Romano Lavo-Lil: Word-Book of the Romany. BORROW (George).
£300.00
GYPSIES AND GYPSYRIES
Romano Lavo-Lil: Word-Book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy Language. With many Pieces in Gypsy, Illustrative of the Way of Speaking and Thinking of the English Gypsies; With Specimens of their Poetry, and an Account of Certain Gypsyries or Places Inhabited by them, and of Various Things Relating to Gypsy Life in England.
First Edition. 8vo. [204 x 128 x 29 mm]. viii, 331 pp. Bound in the original green cloth, the spine with printed paper label, pale yellow endleaves, untrimmed edges. (Spine slightly faded, a little spotting to endleaves and edges).
London: John Murray, 1874
1000 copies were printed. This is a fine copy.
Stock no. ebc7801