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The West of Ireland: its existing condition, and Prospects
by Coulter, Henry
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1862. original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, gilt illustration on front board showing Britannia and Hibernia reaching out across the Irish Sea, some rubbing wear to spine ends and bumping to foredge corners, inner front hinge, which had been cracked, strengthened and repaired, early owner's signature on front pastedown, pages xii, 372 plus 20 pages of commercial advertisements at rear, mostly illustrated; book is illustrated with 33 (of 35 - two missing) plates, some nicely coloured, with tissue guards, folding map of Ireland at front, folding map of Europe showing telegraph connections, with proposed transAtlantic cable from Valentia at rear. Some foxing affecting some illustrations and all of the tissue guards, but text block is generally clean, tight and readable. The author was a correspondent of Saunder's News-letter, a Dublin newspaper noted for its non-partisan journalism. The text of the book originally appeared as articles ('letters') in the newspaper. A considerable Irish rarity.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenbower Books
(IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28202
- Title
- The West of Ireland: its existing condition, and Prospects
- Author
- Coulter, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodges and Smith
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1862
- Keywords
- Irish, 19th Century, Connacht, Donegal,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish; Collectable;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Glenbower Books
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About the Seller
Glenbower Books
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Dublin, Dublin
About Glenbower Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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