Book Description

21 pages of tissue-guarded illlustrations; titles; preface; lists of chapters & illustrations; tipped-in colour frontis. & 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.
Dealer Notes
First Thus; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Gilt titles spine & front; Top edge gilt in good condition; Deckled outer & bottom edges (rough cut)
Author Borrow, George
Date 1914
Binding Hardcover (Original Green Cloth)
Publisher T. N. Foulis Ltd.; Edinburgh
Illustrator Edmund J. Sullivan
Condition Very Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket
Pages 21 + 655

Price: £25.00

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