The register is therefore B to E (four
sections, each 6 leaves), plus F (2 leaves), the whole preceded by two
leaves, one of which is blank, whilst the other carries the Title-page.
There is no printer's imprint. The book was issued without any
Half-title. The title is enclosed within a single rectangular ruled
frame.

Issued in cream-coloured paper wrappers, with the title-page reproduced
upon the front, but reset in types of different character, and without
the ruled frame, and with the imprint reading _High Street_ in place of
_Dial Lane_. Inside the front cover the Certificate of Issue is
repeated. The leaves measure 7.75 x 5 inches. The edition consisted of
One Hundred and Fifty Copies. The published price was 7_s._ 6_d._

The Manuscript of _The Turkish Jester_ was formerly owned by Dr. Knapp,
and is now the property of the Hispanic Society, of New York. It extends
to 71 pages 4to. The translation was probably made about 1854, at the
time when Borrow was at work upon his _Songs of Europe_. In 1857, the
book was included among the Advertisements appended to the second volume
of _The Romany Rye_.

There is a copy of the First Edition of _The Turkish Jester_ in the
Library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is 758. b. 16.

(17) [THE DEATH OF BALDER: 1889]

The / Death of Balder / From the Danish / of / Johannes Ewald / (1773) /
Translated by / George Borrow / Author of "Bible in Spain," "Lavengro,"
"Wild Wales," etc. / London / Jarrold & Sons, 3 Paternoster Buildings,
E.C. / 1889 / All Rights Reserved.

Collation:--Crown octavo, pp. viii + 77; consisting of: Half-title (with
Certificate of Issue upon the centre of the reverse) pp. i-ii;
Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. iii-iv; _Preface_ and List
of _The Persons_ (each with blank reverse) pp. v-viii; and Text pp. 1-77.
The reverse of p. 77 is blank. The head-line is _Death of Balder_
throughout, upon both sides of the page. At the foot of p. 77 is the
following imprint, "_Printed by Ballantyne_, _Hanson & Co._ / _London and
Edinburgh_." The signatures are A (4 leaves), and B to F (5 sheets, each
8 leaves). Sig. F 8 is a blank.

Issued in dark brown 'diced' cloth boards, with white paper back-label.
The leaves measure 7.75 x 5 inches. Two Hundred and Fifty Copies were
printed. The published price was 7_s._ 6_d._

_The Death of Balder_ was written in 1829, the year during which Borrow
produced so many of his ballad transl