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The Year of Liberty, The Great Irish Rebellion of 1798 by Thomas Pakenham
- Bookseller: Texas Star Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 001179
- Edition: Second Impression
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0297819550
- ISBN 13: 9780297819554
- Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place: London
- Date published: 1998
Description
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998. 2nd Impression of Revised Edition (Original, 1969), 2nd Ptg.. From front cover: "For anyone who wishes to understand the essence of the Irish Troubles, "'The Year of Liberty" is compulsory reading', The Times". Bright and crisp and clean with colorful end paper art, front and rear, "The Battle of Ballynahinch" by Tom Robinson. Dust jacket is also clean, crisp and colorful. Fine copy.. ISBN: 0297819550. Second Impression. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. IRISH, IRISH HISTORY, REBELLION, WOLFE TONE.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
crisp : A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp will not have 'well-read' pages, i.e., where the book will naturally open to certain pages or sections.
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