GRAHAM YORK RARE BOOKS - GYPSIES AND ROMA.


A selection of Gypsy and Romany related books available from stock. All items are complete, published in London, and in their original bindings unless otherwise stated. Postage will be added at cost. If you are interested in buying something you can either email me or order online.

GRELLMANN ON GYPSIES


5554. Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann. DISSERTATION ON THE GIPSEYS: REPRESENTING THEIR MANNER OF LIFE, FAMILY ECONOMY, OCCUPATIONS & TRADES, MARRIAGES & EDUCATION, SICKNESS, DEATH, & BURIAL, RELIGION, LANGUAGE, SCIENCES & ARTS &.C &C &C. WITH AN HISTORICAL ENQUIRY CONCERNING THEIR ORIGIN & FIRST APPEARANCE IN EUROPE. 1807, second edition in English, ppxiii + 210, modern full calf gilt. Some foxing, otherwise very good. £250.00

GYPSY SORCERY, 150 COPIES ONLY


7415. Charles Godfrey Leland. GYPSY SORCERY AND FORTUNE TELLING. ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS INCANTATIONS, SPECIMENS OF MEDICAL MAGIC, ANECDOTES AND TALES. 1891, London, large 4to, ppxvi + 271, “copiously” illustrated by the author, limited edition number 22 of only 150 copies signed by the author, cream boards, ornately illuminated in red and black.Expertly rebacked with original spine laid down. (This book always splits on hinges). Very good. £495.00

LISZT ON GYPSY MUSIC


5573. Franz Liszt. DIE ZIGEUNER UND IHRE MUSIK IN UNGARN. VON FRANZ LISZT. DEUTSCH BEARBEITET VON PETER CORNELIUS. 1861, Pesth, first edition in German preceded only by the French edition, pp(iii) + 259, green blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Some internal foxing as usual, otherwise very good. £450.00

5794. Dr. Enno Littmann. ZIGEUNER-ARABISCH. WORTSCHATZ UND GRAMMATIK DER ARABISCHEN BESTANDTEILE IN DEN MORGENLANDISCHEN ZIGEUNERSPRACHEN NEBST EINER EINLEITUNG UBER DAS ARABISCHE ROTWALSCH UND DIE NAMEN DER MORGENLANDISCHEN ZIGEUNER. 1920, Bonn-Leipzig, pp147, paper wrappers. Slightly worn and browned, otherwise very good. £110.00

8329. Dr. A. F. Pott. DIE ZIGEUNER IN EUROPA UND ASIEN. ETHNOGRAPHISCH - LINGUISTISCHE UNTERSUCHUNG, VORNEHMLICH IHRER HERKUNST UND SPRACHE, NACH GEDRUCKTEN UND UNGEDRUCKTEN QUELLEN. 1844, Halle, two volumes, ppxvi + 476; iv + 178, brown cloth, blind stamped, gilt lettering. £500.00

6535. John Sampson (Ed). THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM BLAKE A NEW AND VERBATIM TEXT FROM THE MANUSCRIPT ENGRAVED AND LETTERPRESS ORIGINALS WITH VARIORUM READINGS AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND PREFACES BY JOHN SAMPSON LIBRARIAN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL. 1905, Oxford, ppxxxvi + 384, frontispiece, rust coloured cloth, paper label. Inscribed by the editor, and containing a warm four-page autograph letter from him to Sydney Sime (illustrator), with some passages in Romany. Very good. £185.00




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