The dialect of the gypsies of Wales : being the older form of British Romani preserved in the speech of the clan of Abram Wood
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Type of record: Book
Title: The dialect of the gypsies of Wales : being the older form of British Romani preserved in the speech of the clan of Abram Wood
Classmark: BC Rom Fraser q/SAM
Creator(s): Sampson, John (1862-1931)
Publisher: The Clarendon Press
Publication city: Oxford
Date(s): 1926
Language: English
Size and medium: xxiii, 230 p., 1 l., 419, [1] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/294786
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991003353749705181
Collection group(s): Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections
Additional description
Bookplate: Ex libris noma Robert M. Dawson Signature on flyleaf: R.M. Dawson 1961. Transliteration of dedication on p.[v] To? {W.A.R. Borrow}, who for many years lit my way here, and now smiles on me from his ?{cloud rainbow} Handwritten notes pencilled in the indexes. With loose photocopied sheets of: portraits of Famous Gawja gairas in Romanological history symbols from the Devanagari writing system a photocopy of the dedication on p.[v] with a handwritten translation in Romani? and a photocopy of the half-title verso containing the publishers' details with a note addressed to Dr Mervyn Jones, dated 19 Sept 1965, regarding the presentation of a copy of Sampson's book by Mrs Dorelia John to the Society and giving more detailed information regarding the inscription
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