Sketches of Irish Character
by Hall, Mrs. S. C
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Franklin, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good. 1892. Hardcover. Just the slightest of fraying to the top of the spine. A fit of foxing on the inside covers. ; Book is in excellent condition - exceptions noted. A beautiful copy with 61 illustrations on steel and wood. Bright gilt images on front cover and spine over green, plaid boards. Tissue guards on some of the engravings. Maclise, Gilbert, Harvy, and Cruikshank. Anna Maria Hall (6 January 1800 30 January 1881) was an Irish novelist who often published as "Mrs. S. C. Hall". She was born in Dublin but left for England at age 15. The author writes "In these 'Sketches' I have aimed at a higher object than mere amusement, - desiring so to picture the Irish character, as to make it more justly appreciated, more rightly estimated, and more respected in England. . . . It has been my steady purpose, and zealous wish, to justice to the many estimable qualities of the Irish peasantry." Scarce in this edition. ; Steel & Wood Engravings; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 443 pages .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3717
- Title
- Sketches of Irish Character
- Author
- Hall, Mrs. S. C
- Illustrator
- MacLise, Gilbert,harvy, and Cruikshank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Ireland, Folktales, Irish Culture, Irish Fiction, 19th Century Books
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