Doyle Martin Pseud (9 results)

[First Edition]. c. 14 x 9 cm. 175 pages. With a Frontispiece. Contemporary tree calf. Spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Inscribed, signed and dated by the Author on the front paste down. Internally clean. Originally published in detached numbers in the Wexford Herald and first appearing in book form in 1828. The Rev. William Hickley produced many pamphlets under the pseudonym Martin Doyle, this, his most important contribution to agricultural improvement, attempts to instil a scientific understanding of agriculture in place of the traditional methods of the rural poor.

Hardcover. Condition: VG for age and genre. 1st Edition. Grey unlettered cloth, clean but spine faded extending to strip along back joint, fr. joint has some incipient cloth splitting. t.p. with notice of another book by author to verso + 166 pp. (inc. t.p.); 2 very early stamps to t.p., one circular red 3.5 cm diam. reading round edge 'By Grant of the Committee of Council on Education', the a faint black oval 3 cm x 2 cm, these being across and below title, front gutter effectively closed with cream tape, bottom 2 cm rear gutter have paper loss, otherwise internally clean, tight and unmarked. Apparently rare, only 4 on COPAC (one being in Dublin) and no web matches at time of listing. An interesting little book aimed primarily at farmers' children with chapters on e.g. 'Bird-keeping and Pig-keeping', 'Shepherd-boy', 'Land Measurement', 7 in all, each closing with a short moral story plus an 'Introductory Lesson' beginning 'Boys lend me your ears: I do not want to box or pull them, for I would not give you pain or fright .'. 9 cm x 14 cm.

Small 8vo. 4.25 x 6.5 inches. [3] pp. publisher's advertisements, including front pastedown. ix + [iii} + 116 pp. + [3] pp. publisher's advertisements, including rear pastedown. Bound in original orange cloth, with black titles and pictorial block. Series titles on rear boards. Extremities worn and spine sunned; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by engraved frontispiece and by text figure and tables. A pocket book of very basic husbandry for beginners in smallholdings. Martin Doyle was a pseudonym for William Hickey (c.1787-1875) was an Irish agricultural writer, educated at Cambridge and Ireland and ordained in the Church of Ireland in 1811. (Fussell, Old English Farming Books, Vol. III. Perkins Agricultural Library catalogue, 795). AGRICULTURE FARMING AGRICULTURE- 19TH CENTURY AGRICULTURE.

Fourth edition, 12mo, viii, [5]-175pp., frontispiece of a plan and elevation of a house come farm building, prelims a little creased, orig. calf, most of spine has gone and boards are held by cords. Originally published in detached numbers in the Wexford Herald and first appearing in book form in 1828. The Rev. William Hickley produced many pamphlets under the pseudonym Martin Doyle, this, his most important contribution to agricultural improvement, attempts to instil a scientific understanding of agriculture in place of the traditional methods of the rural poor.

12mo. 118pp, frontis. Later plain paper wraps. A collection of 25 chapters concluding with tobacco culture. Last published edition was 1867.

Hardcover. 12mo, 19cm, second editions, 88, 111, viii, 159 pp., 1 frontispiece (Part 3), indexes, rebound in modern cloth, gilt spine title, very good (sgc). ~ Irish protestant curate, Rev. William Hickey (1787-1788), apart from the Church, was chiefly interested in educating the Irish peasantry in better farming methods. In the 1820's near Bannow, the Gladstonian Settlement established an agricultural school and set up the South Wexford Agricultural Society. In 1831, Hickey published "Emigration to Upper Canada".

FIRST EDITION. 12pp cata.; some browning to early leaves. Orig. green cloth, cut flush, red edges. A good-plus copy. 52pp. 'With chapters on the management of cows, pigs, and poultry' and a list of tools & implements required. Hickey, 1787-1875, was an Irish writer whose works were all aimed at the improvement in life of the poor.

203 [1] pp. Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill and Richard Doyle; engravings; added illustrated title page and frontispiece in color. 12mo, 19th c. half morocco and marbled sides. Small areas of abrasion to the gutter area of the slightly age-toned frontispiece / illustrated title which is designed as a unit; contents otherwise fine.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 440 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.10 inches. This item is printed on demand.