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Irish Folk Music: a Fascinating Hobby
by Capt. Francis O'Neill
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Yorkshire : EP Publishing Ltd., Norwood Editions, 1973. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6" . Not Stated . Illustrated study of Irish folk music by Capt. Francis O'Neil. A volume concerning Irish folk music, a study of its origins and history. A 1973 reprint by EP Publishing from the Norwood editions copy, first thus. With a new introduction by Barry O'Neill. First published in Chicago in 1910. Facsimile edition, with numerous illustrations. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. Pricing not visible due to small sticker to front fly leaf. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper very smart, unclipped with minor shelf wear, light spotting internally to wraps, faint sunning to spine and wraps. Sticker to pricing front fly leaf. Internally, firmly bound. Minor light spotting to endpapers. Otherwise, pages bright and clean. Near Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 832A4
- Title
- Irish Folk Music: a Fascinating Hobby
- Author
- Capt. Francis O'Neill
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- EP Publishing Ltd., Norwood Editions
- Place of Publication
- Yorkshire
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- folk music history irish history
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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