Rev J a Knowles (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. frontis. 167 pp. Original, decorated green boards, dulled, with rubbing to spine and extremities. Offsetting to end pages, light s[potting throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. Yellowingand dust on book edge. A bit of yellowing and spotting on inside of book due to age. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. 292 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Browne and Nolan, Dublin, 1907. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Pages are reasonably tanned and mildly foxed. Gift inscription in ink. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: CONTENTS. Preface ; Authors Preface ; CHAPTER I. "The Mary of the Gael" ; CHAPTER II. Her Birth and Infancy ; CHAPTER III. The Cloister ; CHAPTER IV. Her Missionary Journeys ; CHAPTER V. Cill-Dara ; CHAPTER VI. "Laborare est Orarb" ; CHAPTER VII. Her Characteristic Virtues ; CHAPTER VIII. Her Death, Burial, and Relics ; CHAPTER IX. A Retrospect ; CHAPTER X. The Founder of the Brigidines ; CHAPTER XI. Tullow, The Mother House ; Centenary Ode ; Prayer to St. Brigid ; References *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 25090165. …

Condition: Good. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. 167pp. Presentation copy, inscribed but not signed by the author. Decorated boards, title gilted on spine and front cover. Covers have some stains, spine is sunned, bumped. Some shading, otherwise clear text. Foxing. A very good copy of this rare book. Keywords: Church architecture, local history. First edition copy. . . .…

Condition: Good. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. 167pp. Decorated boards, title gilted on spine and front cover. Covers have some stains, spine is sunned, bumped. Some shading, otherwise clear text. Foxing. Previous owner's signature on ffep. A very good copy of this rare book. Keywords: Church architecture, local history. First edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 562-676. Features: In the Khalifa's Clutches - part IV of Charles Neufeld's ordeal; Impressions of Pekin - sensational photo-illustrated article; Two Loves Affairs, and How They Ended - Colonel Hervey Tryon falls headlong into a deep well of garbag; The Hook-Swinging Ceremony as I Saw It - Rev. Joshua Knowles describes a South Indian pagan festival in which devotees have hook placed in their flesh before they are swung into the air at the end of long poles - with photos; A Desperate Plight - travails of Captain H.V. Barclay in the arid Australian interior; The Great Grottos of Han - photo-illustrated article on the marvelous caverns near Han-sur-Lesse in the Belgian Ardennes; Held by An Octopus - Herbert Perkins explains how he was grabbed from out of the water; Shooting the Reversible Falls - photo-illustrated story from St. John, New Brunswick involving Xavier Francis and Louis Mitchell; Life in an Italian Village (near Pallanza); On the War-Path with Redskins - a retaliatory raid of natives is recounted by J.W. Schultz, a Rocky Mountain guide who was married to a Blackfoot and lived among them in Montana; The Fantastic Carnival at Pangau in a remote part of the Austrian Tyrol; Twenty-Seven Days in an Open Boat - Part II - the castaways are finally rescued, but in ghastly condition; Naia, The Witch of Rochefort-en-Terre, in Brittany - photo-illustrated article; Through Italy in Bedouin Dress - photo-illustrated account; One Thousand Miles on Mule-Back - Part I of this photo-illustrated article of the amazing journey of Mabel Penniman from New York to London via Central and South Amerca; The Bogus "Rush" at Coolgardie - photo-illustrated of a fake gold rush in Australia as told by John Marshalll of Kalgoorlie; Photo of women coal heavers in Dresden; Full-page photo from Kelsey Creek, California showing a river of fish three feet deep - with no water!; Photo of Tunisian camel fight; and more. Average external wear and soiling. Few pencil markings. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this excellent issue. Staniland,k C.J.; Pearse, A.; Symons, W. Christian (illustrator).…

Condition: Fine Copy. First. p.p. 167. Illustrated original green gilt cloth. Fethard in South Tipperary is famous for its Abbey and its medieval heritage. Its historic past and its hospitable and friendly people brightened my early working life.