VAN DIJKE, FROUKE et al

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to pink cloth spine, illus prelims & terminals, 200pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Kunstmuseum Den Haag / Hannibal 2019

KEYWORDS: art artists Claude Monet history criticism exhibitions appreciation

LEES-MILNE, JAMES & BLOCH, MICHAEL (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 319pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to front board edge, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 2005

KEYWORDS: diaries journals James Lees-Milne National Trust history autobiography literature literary

CARSWELL, JOHN

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1983

KEYWORDS: Ivy Litvinov biography biographies memoir literature literary history historical

OGILVIE, GORDON

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, imperial octavo, green leatherette boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 246pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (gift inscription & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Reed / Philip King 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Christchurch south island cities signed Gordon Ogilvie Port Hills early settlers pioneers

SOMMER, ERICH & SMITH, J RICHARD (Ed & Expanded by)

Octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 222pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine & board top edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2018

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 German Germany air warfare pilots luftwaffe

TABBI, JOSEPH

Super octavo, beige buckram boards, red gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 255pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir William Gaddis history

CROOKES, MARGUERITE W

Octavo, illus stiff card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 192pp, illus, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges of paper covering, heavy staining & foxing to covers, heavy loss to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep, minor cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1926

KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany plants nature history

COLE, GRENVILLE A J & NEW, EDMUND H (Illus)

Octavo, beige buckram boards, red lettering to spine, red lettering & illus to front board, deckled page edges, decorated title page with tissue guard, x + 166pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine & board extrems, minor scuffing/fraying to top edge of spine, sl tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1894

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature gypsies Poland Europe history culture

LELAND, CHARLES G

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, xiii + 259pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, minor rubbing to spine, sl tanning to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor cracking to rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1893

KEYWORDS: gypsies gypsy language England English travellers linguistics history gipsies languages

SIMSON, WALTER & SIMSON, JAMES (Preface, Intro & Notes)

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/roughcut page edges- some remain uncut, 575pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to board & spine extrems/edges, moderate chafing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Son and Marston 1865

KEYWORDS: gypsies gypsy history language gipsies customs culture ceremonies

MacRITCHIE, DAVID (Collected & Ed)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & red decoration to spine, red lettering & decoration to front board, red coloured rule to rear board, folding map frontispiece, viii + 254pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, light rubbing & soiling to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor chafing & soiling to eps, occasional page remains uncut, light foxing to folding map & prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co 1886

KEYWORDS: first editions history gypsies gypsy gipsy India lore folklore Indian culture

McCORMICK, ANDREW

Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, yellow & black lettering & illus to front board, patterned eps, illus title page, xxiv + 538pp + xxx appendices to rear, illus/folding maps, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate fading & tanning/staining to spine, light to moderate chafing & discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing & soiling to page edges, faded annotation to front pastedown, light tanning to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: J Maxwell & Son / John Menzies & Co 1907

KEYWORDS: literature literary gypsies gipsies gypsy Romani Scotland Scottish history tinkler Andrew McCormick

BROWN, IRVING & WOODBERRY, GEORGE E (Intro)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, deckled page edges, xvi + 267pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate scuffing to spine extrems, light fading & soiling to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, minor foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1922

KEYWORDS: gypsies history gipsies gypsy lore folklore travel writing literature Andalusia Mediterranean Romany travellers

SMART, B C & CROFTON, H T

SECOND EDITION, super octavo, mauve buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxiii + 302pp, G+ (moderate bruising & heavy water staining/damage to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate water staining to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, moderate water satining to edges of prelims & terminals, heavy cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Asher & Co 1875

KEYWORDS: gypsies gypsy gipsies language linguistics dialects England English history

HALL, The Rev GEORGE

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xii + 307pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning/fading & soiling to spine, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, sm illus plate to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1915

KEYWORDS: Romany gypsies gipsies gypsy history folklore lore Rev George Hall

CUTTRISS, FRANK

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 283pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, moderate wrinkling to buckram on rear board, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Mills & Boon 1915

KEYWORDS: Romany gypsies gypsy life gipsies history customs lore folklore culture

THE ROMANY RAWNY

Octavo, cream buckram boards, red lettering to spine & front board, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, 180pp, VG (sl rubbing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards & spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Elkin Mathews 1916

KEYWORDS: Romany gypsies gipsies gypsy travellers history culture folklore lore customs

LUCAS, JOSEPH

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 152pp + 16pp to rear, G+ (light bruising to extrems, v heavy staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & water staining to page edges, heavy scuffing & adhesion to front eps with loss to base of ffep, heavy water damage/adhesion to rear eps, annotations in ink to frontispiece & title page, most damage is to boards & front & rear of page block, central part of page block is still tidy)

PUBLISHER: J & J H Rutherford 1882

KEYWORDS: gypsies gipsies gypsy history travellers language literary literature dark ages

LELAND, CHARLES G

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt & red lettering with red rule to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, 372pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing to spine & board extrems & edges, light chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing & soiling to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Houghton, Mifflin & Company 1898

KEYWORDS: gypsies gipsies gypsy history Russian Austrian English Welsh American folklore lore culture customs

SKOT, BOB (Compiled by) / JUVALOMURSH, TRINGURUSHI (SCOTT, ROBERT ANDREW)

Octavo, green light card covers, black lettering to covers, 64pp, VG (moderate fading & staining to cover edges & spine, light chafing & soiling to covers.light tanning & soiling to page edges, light occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Robert McGee & Co 1909

KEYWORDS: gypsies gypsy history gipsies folklore lore customs melodies music songs