THE LINEN HOUSES OF THE LAGAN VALLEY : THE STORY OF THEIR FAMILIES
by Rankin, Kathleen
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 1903688205
- ISBN 13
- 9781903688205
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About This Item
Belfast, Ireland: Ulster Historical Foundation, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus. Quarto, 10.75 in. x 8.2 in. pp. xvii, [1], 261. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. Dark blue paper boards with gilt title to spine. Very light shelfwear to top and bottom of spine. Illustrated endpapers. Price clipped. Protected in mylar. From the dustjacket: By the late 19th century, Belfast had developed into one of the great industrial cities of the Empire. Much of this new-found wealth was based on the manufacture of linen. The opulent lifestyle that came to be so characteristic of the great linen barons is reflected perhaps best of all in the houses they built. Many travelled from their imposing mansions in the Lagan Valley into the city on the new Great Northern Railway. Others lived in equally resplendent houses near the linen works they had already established on the River Lagan. This book provides an illustrated and informed commentary on the major linen families and the magnificent houses they built along the Lagan Valley. The imagesâexterior views of the actual houses, interior scenes of the stately rooms and portraits of the families themselvesâpresent tantalising and poignant glimpses of a bygone age, when Belfast was justifiable know as "Linenopolis."
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
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- Title
- THE LINEN HOUSES OF THE LAGAN VALLEY : THE STORY OF THEIR FAMILIES
- Author
- Rankin, Kathleen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1903688205
- ISBN 13
- 9781903688205
- Publisher
- Ulster Historical Foundation
- Place of Publication
- Belfast, Ireland
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- architecture
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