A new, improved, and authentic life of James Allan
Subtitle: the celebrated Northumberland piper, detailing his surprising adventures in various parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, including a complete description of the manners and customs of the Gipsy tribes
By: collected from sources of genuine authority, by James Thompson ; with explanatory notes by E. Mackenzie ... ; and illustrated by fine engravings from designs by Cruikshank
Publisher: Mackenzie and Dent ...
Published: 1828
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 479
Subjects: Romanies; Romani Musicians
Notes: The 5 ill. signed Cruikshank or R. Cruikshank, the port. is unsigned.

Amer. Art. Assoc., catalog, 4-6 Feb. 1919 (Townsend sale) no. 560, describes as the 1st ed. with these ill.; only ed. cited in BM 238:106 and NUC pre-1956 591:538.

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