The Zincali

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1842. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes in one. Tight binding. Blue and white marblized boards with 3/4 black leather. Some wear around edges/corners of boards. Gilt lettering on banded spine. Previous owner's name and initials blind-stamped on front free endpaper. Some foxing. Dampstain on top of first few dozen pages.… Saber más sobre este artículo

1841. 1841 Borrow, George THE ZINCALI; OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE GYPSIES OF SPAIN London: John Murray, 1841 2 volumes 750 copies printed full calf, leather spine labels stamped in gold volume one neatly rebacked with original spine and label laid back down normal rubbing on spine, edges, name on tpage, old bookplates on front pastedown pages, pasted inside… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1842. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes in one book contain the history of the enigmatic Gypsy culture and an original collection of their songs and poetry. Little is known of their jargon, origin, migrations, characteristics, stories and traditions. Brown cloth boards with stamped decor on front, back and spine; gold gilt print on… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: James M. Campbell & Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1844. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Gypsies; tall 8vo 9" - 10" t; vi, 7-148 pages; Lacking spine cover. Contents VG mild aging to the very edge of some leaves. Endpapers only foxed. With an original collection of songs and poetry. Includes index and supplement. Bookseler/Dealer Campbell… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Murray. 1843. Second edition. Second edition. Two volumes. Publisher's original dark green cloth with black titles on paper label to the spine and triple ruled in blind to the boards. Publisher's advert (torn to one corner) tipped in at the front endpaper of volume I. A very good set, the bindings square, with rubbing and bumping to… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Murray. G : in Good condition. Repaired front boards - both holding but weak. Inner hinges cracked. Text blocks firm. Teg. 1843. Second Edition. Half-leather cover marbled boards. 210mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). xxiv, 352pp; vi, 155pp, 155pp. .

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London: John Murray, 1846. Hardcover. Very Good. Fourth edition, half leather with brown ribbed cloth, four raised bands, gilt decorations on spine, 16mo, 264 pages, marbled endpapers and fore edge; leather is chipped in places, slight creasing to select pages. A beautifully bound copy with gorgeous marbled endpapers.

London: John Murray. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1869. New Edition. Half-Leather. Xx, 264 pages. Ex-library. Rebound c. 1900 in half-leather binding with 5 raised bands on the spine. Gilt-lettered spine label. Paper library number spine label. 1" splitting to front hinge. Front hinge cracked internally. Library label on inside front cover. Gilt library stamp on… Saber más sobre este artículo

John Murray, 1907. Reprint of 9th edition. Hard covers. Good/No Jacket. Edge wear to jacket. xxiii, 433 pp.

London: John Murray. Very Good-. 1843. Second. Hardcover. Both Vols: Pale black boards; a little scuffed and marked; corners slightly bumped; light wear to head and tail of spine; Vol I front joint partially exposed; Vol II binding still intact, but a little frail. Bookplate of K. K. Wood on each front pastedown. Front endpapers of… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: J. M. Dent, 1924. reprint. Nice copy. small octavo. hardback in original cloth 251pp., EverymanÕs Library. Some pencil notes in text o/w a nice copy

London: John Murray, 1914 . Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. A lovely early twentieth century edition of George Borrow's detailed account of the Romani people of Spain, illustrated throughout. Loosely inserted is a four leaf essay titled 'George Borrow in Spain', by V.S. Pritchett. Printed on both sides, this essay is illustrated with four… Saber más sobre este artículo

John Murray, 1843. Hardcover. Good. 1843. Third Edition. 155 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Some rub-marking and foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Binding remains firm with sunning overall.

Philadelphia: James M. Campbell & Co, 1843. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Campbell & Co's edition of Borrow's Works. Two works bound in one volume. vi, 7-148; 232pp. In the original publisher's quarter cloth and plain boards with a printed spine label. Overall wear to the boards and spine, the front joint is split, scattered foxing to the first work,… Saber más sobre este artículo

John Murray, London, 1914. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. XXIV, 443, [7] pages including advertisements for the publisher, Agent darkening of the page edges, slight fading of the bottom edge of the spine, internally clean, no annotations. Includes specimens of Gypsy dialects, a vocabulary of their language, and the English dialect… Saber más sobre este artículo

London, John Murray, 1846.Sm.8vo. Contemporary polished calf with gilt fillets on both sides, spine richly gilt. XX,264 pp.First published in 1841 in an edition of 750 copies. - A very nice copy.Black 558.

THIS IS A SCARCE DATE-STAMPED 1842 DOUBLE-EDITION WITH BOTH BOOKS IN ONE VOLUME, NOW 182 YEARS OLD AND WELL-PRESERVED (PRE CIVIL WAR) HERE ARE A FEW OF THE SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: FORTUNE TELLERS, OCCULT POWERS, GYPSY CLANS, DIVINATION, REINCARNATION, SORCERERS, TAROT READERS, PALM READERS, THE SOUL, ANCIENT EGYPT, THE GYPSY LANGUAGE, THE EVIL EYE, SUPERSTITIONS, GYPSIES FROM ENGLAND, SPAIN, ROME, THE EVIL… Saber más sobre este artículo

Wiley and Putnam; New York, 1842. Early printing. Hardcover. Good/Without dust jacket. Offered as an original American edition of this classic title, despite difficult condition. Still a good reading copy.Octavo, 7 3/4" tall, vol, 1 xi + 323; vol. 2: 135 + 55 pages + publisher's ads, gilt titles on decorative blind-stamped cloth. Good with significant shelf wear,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Murray, 1843. Second edition. 1/4 leather bound in near very good condition; Marbled paper covered boards; Spine covering wuite cracked but intact; Edges fairly worn.. With an Original Collection of Their Songs and Poetry and a Copious Dictionary of Their Language; 155 pages.