Author: George Borrow
Title: Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gipsy, the Priest
Description: London, T. N. Foulis, 1914. Cloth. An illustrated edition of this classic English novel by George Borrow. Novel by George Borrow, known for his travelogues around Europe. Originally published in 1851, this is one of the author's most popular novels. This edition is embellished with coloured plates tipped in, by British illustrator Edmund J Sullivan.Lavengro falls in-between the genres of novel and memoir and is considered to be a nineteenth century classic English novel. Historian G.M. Trevelyan called this "a book that breathes the spirit of that period of strong and eccentric characters". The plot follows the life journey of an unnamed protagonist who is born the son of an officer in a militia regiment and has been brought up in barracks around England. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, back strip darkened. Previous owner's ink gift inscription to verso front blank leaf dated Christmas 1916. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to fore edge affecting occasional leaf to margin, particularly to endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Edmund J. Sullivan. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: george borrow illustrated edmund j sullivan illustrated Edmund J. Sullivan


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