Red Path Black Valley (4 results)
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- First Edition
Seller: James Fergusson Books & Manuscripts, London, United KingdomJames Fergusson Books & Manuscripts
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Wrappers. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies. George Borrow makes a fascinating travelling companion. "'Have you many witches', said I, 'in Man?' 'Plenty,' said the old fellow, 'but not so many as formerly. At one time Man was full of witches and wizards; one of the Kings of Man was…a wizard, and a famous one too, and a good friend to the country, for when enemies came to invade it, he would raise by art witchcraft such clouds and vapours that it was impossible for anyone to see it. He was a giant and had three legs, and they are his legs which you see on the side of the steamer, for those three legs of his are the arms of Man.' 'What was his name?' said I. 'I believe he was called King Horry', said the old man . . ." Sir Angus Fraser part-edited these notebooks before his death, "and Ann Ridler, with customary thoroughness, has adorned and improved his work, adding six appendices, including Borrow's stepdaughter Henrietta Clarke's own account of the family excursion. Clarke is a genial companion ('I must now mention that strange grotesque animal the tailless Manx Cat or Rumpy as it is called, it resembles those in appearance described by Sir Stamford Raffles'), but less inquisitive than Borrow; however, as Ridler points out, she is a useful counterpoint to her stepfather, who often conveys the impression that he is a lone explorer on his antiquarian hikes, the fearless pedestrian pioneer. Other appendices include Andrew Dakyns on Borrow and T. E. Brown, and an essay by Ridler questioning whether Borrow made a return visit to the island in 1870" (The Book Collector).
Language: English
Published by The Lavengro Press. First English edition., Wallingford, Oxfordshire, 2016
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Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, AustraliaBadger Books
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Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Three months of Borrow's notebooks and six essays, illustrated about this period and place in Borrow's life; 88pp. Printed wrappers. Fine. 100 copies. book.
Language: English
Published by The George Borrow Society, Isle Of Man, 2004
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Seller: Juniper Books, Petersfield, United KingdomJuniper Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 16pp intro & 48pp main. A very good scarce ring-bound Manx item.
Published by The Lavengro Press, 2016
- First Edition
Seller: Acanthophyllum Books, Holywell, FLINT, United KingdomAcanthophyllum Books
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Add to basketPaper covers. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st edition. Based on Borrow's unpublished "Bayr Jairgey and Glion Doo" (the Red Path and the Black Valley), "wanderings in quest of Manx literature". Illustrated, partly in colour, with a sample of Borrow's handwriting at rear. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.
