Young Robert Pike (2 results)
More imagesPublished by Brighton: W. T. Pike 1909
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: JIRI Books, Lisburn, United KingdomJIRI Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Small royal4to, colour frontispiece, 640 p. Profusely illustrated. Original brown quarter morocco, five raised bands, lettered gilt, pale green shamrock inlays in compartments, all edges gilt, specially made Irish linen cloth over heavy boards, cork effect endpapers. A very fine copy. Fir…st edition. The Irish linen for this magnificent book was specially woven with the Ulster crest and four shamrocks on the upper cover and the Belfast crest and four shamrocks on the lower cover. Heavy book. First edition.
Published by Brighton: W.T. Pike & Co. 1909
- Hardcover
Seller: Owl Books, County Leitrim, IrelandOwl Books
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Add to basketPike's New Century Series. Contemporary Biographies edited by W.T. Pike. 640 pp. Contents: Description of Ulster, Belfast - The Capital of Ulster, Cities and typical Towns, "The Kingdom of Mourne", Shipbuilding in Belfast, The Linen Trade of Ulster, History of the Medical Profession in Belfast, Ulster Homes, Contemporary Biograp…hies + Index.frontispiece - colour plate of The Giant's Causeway, & 1 other colour plate. Copiously illustrated with b/w photographs throughout text. Including Antrim (detailed section on Belfast), Donegal, Down, Armagh, Louth, Tyrone, Derry, Fermanagh. Intermittent light finger soiling of text but mostly clean. Marbled eps. Front hinge cracking internally. All edges gilt. Bound in beige cloth boards with black leather spine. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Corners well rubbed. Crest in cloth on front and rear boards. Boards stained. Overall condition VG.
