Through Connemara in a Governess Cart. [Inscribed / Signed by Violet Martin] Illustrated by W.W. Russell, from 'Sketches by Edith . Somerville'

Language: English

Published by London, W.H. Allen & Co., Ltd., 1893

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Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, Cork, IrelandInanna Rare Books Ltd.

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19.8cm x 13cm. vii, 200 (33) pages with several illustrations. Original publisher's binding (the red cloth variant),decoratively illustrated hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Good condition still with the binding shaky and the cover stroonger rubbed. Front free endpaper sellotaped. One of the very rare occasions in which Violet Martin signed with her full name, a few months prior to the books official publication in November 1892. Very rare, early Edith Somerville and Martin Ross (Violet Martin) title ! The two famous cousins, Edith Oenone Somerville and Violet Florence Martin, observe the sights and sounds experienced on their week-long travels in Connemara. Their adventures begin with their buying of a neat governess cart and a mule called Sibbie to pull it and from there we read the delightful misadventures of the two ladies. The strange characters they meet, the habits of Sibbie, the isolated hotels they stay in are all described with the laconic wit and sharp eye that make this into an exquisite jewel of travel lore.…

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Title
Through Connemara in a Governess Cart. [Inscribed / Signed by Violet Martin] Illustrated by W.W. Russell, from 'Sketches by Edith . Somerville'
Author
Somerville, Edith / Ross, Martin (that is Violet Martin)
Publisher
London, W.H. Allen & Co., Ltd.
Publication year
1893
Condition
Sehr gut
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Item weight
1,200 grams
Seller catalogs
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Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

Skibbereen, Cork, Ireland

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