Somerville large peter fiennes mark (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1st edition. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/V. 320pp, b/w illustrations throughout, index, spine sunned dustjacket edges rubbed & bumped, fore edge thumbed. The account of a year long tour around Ireland. 1150 grams.

Zustand: Very Good. 2nd edition. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/VG. xiv+306pp, b/w frontis, 32pp colour plates, 95 b/w illustrations, index, dustjacket edges rubbed & bumped, fore edge thumbed. A history of Dublin, from its foundation by the Vikings onwards. 1400 grams.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 320p. : ill. ; 26cm. Notes: Includes bibliography and index. Subjects: Somerville-Large, Peter. Ireland ; Description and travel. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; [16], 384 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography: p. 367-373. - and index. Summary; For 700 years the Ascendancy dominated Ireland: landlords built their great houses, landscaped their parks and spent wealth gathered from rents, before disappearing in the 20th century. Making use of letters, diaries, memoirs, estate documents, inventories, travellers' tales and family reminiscences, Peter Somerville-Large examines the lifestyle of the so-called "rural sovereigns", describing the elegance, discomfort, and danger associated with castle and mansion, and the lives of many famous figures who created or inhabited the great houses. Subjects; Country life - Ireland - History. Nobility - Ireland - History. Country homes - Ireland. Ireland - Social life and customs. Country homes - Ireland - History. Ireland - Social life and customs. Ireland - History. Country houses - Social life - History. Ireland. Northern Ireland. Country houses - British Isles - Ireland. Nobility - British Isles - Ireland. Ireland - History - Social. Social & cultural history ; British & Irish history. History / Europe / Ireland. Country houses : Ireland ; Houses : Social history : Ireland ; Ireland : social history. Genre; Illustrated. 4 Kg. …