Irish Heritage by E Estyn Evans (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good used condition, 3rd impression, ex-library, usual library markings, corners heavily worn, light wear & marks, small paper label sellotaped onto base of spine.

First Edition, 4th impression. 8vo. Hardback, half mustard cloth and brown paper-covered boards, gilt titles. No dust jacket. 190pp., profusely illustrated with b/w plates and many line drawings and diagrams. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Gilt to spine slightly faded, otherwise a Good Copy. (Shelf 200) **To see a scan of this book please visit our Home page ** The shop is open 7 days a week. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and (UK) debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good used condition, owner's signature inside, light wear & marks, spine faded slightly.

imo. Condition: Very Good.

Fourth impression. xvi+190 pp. 23 x 14.5 cm. Six Plates and 114 Figures in text. Gold-blocked blue binding strip and gray boards, no dustwrapper. Sticker of DDA Simpson, late Professor of Archaeology at Queen's University, Belfast, on ffep, neat inscription on dedication page, fore-edge slightly foxed, otherwise a very clean, tight copy.

Editorial / Hard Cover. Condition: Muito Bom/Very Good/Très Bien. Dust Jacket Condition: Muito Bom / Very Good / Trés B. 1 Vol. de 190 pp. Ilustrado. Size: In-8º (220x145). Book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Sixth Impression. pp 190. First published in 1942. The author's 'scientific mind, trained in the related disciplines of geography, archaeology and anthropology, enables him to trace in the present the threads of the remote past in this land of Ireland. But he writes for the ordinary man.' Some chipping to dust-ljacket - otherwise good.

Quarter Cloth and Paper Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Second Impression. pp xvi, 190. Association copy - embossed stamp on f.f.e.p. 'Ex Libris Dr George A. Little'. Also inscription of previous owner 'Próinséas Ní Chatháin'. Some light wear to boards/spine - otherwise in very good condition.

2nd Impression. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvi, 190 pages front., illus. (incl. maps) vi pl. 24 cm. Subjects: Country life Ireland. Country life.Manners and customs. Folklore and History Ireland. Ireland Social life and customs. Ireland Description and travel. 1 Kg.

Editorial / Hard Cover. Condition: Bom / Good / Bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Bom, Good, Bien. 1 Vol. de XVI-190 pp. With illustrations by the author Size: In-8º (220x145). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. DJ has foxing, yellowing, wear, and a few small missing pieces around the edges. Endpapers have foxing, yellowing, and wrinkling.

2nd Impression. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvi, 190 pages front., illus. (incl. maps) vi pl. 24 cm. Subjects: Country life Ireland. Country life.Manners and customs. Folklore and History Ireland. Ireland Social life and customs. Ireland Description and travel. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xvi, 190. Original publisherÕs green boards lettered gilt at spine. Copiously illustrated in black & white throughout. Signed on the title page with printed presentation on front endpaper to The Duchess of Gloucester on her visit to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. Very good indeed in very good indeed, price-clipped dust jacket. Signedes.

Fifth printing. 190 pp. Very light foxing on the endpapers, with previous owner's inscription on ffep. Quarter green cltoh with gilt titles. Corners bumped, head and tail of spine lightly worn. White DJ with b/w photo. Spine and edges yellowed, small chips, light wear along the edges. VG-/VG-.

Hardcover. Condition: GOOD. 1967. Tempest. Hardcover. GOOD DJ; Good, edgewear, ninth impression.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. xvi, 190 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. ; LC: DA925 ; OCLC: 4669338 ; Distributor stamped on title page ; green cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Contents : The real Ireland -- How Ireland took shape -- The landscape : the beginnings-- The work of man : Crops and animals -- Woodlands, fields, fences and gates -- Village and Booley -- The Irish peasant house -- The interior of the house : Fireside and food -- Farm buildings -- Seedtime -- Harvest -- Carts and roads -- Spades -- Wood, skin, straw and rush work -- The bog -- The seashore -- Festivals and fairs : the Country town -- Some customs and beliefs -- Plates: Tree roots in bog face, Armoy Co., Antrim -- Two views of Legananny Dolmen, Co Down -- Types of Thatch -- Scollop thatch of marrom grass, Magilligan Co. Derry -- Roped thatch of rye straw, Articlave, Co. Derry -- Thatched rood secured with pegged fir-ropes, north Antrim -- Four types of one-horse cars, Glens of Antrim -- Slide-car with kish, straw harness -- Low-back car -- Box-car with disc wheels -- Spoke-wheeled car -- Making a skib, Aran Islands. Creel rods stuck in ground behind -- Stafe in making of Sheephaven curragh, Co. Donegal -- Lashing frame -- Lashing bow-stringers, a difficlut task -- Fixing couple-ends to the gunwale -- Covered and ready for use. ; Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fifth Printing. Clean copy, no writing or markings in text. Solid and square, no loose pages. Gray boards, green spine with gilt lettering on spine and front. Signed and inscribed by author to previous owner on front free end paper dated Sept. 1945. Boards are edgeworn and rubbed. The corners are bumped, bottom front corner is worn through, and top and bottom of the spine are worn. DJ is edgeworn, rubbed, age darkened with small chips at the top and bottom of the flaps and one-inch by half-inch chips at the top and bottom of the spine. DJ is now protected with a clear plastic cover. BX8. Signed by Author(s).