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Ireland's history has long been illuminated, and enlivened, by bizarre, colourful, extravagant, unfettered ripe country-house eccentrics, saints, scholars, bucks and hell-rakes, duellists, abductors, rhymers and miracle-makers. These factual and fascinating biographical sketches make for 'delightful reading' (Frank Muir). First published in 1975 this new edition includes fresh material and is now in its second printing. Reviews of the 1975 'Mr Somerville-Large writes with élan and erudition' - Tim Heald, The Times. 'A delightful compendium of sheer nuttiness. If, as sociologists suggest, eccentricity is a luxury, Ireland is portrayed in this book as one of the most luxurious countries anywhere.' - Malcolm MacPherson, Newsweek. 'Mr Somerville-Large has probed the annals of dim Anglo-Irish families to produce a rare gallery of human curiosities. All human life is here with a vengeance, and in these affectionately presented pages its vagaries know no bounds. ' - William Trevor, The Guardian. 'Peter Somerville-Large has parcelled up as colourful a batch of nature's sports as could be found a whisker this side of lunacy, and has written about them in a witty detached prose style which admirably sets off their extraordinary behaviour S delightful reading.' - Frank Muir, The Spectator
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Irish Eccentrics A Selection
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Harper and Row, 1975
ISBN 10: 0060139080
ISBN 13: 9780060139087
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. 1st US edition. With remainder mark. (Ireland, Eccentrics, Biography). Seller Inventory # S01A-03140
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Irish Eccentrics: a Selection
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Harper & Row, New York, 1975
ISBN 10: 0060139080
ISBN 13: 9780060139087
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. A delightful excursion into the bizarre, colorful, and extravagant lives of Irish eccentrics, saints, scholars, bucks and hellrakes, duellists, abductors, rhymers, and miracle-makers. First edition, Minor rubing to the edges. In very good condition Size: 5¾" - 8½" 0.0. book. Seller Inventory # 267942
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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Printing. Good Hardcover with Good dustjacket, some chipping and creasing to DJ. Seller Inventory # 051005-P357