A Trip to Ireland : Giving an Account of the Voyage Scenes and Incidents on Landing. Sketch of the Round Towers of Ireland. Also a Graphic Description of Travel and Sight-seeing in Ireland, Interspersed with Historical Legends and Stories of Her Remarkable Antiquities. Including a Romantic Tour on the Lakes of Killarney.
by Lloyd, Mrs. J. J. [ Marietta ]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, 1893. First edition. hardcover in green cloth with gilt text on spine and front board. Very good. Small octavo (standard size). Some shelf wear to edges of boards. Top corners bumped. Pages lightly browned. 193 p. w/ frontis of author, 6 other plates of Irish scenery, green patterned endpapers. A flowery travel memoir of a trip to Ireland by an American matron.
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- Bookseller
- Motte & Bailey, Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17244
- Title
- A Trip to Ireland : Giving an Account of the Voyage Scenes and Incidents on Landing. Sketch of the Round Towers of Ireland. Also a Graphic Description of Travel and Sight-seeing in Ireland, Interspersed with Historical Legends and Stories of Her Remarkable Antiquities. Including a Romantic Tour on the Lakes of Killarney.
- Author
- Lloyd, Mrs. J. J. [ Marietta ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in green cloth with gilt text on spine and front board
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Donohue & Henneberry
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1893
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ireland & the Irish;
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Motte & Bailey, Booksellers
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
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