Joly john 1857 1933 (5 Ergebnisse)

Joly, John, 1857-1933. Reminiscences & Anticipations. With nine illustrations. London: T. Fisher Unwin, Adelphi Terrace, 1920, 263pp., good purple cloth, but faded and with a tear at the bottom of the spine, previous owner's stamp: Ex Libris Trefethen. The author was professor of geology and mineralogy in the University of Dublin and he collects essays here on his educational proposals, holiday reminiscences of Foze Rocks and Tour of Irish Lighthouses, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, the Origin of the Submarine, and on the "defence of Trinity College during the Sinn Fein Rebellion". "So far as I know, it is the only account of that incident written by one who lived within the College walls throughout those terrible days. It is accurate in every particular so far as it was in my power to make it so.".…

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Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 394 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

orig. cloth. 19x13cm, xi,(2),287pp., Bookplate and name on flyleaf. Light spine bump. Binding edge rubbed. Light cover stains. Good. Frontispiece, 5 plates. (illustrator).