Traits and Stories of The Irish Peasantry.

Carleton, William:

Published by Dublin: William Curry, Jun & Co. London: William S. Orr 1843,1844.

About this Item

A new edition. With autobiographical introduction, explanatory notes and numerous illustrations in wood and steel. In two volumes. Vol. I, xxiv+427pp. Vol II. 430pp. with overall 38 illustrative etchings. Half red leather and red cloth. Six panelled spine with raised bands, decorative gilding and titling, decorative endpapers, engraved tissue-guarded title page, along with the usual printed title page. A.e.g. Vol II is similar in all respects to Vol I. Both volumes bear an owner's gift inscription dated 1943 on the endpapers and there is a bookplate, with crest, on the front pastedown for Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle. H.M.L. Rundle, 1856-1934, was a British General with a very distinquished military career spanning the period 1879-1916. Internally tight and bright, but some four plates in volume II have a light water stain at the upper page extremity. There is also some small area of fading to cloth and leather to the top of the boards of Vol. I. and light fading to the cloth of the rear board of Vol. II. A few small faults but otherwise a handsome copy of a classic work. Seller Inventory # 15343

Bibliographic Details

Title: Traits and Stories of The Irish Peasantry.

Publisher: Dublin: William Curry, Jun & Co. London: William S. Orr 1843,1844.

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good