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Published by P J Kennedy, 1878
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Condition: Good. 1878. Hardcover. 233pp. Tissue protected frontis portrait of John Mitchell. Recased in decorated boards, with gilt decoration on front cover, title in gilt on spine, spine sunned, bumped. Shelf wear. Ffep loose, otherwise binding tight. Very clear text. Library markings. Keywords: Irish history. Not a first edition copy. . Former Library book. .
Published by P J Kennedy
Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. 1878. Hardcover. 233pp. Tissue protected frontis portrait of John Mitchell. Recased in decorated boards, with gilt decoration on front cover, title in gilt on spine, spine sunned, bumped. Shelf wear. Ffep loose, otherwise binding tight. Very clear text. Library markings. Keywords: Irish history. Not a first edition copy. . Former Library book. . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Published by P.M. Haverty/P.J. Kenedy, Excelsior Catholic Publishing House, New York, 1872
First Edition
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good (Plus). No Jacket. First Edition. Thomas Nicolas Burke (1830-1883), a Dominican priest, was noted as a "great patriot" and speaker. He toured America in 1872 to refute the anti-Irish sentiments of the English historian Anthony Froude. Burke is referenced by James Joyce in "Dubliners" for his speaking ability. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Green cloth binding, heavily blindstamped, with titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 644 pages; followed by Burke's Five Lectures Against Froude, 103 additional pages. Frontis portrait of Father Burke. Mild rubbing to the tips and the head and foot of the spine and a few pages at the end with some creasing from turned lower conners. A beautiful copy, rarely seen in surchgood condition. A large, heavy octavo in the Victorian fashion that will likely require extra postage. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.