Lavengro: The Scholar-the Gypsy-the Priest BORROW George 1803-1881 Publisher: Ward, Lock & Bowden Publish Year: 1893 Publish Place: London, New York, Melbourne and Sydney Illustrator: Thomas Watts Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 000739 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: 2nd Edition Inscription: Unknown £20 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information Brown decorative cloth, black ink tooling and title, edges and corners bumped and worn slightly. Spine with black ink tooling, titles in gilt, edges bumped and worn. Internally, printed endpapers, some light browning to blanks, advert, half title, frontis, [1], [7], (viii-xxxv), [1], 404 pp, [8] adverts, 2 pls. The Minerva Library of Famous Books edition. (177*123 mm). Borrow, George Henry, writer and traveller, who in Lavengro, would describe writing The Life and Adventures of Joseph Sell, the Great Traveller in order to find enough money to do so. None of the attempted identifications of this claimed work has proved valid. See ODNB for a full Boi.
