Copelan, William (Chief of Police)

Robert and Urban Nichols, Missing from Cincinnati, Ohio. Thought to Have Been Kidnapped [Antiziganism]

Cincinnati, By the Author, 1912. First Edition. Poster; 12 x 8; beige stock, printed in black and illustrated with a photograph; paper fragile and age-toned; upper two corners clipped; old, horizontal fold line with two thin, closed cuts to edges; residue from a brown paper strip to upper margin of verso; in good to very good condition. A missing poster for two small children from Cincinnati, it gave a detailed description of the two brothers, the time they were last seen (April 29, 1912), and the speculation that "Hungarians" might have picked them up. Hungarian-Slovak gypsies emigrated to the US in the late-19th century, primarily to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and New York. They would become well-known for making a living by playing music at cafes and restaurants and for being semi-permanently settled, unlike the other nomadic Romani groups in the country, including the Ludar, the Romanichal, the Black Dutch, etc. Despite that, the general perception of the gypsies' roaming lifestyle and strange and secretive culture gave way to widely-spreading antiziganism. An article in the Greenfield Republican from May 23, 1912, stated that, indeed, Hungarian gypsies had been suspected of kidnapping the boys, as the former had hurriedly left Cincinnati around the time of the disappearances, but ultimately, the children had been found by their father, drowned in a feed-box in a stable. Good .

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[Edited by] Grumet, Joanne

Papers from the Fourth and Fifth Annual Meetings Gypsy Lore Society, North American Chapter

New York, Gypsy Lore Society, North American Chapter, 1985. First Edition. First edition; 11 x 8 1/2; pp. [2], 1-206, [8]; beige wraps, with a black-paper backstrip; illustrated with photographs; crease to upper corner of front wrap and first several leaves, else minor wear; in very good or better condition. The Gypsy Lore Society, a worldwide organization dedicated to Gypsy and Traveller studies, was founded in 1888 in England. The main goals of the association were to research, disseminate, and educate people of the history and the culture of the Gypsies. Its headquarters were relocated to the US in 1989. The current papers included chapters on Irish Travellers, Hungarian Gypsy children, sociolinguistics, etc. Very good .

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Gorkii, M.; Khodasevich, Valentina

Makar Chudra

Petrograd, Izdanie Petrogradskago Sovieta Rabochikh i Krasn. Deputatov, 1919. First Edition. First edition; 8 3/4 x 6; pp. 3-19; light-brown wraps, designed by Valentina Khodasevich (1894 - 1970); illustrated with two plates by Khodasevich; a few minor nicks to fore-edge of wraps; small, faded, ornate stamp of previous owner to front wrap and title page; in very good condition. Gorky's first printed work, "Makar Chudra" was published in 1892 in the journal "Caucasus" with the author using his pseudonym Maxim Gorky for the very first time. The main character, old gypsy Makar Chudra, told the legend of the tragic love story of young gypsies Loiko Zobar and Radda. This edition, on Gorky's request, was illustrated by his friend Valentina Khodasevich (1894 - 1970). She was a renowned painter, graphic artist, and theater designer - closely associated with Mir Isskustva and Mayakovsky, Burliuk, Goncharova, etc. She would create over 150 theater designs and would be considered one of the best stage artists of her time. Very good .

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