Stopford Edward Adderly (1 results)
Published by S. W. Partridge and Co, London 1876
- Hardcover
Seller: Joe Collins Rare Books, Dublin, IrelandJoe Collins Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. 3rd Edition. Dublin: Hodges, Foster & Co. Edinburgh: George McGibbon. Pages: viii, 352, + frontispiece and 12 leaves of illustration. 145x95mm. Original decorative green cloth, spine and front cover lettered gilt. Stereotype printing. Although published without an author's name, the preface is signed…'E.A.S.', the initials of Edward Adderly Stopford, Rector of Kells and Archdeacon of Meath. Stopford was the father of the Irish historian and nationalist activist, Alice Stopford Green. An interesting example of didactic proselytizing fiction, embellished with a series of detailed illustrations of Irish rural life. A fine copy free from any library stamps, inscriptions or other markings. (Loeber : Guide to Irish Fiction, S1.). T. Bolton (engraver) (illustrator).
