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• An Apology for the Life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew, Commonly Call'd the King of Beggars (sixth edition, with additions; London: Printed for R. Goadby and W. Owen, ca. 1765)
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• Dissertation on the Gipsies: Being an Historical Enquiry, Concerning the Manner of Life, Œconomy, Customs and Conditions of These People in Europe, and Their Origin (London: Printed for the editor by G. Bigg, 1787), by Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann, trans. by Matthew Raper
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• Geschiedkundige Verhandeling over de Heidens, Betreffende Hunne Herkomst, Leevenswijze, Gesteldheid, Zeden en Lotgevallen, Sedert Hunne Verschijning in Europa (in Dutch; Dordrecht: A. Blussé en Zoon, 1791), by Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historischer Versuch über die Zigeuner: Betreffend die Lebensart und Verfassung Sitten und Schicksale Dieses Volks Seit Seiner Erscheinung in Europa, und Dessen Ursprung (second edition, in German; Göttingen: J. C. Dieterich, 1787), by Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dissertation on the Gipseys: Representing Their Manner of Life, Family Economy, Occupations and Trades, Marriages and Education, Sickness, Death and Bural, Religion, Language, Sciences and Arts etc. etc. etc.; With an Historical Enquiry Concerning Their Origin and First Appearance in Europe (London: Printed by W. Ballintine, 1807), by Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann, trans. by Matthew Raper
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• Histoire des Bohémiens: ou, Tableau des Moeurs, Usages et Coutumes de ce Peuple Nomade; Suivie de Recherches Historiques sur Leur Origine, Leur Langage et Leur Première Apparition en Europe (translated into French from the second German edition; Paris: J. Chaumerot, 1810), by Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann, trans. by M. J. (page images at HathiTrust)

• An Apology for the Life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew, Commonly Call'd the King of Beggars (sixth edition, with additions; London: Printed for R. Goadby and W. Owen, ca. 1765)
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• The Gypsies (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., c1882), by Charles Godfrey Leland (Gutenberg text)
• The Jew, the Gypsy, and El Islam (London: Hutchinson and Co., 1898), by Richard Francis Burton, ed. by W. H. Wilkins
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
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• The Jew, the Gypsy, and El Islam (second edition; London: Hutchinson and Co., 1898), by Richard Francis Burton and W. H. Wilkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling (London: T. F. Unwin, 1891), by Charles Godfrey Leland
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• Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling: Illustrated by Numerous Incantations, Specimens of Medical Magic, Anecdotes and Tales (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1891), by Charles Godfrey Leland (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• National Life and Thought of the Various Nations Throughout the World: A Series of Addresses (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., 1891), ed. by South Place Ethical Society (London, England), contrib. by Eiríkr Magnússon, James E. Thorold Rogers, J. Theodore Bent, Francis Hindes Groome, Gabriela Cunninghame Graham, Ágost Pulszky, William Richard Morfill, Miran Sevasly, S. Schidrowitz, Sidney Whitman, Adam Gielgud, J. Stephen Jeans, H. L. Braekstad, Alfred Wathelet, Howard Hodgkin, H. Anthony Salmoné, J. C. McCoan, J. C. Cotton Minchin, and Simeon Singer
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• Index of Old Series, Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society (1914), by Alexander Russell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Papers from the Eighth and Ninth Annual Meetings, Gypsy Lore Society, North American Chapter (Gypsy Lore Society, North American Chapter Publications #4; c1988), ed. by Cara DeSilva, Joanne Grumet, and David J. Nemeth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Papers From the Sixth and Seventh Annual Meetings, Gypsy Lore Society, North American Chapter (Gypsy Lore Society, North American Chapter Publications #3; c1986), ed. by Joanne Grumet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Papers From the Fourth and Fifth Annual Meetings, Gypsy Lore Society, North American Chapter (Gypsy Lore Society, North American Chapter Publications #2; c1985), ed. by Joanne Grumet (page images at HathiTrust)

• The English Gipsies and Their Language (second edition; London: Trubner and Co., 1874), by Charles Godfrey Leland (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Romany Life, Experienced and Observed During Many Years of Friendly Intercourse With the Gypsies (London: Mills and Boon Ltd., c1915), by Frank Cuttriss
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  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
• Romano Lavo-lil: Word Book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy Language, by George Borrow (Gutenberg text)

