The Present Case of Ireland plainly stated; a Plea for my People and my Race
by CUSACK, M.F. (1829 1899)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York. P.J. Kenedy. 1881. Hardcover. thick 12mo, 19.5cm, [xviii],414,lv,p., wood engraved frontis portrait & 10 wood engraved portraits, appendix, original black and gilt decorated green cloth, internal library stamps, top and bottom spine edges frayed else very good to fine (gar). ~ An Anglo Irish convert to Catholicism. A prolific writer and an outspoken Irish patriot, she used the profits from her many publications to feed the poor, particularly during the Famine.
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- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35381
- Title
- The Present Case of Ireland plainly stated; a Plea for my People and my Race
- Author
- CUSACK, M.F. (1829 1899)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York. P.J. Kenedy. 1881
- Keywords
- IRISH IRELAND PROBLEM POOR FAMINE LANDLORDS TENANTS REFORMS
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About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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Ottawa, Ontario
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- Edges
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- 12mo
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- Poor
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- Cloth
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