The Irish Country House; A Social History by Somerville-Large, Peter (Photography by Mark Fiennes.)

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London : Sinclair-Stevenson, 1995. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 372 pages, 12 unnumbered pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some colour), map; 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.Subjects: Country life Ireland History. Nobility Ireland History. Country homes Ireland History. Ireland Social life and customs. Country homes-Ireland. Country houses Social life HistoryIreland. Genre: Bibliography. History.Illustrated.

Published by Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd., 1995. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. A Social History. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & a few colour photos. Name in ink to front endpaper. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded at front spine edge.

London : Sinclair-Stevenson, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. quarto. Fiennes, Mark. Type: Book pp xlv, 372 + index. 2nd printing.

London : Sinclair-Stevenson, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; [16], 384 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography: p. 367-373. - and index. Summary; For 700 years the Ascendancy dominated Ireland: landlords built their great houses, landscaped their parks and spent wealth gathered from rents, before disappearing in the 20th century. Making use of letters, diaries, memoirs, estate documents, inventories, travellers' tales and family reminiscences, Peter Somerville-Large examines the lifestyle of the so-called ""rural sovereigns"", describing the elegance, discomfort, and danger associated with castle and mansion, and the lives of many famous figures who created or inhabited the great houses. Subjects; Country life - Ireland - History. Nobility - Ireland - History. Country homes - Ireland. Ireland -… Read More

SINCLAIR-STEVENSON. LONDON. 1995. FIRST EDITION, OCTAVO, FINE IN DUSTWRAP. A SOCIAL HISTORY, SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARK FIENNES. DEDICATION ON FEP `TO PROFESSOR PATRICK COLLINSON ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAUNCHING OF THE CHRIST CHURCH, DUBLIN, HISTORY PROJECT 6TH NOVEMBER 1995`.