The High Crosses of Castledermot and Durrow with Twelve Illustrations
by Stokes, Margaret
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good -
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Dublin: Academy House, 1898. Paperback. Very Good -. Sold also by Hodges, Figgis, & Co., Dublin, and Williams & Norgate, London. [4], xiv, 12, [2] p., 12 leaves of photogravure plates: in-text illustrations and 1 full page of illustrations; 44 cm. Grey cloth spine; card covers printed in black. In Ireland, the High Crosses marked sanctuaries, under the invocation of certain saints, and offered protection to a fugitive who sought shelter there. This publication focuses on those crosses at Castledermot Monastery and at Durrow. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: cover is lightly soiled; shadow on front cover; chipping along cover edges; lacking upper corner of back cover; front cover is partially detached from tail; minor chipping along fore-edge of several plates; pages and plates are clean and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004651
- Title
- The High Crosses of Castledermot and Durrow with Twelve Illustrations
- Author
- Stokes, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Academy House
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1898
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- Chipping
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