ULSTER IN '98 : EPISODES AND ANECDOTES

Young, Robert M.

Published by Marcus Ward & Co., Limited, Royal Ulster Works, Belfast, Ireland, 1893

12mo, 7.2 in. x 5 in., pp. [4] (advertising), 96, [4] (advertising). Illustrated with frontis of Henry Joy McCracken and black and white engravings throughout. Red pictorial paper boards over brown cloth spine. Rubbing to extremities; a few scuffs to the boards. Previous owner's name, dated 1924, in ink to front flyleaf. Spine and hinges tight. Robert Magill Young (1851-1925), who was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Borough of Belfast in 1895, was active in the public and cultural life of the city. He was a well-known and highly regarded local historian and antiquarian. He lectured frequently and published papers regularly in the revived Ulster Journal of Archaeology, of which he was also an editor, and in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. He edited The Town Book of the Corporation of Belfast: 1613-1816 (1892) and Historical notices of old Belfast and its vicinity (1896) and was the author of Ulster in '98: episodes and anecdotes (1893) and Belfast and the province of Ulster in the 20th century (1909). In 1913 he was conferred with an honorary MA from Queen's University in recognition of his services to literature and antiquarian research. For several years he made sketching tours on the Continent. (from Dictionary of Irish Architects). Seller Inventory # 87093

Bibliographic Details

Title: ULSTER IN '98 : EPISODES AND ANECDOTES
Publisher: Marcus Ward & Co., Limited, Royal Ulster Works, Belfast, Ireland
Publication Date: 1893
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: Third edition.