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Total number of records: 119

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Brotherton Collection119
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections119

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romanies42
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world war, 1939-19453
children's stories2
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poor2
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Acton, T A4
Canning, Elizabeth, 1734-17733
Fraser, Angus M3
Sampson, John (1862-1931)3
Sir Angus Mckay Fraser3
Vesey-Fitzgerald, Brian Seymour (1900-)3
Yates, Dora Esther (1879-1974)3
Acton, T. A2
Bairacli-Levy, Juliette De2
Boswell, Silvester Gordon (1895-)2

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The book of vagabonds and beggars

Luther, Martin (1483-1546); Hotten, John Camden (1832-1873); Thomas, David Biron

1932

"The German text now printed is from the British museum copy of the 1529 edition."--p. xiv. German text and English translation on opposite pages. "The Liber vagatorum; bibliography": p. 19-36; "Sel...

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Rare books : a miscellany

Weissman, Stephen; Tempest, Kathryn; Ximenes Rare Books, Inc

[1990?]

Cover title.

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Book and magazine collector (no.86, May 1991)

Description based on: No. 25 (Apr. 1986).

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Chap-books of the eighteenth century

Ashton, John (1834-1911)

[1966]

Originally published London: Chatto & Windus, 1882.

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The book of Boswell : autobiography of a gypsy

Boswell, Silvester Gordon (1895-); Seymour, John (1914-2004)

1970

Genealogy of the Boswells on endpapers.

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The Romano Drom song book

Stanley, Denise; Acton, T A

1986

Previous ed.: Oxford, 1971, edited by Thomas Acton. Notes beginning p. 37 headed "The Romano drom song book 2".

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Gipsy Petulengro's book of mystery

Petulengro, Gipsy (1957)

1937

"First published in 1937"-verso of t.p.

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The book of Boswell : autobiography of a gypsy

Boswell, Silvester Gordon (1895-); Seymour, John (1914-2004)

1973, c1970

Originally published, London: Gollancz, 1970.

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Books collected by Sir Angus Fraser

Books and other print items

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In lighter moments : a book of occasional verse and prose

Sampson, John (1862-1931); Yates, Dora Esther (1879-1974); Wright, Lawrence (1906-)

1934

Foreword signed: D. E. Yates.

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More pages from the day-book of Bethia Hardacre

Maitland, Ella Fuller

1907

Chapters XI-XIV (pp. 71-96) contains material on gypsy history.

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