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The Romany Rye: A Sequel to the " Lavengro
by Borrow, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Walter Scott, Limited, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. appendix, at the beginning of the book tipped in between the verso of the title page and " Advertisement " has been a page with a list of books " uniform with the volume ". Black-and-white Illustrated frontispiece, showing a man lying under the tree snoozing. 1/4 maroon coloured spine with gilt decorations and titles with 3/4 pale green coloured boards with gilt decorations running either side of the spine gutter and at each corner. Pink and blue marbled paper edges - please see photograph. A sequel to the authors' " Lavengro " about Catholic [ popish ] agitation in England in the middle of the 19th century. The appendix at the rear of the book is a discussion about " Lavengro ". Softening and rubbing to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. Wear and grubby marks to the book panels and the spine is slightly cocked. Foxing and offset tanning to the endpapers and a few foxing spots to the beginning and to the end of the text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 364 pages last blank, 16 pages following text of advertisements, advertisement -- for book, the all. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). in Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Fiction -- Historical; Religion -- Christianity; 19th century; Inventory No: 0103649. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0103649
- Title
- The Romany Rye: A Sequel to the " Lavengro
- Author
- Borrow, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Walter Scott, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Novel -- 18th Century, Anti Catholicism -- Novel Fiction; Fiction -- Historical; Religion -- Christianity; 19th century; Unbranded Borrow, George The Romany Rye: A Sequel to the " Lavengro
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion -- Christianity; Fiction -- Historical;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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