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Captain Rock Detected: Or, the Origin and Character of the Recent Disturbances, and the Causes, Both Moral and Political, of the Present Alarming Condition of the South and West of Ireland, Fully and Fairly Considered and Exposed: By a Munster Farmer
by A Munster Farmer" [Mortimer O'Sullivan]
- Used
- poor
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Poor/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London/Dublin/Edinburgh: T. Cadell, R. Milliken, and W. Blackwood, 1824. Mortimer O'Sullivan (1791?-1859), a converted cleric of the Church of Ireland, published this with a pseudonym as a rejoinder to Thomas Moore's "Memoirs of Captain Rock." Initially critical of Irish landlords, O'Sullivan became an anti-Catholic polemicist and member of the Orange Order. This is a Very Good copy of the text of the First Edition. Disbound. The covers are present but unattached and the spine is exposed. Clean text; 450 pages, toned at the edges. Quite clear and bright; pages stiff. The first free endpaper has two stamps: that of W.A. Hinch, Dublin bookseller, and of the St. Ignatius House of Writers. The half-title page has a contemporary ink signature and "by Mortimer O'Sullivan." Please note the condition issues. Quercus must offer this as a Binding Copy, in need of repairs or restoration.. First Edition. Disbound. Poor/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006014
- Title
- Captain Rock Detected: Or, the Origin and Character of the Recent Disturbances, and the Causes, Both Moral and Political, of the Present Alarming Condition of the South and West of Ireland, Fully and Fairly Considered and Exposed: By a Munster Farmer
- Author
- A Munster Farmer" [Mortimer O'Sullivan]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T. Cadell, R. Milliken, and W. Blackwood
- Place of Publication
- London/Dublin/Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1824
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish History & Politics;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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