Raggle Taggle: Adventures with a Fiddle in Hungary and Roumania

Starkie, Walter

Edité par John Murray, Publisher, Albemarle Street, London, 1933

A propos de cet article

Stated at copyright page: "First Edition.1933." Fine green full cloth boards, gilt cover vignette and spine titles, light shelf wear, rub, fleck. Cover depicts what appears to be humoured gypsy woman in gilt and small fiddle at spine. Dark green top-stain. Frontispiece illustrations by Arthur Rackham: "The Gypsy Spell." Pages near fine, clean; no writing. Musical bars from the gypsy fiddle tunes throughout text. Scarce original dust wrapper in bright red, moderate edge wear, rub, discoloration; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Very good first edition in near very good original wrapper. Set in is rare ephemeral leaflet from John Murrary Publishing with critics' blurbs for "The Story of San Michele" by Axel Munthe. Walter Starkie, the author, was a professor of Spanish in the University of Dublin and a Fellow of Trinity College. This volume tells the tale of his adventures traveling solo through Hungary and Romania. Classic gem on travelling and fiddling with the gypsies. Contents include: detailed chapter titles with descriptive summaries, a bibliography on gypsy music and culture, etc. Includes detailed glossary and index. Printed at The Edinburgh Press, 9 and 11 Young Street. 399 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Raggle Taggle: Adventures with a Fiddle in Hungary and Roumania
• Éditeur: John Murray, Publisher, Albemarle Street, London
• Date de parution: 1933
• Reliure: Hard Cover
• Illustrateur: Rackham, Arthur (Frontispiece)
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Good