The works of George Borrow / edited, with much hitherto unpublished manuscript, by Clement Shorter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borrow, George, 1803-1881.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature.

Local Subjects:

English literature.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Mitchell, Joseph, 1908-1996 (stamp) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

16 volumes ; 24 cm

Edition:

Norwich edition.

Place of Publication:

[London] : [Constable & Co., Ltd] ; [New York]: [G. Wells], [1923-24]

Contents:

I-II. The Bible in Spain.

III-IV. Lavengro.

V-VI. The Romany rye.

VII-IX. The songs of Scandinavia and other poems and ballads.

X. The Zincali, an account of the gypsies of Spain; with an original collection of their songs and poetry.

XI. Romano lavo-lil; wordbook of the Romany or English gypsy language.

XII-XIII. Wild Wales; its people, language and scenery.

XIV. Wild Wales; cancelled passages and other writings on Wales.

XV-XVI. Miscellanies.

Notes:

Half-title: each volume has also special t.-p.

On cover: The Norwich edition of the works of George Borrow.

Local Notes:

"This edition is limited to 775 copies, of which this is no. 378." (Van Pelt copy)

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy imperfect: v.3-v.4 only.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy v.3-v.4 has stamp "Joseph Mitchell His Book The New Yorker ... New York City" on front flyleaf.

OCLC:

761480