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Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1913
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Here is "George Borrow and His Circle" by Clement King Shorter, as published by Houghton Mifflin in 1913. This is the First U.S. Edition, hardcover format. It is illustrated with halftone photographs and facsimile reproductions of correspondence and title pages. George Borrow (1803 -… 1881), who was a natural linguist, spent a great deal of his time traveling by foot around Europe and other parts of the world. During his travels he became acquainted with the Romani people (Gypsies). These were sympathetically portrayed in two of his books which are semi-autobiographical fictions. Sympathetic portrayals of the Gypsies were rare at that time. "Lavengro" was the first book, and "Romany Rye" followed it closely. The two actually comprise one larger work. Borrow toured through Wales, having learned the language, and his account of travels through Wales in "Wild Wales" was sympathetic to the Welsh - another thing that was not common in the time. Borrow had traveled to Spain as a representative of the Bible Society, and the result was his famous book, "The Bible in Spain". Borrow wrote and published , also, dictionaries of the Romany language and an account of the Romani in Spain : "Zincali : Or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain". He was a busy man . and a man ahead of his time - certainly a pioneer in compassionate regard for other cultures. TITLE ; George Borrow and His Circle - Wherein may be found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters of Borrow and his Friends AUTHOR : Clement King Shorter (1857 - 1926) [ Shorter was an influential editor and journalist, as well as a literary critic. Editor of the "Illustrated London News", founder of the "Sketch", the "Sphere" and "Tatler"; collector and expert on the Bronté sisters, and George Borrow. IMPRINT : Houghton Mifflin PLACE : Boston and New York DATE : 1913 EDITION : First U. S. Edition PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade Hardcover; illustrated with half tone photographs and facsimiles of correspondences and title pages; frontispiece portrait of Borrow is a mezzo-tint photogravure with protective tissue guard (10 plate illustrations printed on calendered paper; 24 line illustrations in text); contains a Preface, an Introduction, an Index; xix + [1] + 450 pages; 6" x81/4";light brown buckram covered boards and spine, with gilt lettering on spine and front; top edge gilt; fore-edge and bottom-edge are rough-cut. CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- Spine is darkened. Gilt lettering on spine still fairly bright; spine extremities are compressed and display modest abrasion; boards have moderate surface rub, and front has one short scuff, and rear board has several light diagonal scratches; top edge gilt has some rub, but is still fairly bright - fore-edge and bottom-edge are clean. BINDING -- Still solid - end-papers over hinges are not split. INTERIOR -- Paper is unavoidably toned (but lightly); at least one of the bolts (joined leaves) was done so a bit sloppily, leaving a jagged fore-edge; the interior is clean and unmarked, with no marking, no marginalia, no writing, and no signatures. DUST-JACKET -- Not present.
