Author: CROFT-COOKE, R.,
Title: A Few Gypsies. [First edition].
Description: London, Putnam, 1950. Small 8°., original cloth, dustjacket. 240pp. Many monochrome illustrations in text by Peter Emmerich, list of author's publications printed on verso of french title, table of contents. ADDED 3 original monochrome 1950s photo cards, not circulated entitled Gypsy's Warning 2, 3, 4 with a short poem in english printed at tail margin of illustrated area, Rotary Photographic Series. AND 8 contemporary original english language press clippings, partly illustrated, on Gypsies and Tinkers, loosely inserted. This is a book about Gypsies and every chapter of it ends with a short story in which these people figure (Cf. author's note on verso of ti.-p.). Good copy, WITH DUSTJACKET. (extensive data on author by a previous owner written in ink on verso of front cover).

Keywords: literature stories gypsies tinkers culture caravan dwellers woonwagenbewoners trekkers drifters