Sketches of Irish Character by Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1884

John Locken. Collectible - Acceptable. Nashville: J. Locken, 1858. Sm 4to. 383pp. B/W and color illustrations. Fair book. Heavy edgewear. Crown erose. Boards soiled and rubbed. Slight warping to the boards. Spine toned. Page edges soiled. Page edges and pages age toned. Front hinge cracked. Slight dampstaining to the bottom corner and bottom-edge of all pages. Typical period foxing throughout. Previous owner's initials penciled to the front free endpaper and verso. Inquire if you need further information.

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London: Nattali & Bond, 1885. 5th. 5th ed. 412p. A hardcover book with leather spine in fair condition. Ex-library: small sticker on endpaper. Cover worn and ends of spine crumbling. Text block detached from cover and spine. Spine is taped to cover near top. Text clean and tight. Profusely illustrated with b/w drawings. A collection of short stories about Irish people.

Paperback / softback. New.

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… Read More

London, England: Nattali & Bond, 1855. Fifth Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good. Octavo, 8.2 in. x 5.6 in., pp. xxiv, 412. Illustrated with frontis, five full-page engravings, and sixty additional engravings by several artists. Contemporary rich red full calf with elaborate frame in gilt to front. Gilt title and five raised bands to spine. Gilt edges and dentelles. Rubbing to edges. Faded ink mark to front board. Bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Spine and hinges tight. Regal looking book with a well-preserved interior. Anna Maria Hall (1800 - 1881) was an Irish novelist who often published as "Mrs. S. C. Hall". She was born Anna Maria Fielding in Dublin, but left Ireland for England at the age of 15. Mrs Hall's first recorded contribution to literature is an Irish sketch called "Master Ben", which appeared in The Spirit and Manners of the Age, January 1829. Other tales followed. Eventually they were collected into a volume entitled Sketches of Irish Character, 1829, and henceforth she became… Read More

New York: E. Ferrett and Company, 1846. Leather_bound. Fine. Royal 8vo in three quarter green morocco over lighter green linen cloth, ruled in gilt. Raised hubs, Spine ruled and lettered in gilt and with shamrock-design inlays in the compartments. Top edge gilt. The Illustrated Edition. Lithographic first title page printed in gilt and colors. 383 pp. Profusely illustrated with full and partial pages engravings throughout the text (full page plates with tissue guards). A tight, internally bright example, trace of small, shallow tidemarking upper border of first aprox. 80 pp. Fine is fine and tight, spine strip just a bit faded to olive, rather than emerald, green.