Author: Borrow, George
Title: Lavengro: the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest - by George Borrow with twelve illustrations in colour by Edmund J. Sullivan
Description: T. N. Foulis Ltd. Edinburgh, 1914. First Thus, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Illustrated by: Edmund J. Sullivan. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. grey end-papers; 21 pages of tissue-guarded, tipped-in colour frontis; titles; preface; lists of chapters & illustrations. 11 further tipped-in plates from water-colour drawings by Edmund J. Sullivan. 'Lavengro' falls somewhere between the genres of memoir and novel & Borrow originally intended the book to be an autobiography. Its protagonist, whose name is George, is born the son of an officer in a militia regiment and is brought up in various barrack towns in England, Scotland and Ireland. After serving an apprenticeship to a lawyer he moves to London and becomes a Grub Street hack, an occupation which gives him ample opportunities to observe London low-life. Finally he takes to the road as a tinker. At various points through the book he associates with Romany travellers, of whom he gives memorable and generally sympathetic pen-portraits. At the back are 4 pages of publisher's titles. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 21 + 655 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Deckled outer & bottom edges (rough cut). Top edge gilt in good condition. Gilt titles spine & front. green cloth. Illustrator: Edmund J. Sullivan. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Norwich; Gypsies; Edinburgh; Britain/UK; 19th century; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 3947.

Keywords: BZDB227 Fiction/Novel/Memoirs/Autobiography/Travellers/Gypsies/Norwich/Norfolk/Edinburgh/Norwich School Fiction; Norwich; Gypsies; Edinburgh; Britain/UK; 19th century; Biography & Autobiography. Edmund J. Sullivan Unbranded George Borrow Lavengro: the S


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