Lavengro
by George Borrow
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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BACUP, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Lavengro by George Borrow (J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, reprint 1944).
Originally published in 1851 by John Murray. J. M. Dent published this as Number 119 in the Everyman's Library series in 1906, this copy being a later reprint.
Endpapers and title-page/dustwrapper devices by Eric Ravillious.
Hardback in dustwrapper. pp xxvi, 550. 7 x 4.5 inches approx. (174mm x 114mm).
Light wear commensurate with age and handling but otherwise a particularly well preserved copy – lovely.
ref. [103.0] A Guide to Collecting Everyman's Library by Terry Seymour (AuthorHouse, 2005)
*International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*
Originally published in 1851 by John Murray. J. M. Dent published this as Number 119 in the Everyman's Library series in 1906, this copy being a later reprint.
Endpapers and title-page/dustwrapper devices by Eric Ravillious.
Hardback in dustwrapper. pp xxvi, 550. 7 x 4.5 inches approx. (174mm x 114mm).
Light wear commensurate with age and handling but otherwise a particularly well preserved copy – lovely.
ref. [103.0] A Guide to Collecting Everyman's Library by Terry Seymour (AuthorHouse, 2005)
*International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*
Synopsis
Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest is a work by George Borrow, falling somewhere between the genres of memoir and novel, which has long been considered a classic of 19th century English literature. According to the author lav-engro is a Romany word meaning "word master". The historian G. M. Trevelyan called it "a book that breathes the spirit of that period of strong and eccentric characters".
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Details
- Bookseller
- D. B. Derbyshire Bookseller PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DBZ1570
- Title
- Lavengro
- Author
- George Borrow
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons
- Date Published
- 1944
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature, Fiction, Everyman's Library, Gypsies, Romany
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About the Seller
D. B. Derbyshire Bookseller PBFA
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BACUP, Lancashire
About D. B. Derbyshire Bookseller PBFA
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Glossary
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...