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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards.
This volume is a first edition.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates, and fifteen in-text images. Collated complete.
A collection of prose works focusing on life in southern Ireland before the Free State and steamrollers, recounting personal experiences and observations, with a particular emphasis on Drishane and the West Carbery Hunt.
Edith Œnone Somerville (1858-1949) and Violet Martin (1862-1915), who wrote together under the name Somerville & Ross, were Irish cousins and literary collaborators best known for The Irish R.M. series.
Condition
In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing and bumping to extremities and boards, with slight loss to paper boards partially obscuring "Martin Ross". Rubbing to and creasing to spine label. Spine creased down the center. Slight discolouration to paper boards. Spot of damp staining to rear paper board. Library bookplate to rear paste down, with slight offsetting and the odd handling mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, if a little age toned with the odd spot and handling mark.
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