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HISTORY OF THE IRISH REBELLION IN 1798; WITH MEMOIRS OF THE UNION, AND EMMETT'S INSURRECTION IN 1803
by Maxwell, W.H
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
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About This Item
London, England: Baily, Brothers, Cornhill, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. George Cruikshank. Octavo, 8.6 in. x 5.5 in., pp. vii, [1], 477. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty-six additional engraved plates; twenty-two plates by George Cruikshank. Contemporary diced calf with gilt frame and decorative border in blind to front and back. Gilt title to black panel on spine. Five raised bands, with gilt decorations in spine panels and "1798", the year of the revolution, at base of spine. Light rubbing to board edges and corners. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown, and signature to front free endpaper. A very few spots to the engravings. William Hamilton Maxwell (1792 - 1850) was an Irish novelist. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He claimed to have entered the British Army and seen service in the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, but this is generally believed to be untrue.
Afterwards he took orders, but was deprived of his living for non-residence. His novels, O'Hara (1825), and Stories from Waterloo (1834) started the school of rollicking military fiction, which culminated in the novels of Charles Lever. Maxwell also wrote a Life of the Duke of Wellington (1839-1841), and a History of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 (1845) - written in a spirit hostile to the rebels, and accompanied by appropriately hostile illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Maxwell married Mary Dobbin, daughter of Thomas Dobbin. (from Wikipedia).
Afterwards he took orders, but was deprived of his living for non-residence. His novels, O'Hara (1825), and Stories from Waterloo (1834) started the school of rollicking military fiction, which culminated in the novels of Charles Lever. Maxwell also wrote a Life of the Duke of Wellington (1839-1841), and a History of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 (1845) - written in a spirit hostile to the rebels, and accompanied by appropriately hostile illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Maxwell married Mary Dobbin, daughter of Thomas Dobbin. (from Wikipedia).
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- Aardvark Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87281
- Title
- HISTORY OF THE IRISH REBELLION IN 1798; WITH MEMOIRS OF THE UNION, AND EMMETT'S INSURRECTION IN 1803
- Author
- Maxwell, W.H
- Illustrator
- George Cruikshank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Baily, Brothers, Cornhill
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1845
- Keywords
- Irish history
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