia and La Mancha
by Walter Starkie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Murray, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Arthur Rackham. The first edition of this charming travelogue by Walter Starkie, illustrated throughout and in the scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a frontispiece and title page designed by Arthur Rackham, six photographic plates, and a folding map. Collated, complete.The photographs in this work were captured by the author himself.A brilliant travel narrative from Irish scholar, Hispanist, writer, and musician Walter Starkie. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Shelf wear to back strip tail, with bump to back strip head. Light fading to cloth of back strip, with boards bright. Front endpapers renewed. Dust wrapper age toned to back strip, with losses of paper to back strip head and tail. Light handling marks to rear wrap, with closed tears to rear wrap head. Tape repairs to wrapper reverse at back strip head and tail and to head and tail of flyleaf folds. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 898F68
- Title
- Don Gypsy: Adventures with a Fiddle in Barbary, Andulusia and La Mancha
- Author
- Walter Starkie
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 9" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- Jacinto Benavente Luigi Pirandello The Road to Santiago: Pilgrims of St. James Luigi Pirandello
Terms of Sale
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Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...