Search Results: sketches of irish character by mrs s c

John Locken. Collectible - Acceptable. Nashville: J. Locken, 1858. Sm 4to. 383pp. B/W and color illustrations. Fair book. Heavy edgewear. Crown erose. Boards soiled and rubbed. Slight warping to the boards. Spine toned. Page edges soiled. Page edges and pages age toned. Front hinge cracked. Slight dampstaining to the bottom corner and bottom-edge of all pages. Typical period foxing throughout. Previous owner's initials penciled to the front free endpaper and verso. Inquire if you need further information.

Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly, London. 1884. 5th ed. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. moderate shelfwear, attractive bookno tears to the cloth, front hing weak, reinforced from the inside with tape, general milf toning throughout, no ownership marks.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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London: Nattali & Bond, 1885. 5th. 5th ed. 412p. A hardcover book with leather spine in fair condition. Ex-library: small sticker on endpaper. Cover worn and ends of spine crumbling. Text block detached from cover and spine. Spine is taped to cover near top. Text clean and tight. Profusely illustrated with b/w drawings. A collection of short stories about Irish people.

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Paperback / softback. New.

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New York. & Philadelphia. E. Ferrett and Company. Hardcover. 1845, tall8vo. 24cm, 383p., with numerous plates and illustrations from steel engravings, bound in full black calf, elaborately gilt decorated, gilt titles, a.e.g., worn at the edges particularly at the top and bottom end of the spine a good to very good copy (s9.3).

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

GB: How & Parsons, 1842. pp. viii, 384; engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved title-page, 4 engraved plates, wood-engraved illustrations throughout. Tight text block has some spotting also affecting plates. Recently (profesionally) rebound in original mabled boards but with new green cloth spine and corners. Original leather title label. Photos on request.. 1st Thus. Hardback. VG/No DW.

London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good. 1892. Hardcover. Just the slightest of fraying to the top of the spine. A fit of foxing on the inside covers. ; Book is in excellent condition - exceptions noted. A beautiful copy with 61 illustrations on steel and wood. Bright gilt images on front cover and spine over green, plaid boards. Tissue guards on some of the engravings. Maclise, Gilbert, Harvy, and Cruikshank. Anna Maria Hall (6 January 1800 – 30 January 1881) was an Irish novelist who often published as "Mrs. S. C. Hall". She was born in Dublin but left for England at age 15. The author writes "In these 'Sketches' I have aimed at a higher object than mere amusement, - desiring so to picture the Irish character, as to make it more justly appreciated, more rightly estimated, and more respected in England. . . . It has been my steady purpose, and zealous wish, to justice to the many estimable qualities of the Irish peasantry." Scarce in this edition. ; Steel… Read More

Philadelphia: J.W. Moore, 1853. Tall 8vo. 383, [1] pp. Engravd frntsp., numerous engravd plates, woodcut-engraved historiated initials, and text illustrations. Dark-blue embssd cloth, gilt lettrng & decrtn on spine, a.e.g. (interior foxing, chppng hd & ft of spine, soilng, varished covrs, wear, rubbng, couple interior clsd tears), reference copy, w/ frmr ownrshp signatures on endpapers. Early illustrated edition of this anthology of Irish fairy tales, folklore, and short stories.

London: Nattali & Bond, 1855.. Fifth edition, 8vo, xxiv, 412 pp. 5 plates plus illustrations in the text, later 19th century prize label from Highbury House School, St. Leonard's to fly leaf. Original gilt titled green cloth, a.e.g., light wear to extremities. First published 1844.

London, England: Nattali & Bond, 1855. Fifth Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good. Octavo, 8.2 in. x 5.6 in., pp. xxiv, 412. Illustrated with frontis, five full-page engravings, and sixty additional engravings by several artists. Contemporary rich red full calf with elaborate frame in gilt to front. Gilt title and five raised bands to spine. Gilt edges and dentelles. Rubbing to edges. Faded ink mark to front board. Bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Spine and hinges tight. Regal looking book with a well-preserved interior. Anna Maria Hall (1800 - 1881) was an Irish novelist who often published as "Mrs. S. C. Hall". She was born Anna Maria Fielding in Dublin, but left Ireland for England at the age of 15. Mrs Hall's first recorded contribution to literature is an Irish sketch called "Master Ben", which appeared in The Spirit and Manners of the Age, January 1829. Other tales followed. Eventually they were collected into a volume entitled Sketches of Irish Character, 1829, and henceforth she became… Read More

London: How and Parsons. Very Good. 1842. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover leather binding. First Edition. Marbled paper covered boards with brown leather corners and spine. Some scuffing, signs of use and rubbing to corners. Banded spine, gilt title and gilt embellishments to panels. All edge marbled but faded. Attractive marbled endpapers, cracked to hinge but reasonably sound. Neat armorial bookplate. Plain preliminary page. Front end paper is missing. Frontispiece is a lovely wood engraving of Lilly O'Brien - some light damp staining at extreme edges but otherwise very good. Title page is embellished with engravings from daily life which is used to emphasise the title, after a dedication to 'Thomas Boyse, Esq, of the Grange Bannow'. Contents and List of Illustrations, 380 pages after which in a smaller print the book ends with 'Ireland its Scenery, Characters etc etc, 381-384'. The book is illustrated with a range of engravings throughout and five full page… Read More