We recently purchased a number of books about Gypsies, and I thought that I would post a separate page in case you are googling for "Gypsies." Here are 19 titles that we have catalogued as of February 2, 2008. Enjoy browsing through, and you can place an order with Ray Boas, Bookseller in Walpole, NH at anytime. Thank you for visiting, yours, RAY
1. Brown, Irving (introduction by George E. Woodberry), NIGHTS AND DAYS ON THE GYPSY TRAIL, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1922 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 267pp, ads, very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "THROUGH ANDALUSIA AND ON OTHER MEDITERRANEAN SHORES. WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE ROMANY RACE." "Few people know more about gypsies than that they are a picturesque race wandering the earth. Irving Brown has been living with gypsies, and this true account of his adventures among those proud and reckless people is as amazing and revealing as Romany Rye and others of George Borrow's gypsy chronicles.", (Order No: 51433 ), $175.00
2. Dolinger, Jane, GYPSIES OF THE PAMPA, Fleet Publishing Corporation, New York, (1958), B&W illustrations, 179pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), High in the Andes a strange forgotten people have lived undisturbed since the sixteenth century. Here is Jane Dolinger's story of her life among the strange Morochucan Gypsies of the Pampa., (Order No: 53217 ), $10.00
3. Ellner, Joseph (edited with introduction and glossary by), THE GIPSY PATTERAN, Bernard G. Richards Co., Inc, New York, 1926, 302pp, good+, red bandana cloth (hardcover), The stories include: My Lady Of Egypt; Makar Chudra; La Gitanilla; The Raiment Of Captivity; Romany Pride; The Gipsy Christ; The Gipsy's Prophecy; The Lubbeny Kiss; The Grass Of Lohina; The Gipsy's Bear; The Gipsy Girl; The Little Gipsy; and, Glossary., (Order No: 52382 ), $45.00
4. Gordon, Patricia, ROMMANY LUCK, The Viking Press, New York, 1946, ill. by Rafaello Busoni, 206pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This volume tells of a gypsy family living in the days of Queen Elizabeth of England, when all gypsies were refugees from the law and lived more or less as hunted creatures., (Order No: 52026 ), $14.50
5. Greg, W. W. (an attempt at reconstruction by), JONSON'S MASQUE OF GIPSIES: IN THE BURLEY, BELVOIR, AND WINDSOR VERSIONS, AN ATTEMPT AT RECONSTRUCTION, The British Academy, London, 1952, B&W illustrations, 236pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Contents include: Versions And Texts; Main Differences Between The Versions; Differences Between The Texts Of The Composite Version; Evidence Of The Scribal Variants; Analysis Of The Variants; The Parallel Texts; Notes; Index., (Order No: 52323 ), $40.00
6. Hoppe, E. O. (with a preface by The Queen of Rumania), IN GIPSY CAMP AND ROYAL PALACE: WANDERINGS IN RUMANIA, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1924, B&W illustrations, 240pp, good, tan cloth spine (hardcover) no dustjacket, Contents include: The Man In The Train; The Blaze Of Bukarest; On Eating And Drinking; The Great Market At Bukarest; Two Laughing Demoiselles; Life In A Gipsy Camp; Sinaia And The Royal Palace; A Castle Of Dreams; The Folk-Lore Of Rumania; A Monument Of Imperishable Fame; A Parade, A Missing Dress-Suit And A Banquet; A Prefect Without Peer; Features Of Fagaras; Some Ironies Of Travel; Costumes And Customs; A Strange Bed-Fellow; Return To Bukarest; Rumanian Superstitions; The Wild Life Of The Balta; The Literature Of Rumania; Rumania Mare, Greater Rumania., (Order No: 52322 ), $75.00
7. Hughes, Cledwyn, WEST WITH THE TINKERS: A JOURNEY THROUGH WALES WITH VAGRANTS, Odhams Press Limited, Long Acre, London, (1954), B&W illustrations, 222pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover, Here is a lively and colorful day-by-day account of a summer journey by horse-drawn cart through rural Wales on which the author accompanied Johnny Powell and his son Corgi--two Welsh tinkers of gypsy origin and strong personality., (Order No: 53496 ), $30.00
8. Krasner, Jeanne, THE SECRET OF THE MAGIC CRYSTAL, Vantage Press, New York, (1960) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 158pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Dona Madrina must fulfill her sacred vow, or she will never enter the Golden Gates of the Caravan of Heavenly Gypsies. Her time is running out. Will the Magic Crystal come to her aid? Will the miracle for which she prays come to pass? These pages unveil the secret...., (Order No: 52321 ), $35.00
9. Lofts, Norah, I MET A GYPSY, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1936 1st ed, 276pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, spine lt. fade, The story of the Winfarthings--of their wanderings and recklessness, in England, in the Arctic, in India, as well as in China--provides a novel of exceptional character., (Order No: 52324 ), $25.00
