rrow, / Author
of / "The Bible in Spain," "The Gypsies of Spain," etc. / "_Fear God_,
_and take your own part_." / In Two Volumes.--Vol. I. [_Vol. II._] /
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. / 1857. / [The Right of
Translation is reserved.]

_Vol. I_.

Collation:--Large duodecimo, pp. xii + 372; consisting of: Half-title
(with blank reverse) pp. i-ii; Title-page, as above (with imprint
"_London_: _Woodfall and Kinder_, _Printers_, / _Angel Court_, _Skinner
Street_" at the foot of the reverse) pp. iii-iv; Preface (styled
_Advertisement_) pp. v-vi; Table of _Contents_ pp. vii-xi; Extract from
_Pleasantries of the Cogia Nasr Eddin Efendi_ p. xii; and Text pp. 1-372.
The head-line is _The Romany Rye_ throughout, upon both sides of the
page; each page also bears at its head the number of the particular
Chapter occupying it. At the foot of p. 372 the imprint is repeated
thus, "_Woodfall and Kinder_, _Printers_, _Angel Court_, _Skinner
Street_, _London_." The signatures are A (a half-sheet of 6 leaves), B
to Q (15 sheets, each 12 leaves), plus R (a half-sheet of 6 leaves).

_Vol. II_.

Collation:--Large duodecimo, pp. viii + 375 + ix; consisting of:
Half-title (with blank reverse) pp. i-ii; Title-page, as above (with
imprint "_London_: _Woodfall and Kinder_, _Printers_, / _Angel Court_,
_Skinner Street_" at the foot of the reverse) pp. iii-iv; Table of
_Contents_ pp. v-vii; p. viii is blank; and Text pp. 1-375. The reverse
of p. 375 is blank. The volume is completed by eight unnumbered pages of
Advertisements of _Works by the Author of_ "_The Bible in Spain_" _ready
for the Press_. There are head-lines throughout; up to, and including,
p. 244 the head-line is _The Romany Rye_, together with the numbers of
the Chapters, pp. 245-375 are headed _Appendix_, accompanied by the
numbers of the Chapters. At the foot of the last of the eight unnumbered
pages carrying the Advertisements (Sig. R 12 verso) the imprint is
repeated thus, "_Woodfall and Kinder_, _Printers_, _Angel Court_,
_Skinner Street_, _London_." The signatures are A (four leaves), plus B
to R (16 sheets, each 12 leaves).

Issued (on _April_ 30_th_, 1857) in dark blue cloth boards, with white
paper back-labels, lettered "_The_ / _Romany Rye_. / _By_ / _George
Borrow_. / _Vol. I_. [_Vol. II_.]" The leaves measure 7.875 x 5 inches.

Of the First Edition of _The Romany Rye_ One Thousand Copies