Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry First Series
by William Carleton
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/None
- Seller
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Waterville, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Good Hardcover in Green Boards with Black and green lettering and decorations with Gilt lettering on the spine. Scuff on top of spine Tight binding Unmarked text. Advertisement End pages. Routledge's Standard Library Edition. 413 Pages plus 16 pages of advertisement. Carleton (1794-1869), born of Irish-speaking peasant parents, renounced Catholicism for Protestantism and espoused a Unionist point of view. He is a key figure in Anglo-Irish literature who is seen as exemplifying "the transition from an oral culture to a print-based literary one" (The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature,1996). The First Edition was published in 1830. This later edition published in 1877. Irish Traits Culture
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- Bookseller
- RE-BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70634
- Title
- Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry First Series
- Author
- William Carleton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in Green Boards with Black and green lettering and decorations
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Routledge’s Standard Library Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Rutledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1877
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Irish Traits Culture
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....