10. Petulengro, Gipsy, A ROMANY LIFE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GIPSY PETULENGRO, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, (1936) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 277pp, good, brown cloth spine (hardcover) no dustjacket, Gipsy Petulengro's life story told in his own words. It tells of his Spartan early days, of peddling and dukkerin, of spells good and evil, of his life on the road, among American negroes and in shops--and finally of his return to freedom., (Order No: 52025 ), $12.50
11. Sharp, William (selected and arranged by Mrs. William Sharp), VISTAS: THE GYPSY CHRIST AND OTHER PROSE IMAGININGS - SELECTED WRITINGS OF WILLIAM SHARP, Duffield & Company, New York, 1912, 484pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 53219 ), $20.00
12. Simson, Walter (edited with preface, introduction, and notes by James Simson), A HISTORY OF THE GIPSIES: WITH SPECIMENS OF THE GIPSY LANGUAGE, M. Doolady/Sampson Low, New York/London, 1866, 575pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) wear top/bottom of spine, Contents include: Continental Gipsies; English Gipsies; Scottish Gipsies, Down To The Year 1715; Linlithgowshire Gipsies; Fife And Stirlingshire Gipsies; Tweed-Dale And Clydesdale Gipsies; Border Gipsies; Marriage And Divorce Ceremonies; Language; Present Condition And Number Of The Gipsies In Scotland; Disquisition On The Past, Present And Future Of Gipsydom., (Order No: 52326 ), $125.00
13. Smith, Lady Eleanor, ROMANY - (PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND UNDER THE TITLE TZIGANE), The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, (1935), 362pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Contents include: Part One--DANZA GITANA; Part Two--CAKEWALK; Part Three--PAVANE; Part Four--FOXTROT; Part Five--FARRUCA., (Order No: 53215 ), $10.00
14. Smith, Laura Alexandrine, THROUGH ROMANY SONGLAND, David Stott, London, 1889, music examples, 227pp, good+, maroon cloth (hardcover), Contents include: Gypsy Song; Introduction; Magyar or Hungarian Gypsy Songs, or, Songs of the Tzigani; Songs of the Gitanos or Spanish Gypsies; Russian Romany Songs, or, Songs of the Tziggani; Anglo-Romany Songs; Scotch Gypsy or Tinkler Songs; Songs of the Bohemiens, or, French Gypsy Songs; The Zigeuner or Gypsies of the Vaterland; Indian Gypsy Songs and Dance Tunes; Finale., (Order No: 53309 ), $125.00
15. Starkie, Walter, DON GYPSY: ADVENTURES WITH A FIDDLE IN SOUTHERN SPAIN AND BARBARY, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, (1937) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 525pp, good, yellow cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, light edgewear, "The following pages describe the further adventures of a musical picaroon mounted on a frisky hobby-horse. All he claims is a tiny close of Pantagruelian jollity of mind pickled in the scorn of fortune.", (Order No: 52137 ), $12.50
16. Starkie, Walter, IN SARA'S TENTS, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, (1953), B&W illustrations, 339pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Contents include: The Gypsy Pilgrims; The Picaresque Life And The Great Trick; The Witches' Sabbat And Vampires; Music And Magic; The Flamenco Caste; The Magyar, The Gypsy And The Csardas; From Sisteron To Les Saintes; Mummers And Dancers; The Pilgrimage To Saint Sara., (Order No: 52325 ), $20.00
17. Vesey-Fitzgerald, Brian, GYPSIES OF BRITAIN: AN INTRODUCTION TO THEIR HISTORY, Chapman & Hall Ltd., London, (1946), 204pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), An enthralling account of the British Gypsies from their origin as far back as is known to modern Gypsies, describing the ways of those who follow the roaming life--their language, taboos, marriage rites, death customs, the matrilineal clans, fortune-telling, herbal cures, occupations, accomplishments, and the different kinds of caravans and equipment., (Order No: 53218 ), $12.50
18. Yates, Dora E., MY GYPSY DAYS - RECOLLECTIONS OF A ROMANI RAWNIE, Phoenix House Ltd., London, (1953), B&W illustrations, 192pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, For half a century Dora Yates has loved and understood, helped and been helped by, the Gypsies. This book is her storehouse of remembrance of those fifty adventurous years. The author learned to speak various Romani dialects from the Gypsies themselves, and since 1929 she has been the Honorary Secretary of the Gypsy Lore Society., (Order No: 51434 ), $200.00
19. Yoxall, J. H., THE ROMMANY STONE, Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1902 2nd ptg, 330pp, very good, decorated olive green cloth (hardcover), A gypsy tale., (Order No: 52029 ), $85.00