LAVENGRO. The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest.
by Borrow, George
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Kinzers, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
John Murray, London: 1851., 1851 Three volumes. Engraved frontis. Thirty one page Publisher's Catalogue in Volume II. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Spine paper labels worn. Some loss at top and bottom of spines. Joints weak. Shaken. Some foxing. First edition. pp. x, 550. 8vo. Original half leather over marbled boards binding. Some foxing otherwise a very nice copy. First Edition. "George Henry Borrow (18031881) English writer and traveler, led a nomadic life in England and on the Continent, where he was a translator and agent for the British and Foreign Bible Society. His friendship with the Gypsies, whose language he learned, resulted in The Zincali, or the Gypsies of Spain (1841). Although his most famous book is The Bible in Spain (1843), his best is probably the autobiographical Lavengro (1851), with its sequel, Romany Rye (1857). All Borrows works are based on his wanderings." - Columbia Encyclopedia. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GYPSY 2 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008GYP
- Title
- LAVENGRO. The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest.
- Author
- Borrow, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- John Murray, London: 1851.
- Date Published
- 1851
- Keywords
- GYPSY; GIPSY; GYPSIE; ROMANY; VAGABOND; EUROPE; MYSTICISM; ESOTERIC; TRAVEL ; FORTUNE TELLING; NOVEL; GEORGE BORROW
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY / BIOGRAPHY; LITERATURE;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
THE FAMILY ALBUM
Biblio member since 2007
Kinzers, Pennsylvania
About THE FAMILY ALBUM
Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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