• Shanty the Blacksmith: A Tale of Other Times (New York: John S. Taylor, 1852), by Mary Martha Sherwood (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)
• Shanty the Blacksmith: A Tale of Other Times (New York: John S. Taylor, 1852), by Mary Martha Sherwood (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• The Gipsy: A Tale (2 volumes; New York: Harper and Bros., 1855), by G. P. R. James (both volumes: Gutenberg text)
• The Heiress of Greenhurst: An Autobiography (New York: E. Stephens, 1857), by Ann S. Stephens (Gutenberg text)
• Isopel Berners (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1901), by George Borrow, ed. by Thomas Seccombe (Gutenberg text)
• Lavengro, The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest, by George Borrow, contrib. by Augustine Birrell, illust. by Edmund J. Sullivan (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Romany Rye, by George Borrow (Gutenberg text)
• The Story of Marco (New York: A.L. Burt Co., c1911), by Eleanor H. Porter, illust. by Laura Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Virgin and the Gipsy (1930), by D. H. Lawrence (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)

• The English Gipsies and Their Language (second edition; London: Trubner and Co., 1874), by Charles Godfrey Leland (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Gypsy Folk Tales, by Francis Hindes Groome (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)

• Accounts of the Gypsies of India (London: K. Paul, Trench and Co., 1886), ed. by David MacRitchie, trans. by J. Snijders, contrib. by M. J. de Goeje (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Motor Girls Through New England: or, Held by the Gypsies (New York: Cupples and Leon, c1911), by Margaret Penrose (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Motor Girls Through New England: or, Held by the Gypsies (New York: Goldsmith Pub. Co., c1911), by Margaret Penrose (Gutenberg text)
• The Motor Girls in the Mountains: or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret (New York: Goldsmith Pub. Co., c1919), by Margaret Penrose (Gutenberg text)
• Perils Afloat and Brigands Ashore (London et al.: Cassell and Co., 1886), by Alfred Elwes, illust. by Gordon Browne (page images at HathiTrust)

• Romano Lavo-lil: Word Book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy Language, by George Borrow (Gutenberg text)
• An American-Romani Vocabulary (New York: New York Public Library, 1915), by Albert Thomas Sinclair, ed. by George Fraser Black (page images at HathiTrust)
• The English Gipsies and Their Language (second edition; London: Trubner and Co., 1874), by Charles Godfrey Leland (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of Spain (new impression; London: J. Murray, 1901), by George Borrow (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Zincali: or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain, With an Original Collection of Their Songs and Poetry (Philadelphia: J. M. Campbell and Co.; New York: Saxton and Miles, 1843), by George Borrow
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• Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society (full serial archives)

• David Blythe, the Gipsy King: A Character Sketch (Kelso: J. and J. H. Rutherfurd, 1883), by Charles Stuart (bound after Brockie's "The Gypsies of Yetholm": page images at HathiTrust)

• Dissertation on the Gipseys: Representing Their Manner of Life, Family Economy, Occupations and Trades, Marriages and Education, Sickness, Death and Bural, Religion, Language, Sciences and Arts etc. etc. etc.; With an Historical Enquiry Concerning Their Origin and First Appearance in Europe (London: Printed by W. Ballintine, 1807), by Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann, trans. by Matthew Raper
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • Gutenberg text
• Dissertation on the Gipsies: Being an Historical Enquiry, Concerning the Manner of Life, Œconomy, Customs and Conditions of These People in Europe, and Their Origin (London: Printed for the editor by G. Bigg, 1787), by Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann, trans. by Matthew Raper
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Geschiedkundige Verhandeling over de Heidens, Betreffende Hunne Herkomst, Leevenswijze, Gesteldheid, Zeden en Lotgevallen, Sedert Hunne Verschijning in Europa (in Dutch; Dordrecht: A. Blussé en Zoon, 1791), by Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire des Bohémiens: ou, Tableau des Moeurs, Usages et Coutumes de ce Peuple Nomade; Suivie de Recherches Historiques sur Leur Origine, Leur Langage et Leur Première Apparition en Europe (translated into French from the second German edition; Paris: J. Chaumerot, 1810), by Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann, trans. by M. J. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historischer Versuch über die Zigeuner: Betreffend die Lebensart und Verfassung Sitten und Schicksale Dieses Volks Seit Seiner Erscheinung in Europa, und Dessen Ursprung (second edition, in German; Göttingen: J. C. Dieterich, 1787), by Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of Spain (new impression; London: J. Murray, 1901), by George Borrow (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Zincali: or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain, With an Original Collection of Their Songs and Poetry (Philadelphia: J. M. Campbell and Co.; New York: Saxton and Miles, 1843), by George Borrow
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• An American-Romani Vocabulary (New York: New York Public Library, 1915), by Albert Thomas Sinclair, ed. by George Fraser Black (page images at HathiTrust)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.