Search Results: History of Ireland from Elk Creek Heritage Books

London, UK: Thames and Hudson, 1973. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Stated Second Edition (revised) 1973. Contains 174 illustrations. Hard cover in very good condition with green boards containing gilt fish design on front and gilt spine lettering. Test block clean & tight with no markings noted. DJ crisp with hint of age toning and some shelf wear. Edge wear including half inch closed tear on top front. Not price clipped: price in pounds.

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated ""First Published in 1970"" with no additional printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with teal cloth boards showing light aging, title in blue panel on spine with gold gilt lettering. Text block clean & tight with no writing or markings to note. Mellow age toning to the papers, one spot of age / discoloration. Side text block slightly age toned & dust dulled. Contains four color plates (all present). 155 numbered pages which include an extensive Index. Following the Index are 48 leaves, 98 pages, of glossy Monochrome plates of Irish Glass, numbered and identified in detail on pages following the TOC. Dust jacket very good with age toning and dust dulling to the white sections, edge wear, and tiny chips at head of spine. On front jacket flap there is written in ink next to author's name, ""died 2-2-85."" No other writing noted. Is… Read More

Bath BA1 1HE, UK: Parragon Books, 2007. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition. A petite volume at 6 5/8"" tall x 5 1/4"" wide x 1 1/4"" thick with 320 numbered pages. Glossy pictorial boards with blue top & bottom margins, green background and color illustrations. Green endpapers. Interior text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Papers are glossy white with illustrations, sidebars, paintings and/or black & white or color photographs on almost every page. Concludes with a Glossary and extensive Index. Dust jacket very good; 1/2"" closed tear at top of fold between front and spine; photos and text mirror the glossy boards but for the background of front & spine being blue with white lettering and sepia tone in blue to the illustrations. Not price clipped; left on, next to the price at bottom front jacket flap, is the price sticker from the bookseller, Four Masters Bookshop, Donegal. Rear jacket flap… Read More

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated First Edition with letters ABCDE. Hard cover in fine condition with dark yellow boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Matching dark yellow end papers. Text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the book, "". . . wonderfully intriguing, beautifully written narrative brims with fascinating information about the essence of Ireland's early monastic tradition - the rigorous, even savagely austere attitude to penance and fasting: the influence of Vikings, Romans, and Anglo-Normans on Irish culture; the surprising connections between Ireland and India, Central Asia, Egypt, and Byzantium; the gradual transition to a less zealous Catholic religion that, rather than eradicating the old Celtic rituals, incorporated them into monastic life; and the slow dawning of a scientific understanding of the universe. .… Read More