The Children of Castletown House
by Conolly-Carew, Sarah; with Diana Conolly-Carew, Patrick & Gerald
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1845887506
- ISBN 13
- 9781845887506
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Dublin: History Press Ireland, 2012. Memoir of the fading days of Irish aristocracy by the last generation of children to grow up in this giant house, built in 1722 by William Conolly, Speaker of the Irish Parliament, who made his fortune in land speculation, dealing in land seized by the Crown from Irish supporters of James II. The mansion, by then dirty & in poor repair, was sold by the authors' father in 1965 (when the authors were in their 20s), farm income and the amount of land available to sell to pay for repairs no longer sufficient. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book & jacket, minor bumping to corners, discoloration from binding glue to inner hinges, ink note opposite last page, noting the birth of a relative being born there; otherwise near fine. Text clean; 240 pages; notes, appendixes including recipes & formulas, family trees, family career notes; b/w & some colour photos, illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0598
- Title
- The Children of Castletown House
- Author
- Conolly-Carew, Sarah; with Diana Conolly-Carew, Patrick & Gerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1845887506
- ISBN 13
- 9781845887506
- Publisher
- History Press Ireland
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- Ireland, Upper Class, Nobilty, Wealth, Memoir
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture & Interior Decoration;
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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