Ireland / In Pictures / A Grand Collection Of Over 400 Magnificent Photographs Of Bhe Beauties / Of The Green Isle / Comprising Views Of The Most Famous Buildings, Historic Places, Romantic Scenery, Venerable Ruins, Rich Art Treasures, etc. etc. / With Historical and Descriptive Sketches.

Finerty, John F.

Published by J.S. Hyland & Co; Chicago; 409 pp.; ; Good; 1898/nd, 1898

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_____ Photos are 8 x 10" on pages 10 1/2 x 13"._____ ._____They feature the inevitable castles, parks and landscapes._____ As well as scenes from the funeral of Parnell._____ . _____ But they also depict candid scenes and occupations in cities and rural villages._____ Documenting a way of life now almost certainly lost. _____ The descriptive captions are provided by John Finerty, a long-time Chicago newspaperman. _____ ._____Of special interest is a series of eviction scenes on the Vandeleur Estate in County Clare._____ Including the use of an improvised battering ram to knock through a wall._____ These sorry events allow Mr Finerty to give free rein to his partisan pen. _____ ._____"In the group on the left are seen some of the "emergency men" --employed by the evictor to do the meanest part of his dirty work._____ These creatures are the de-nationalized scum of Ireland, made up chiefly of the hangers-on of the alien-hearted._____aristocracy, who have been reared to hate and despise the people out of whose toil they are enabled to live in luxury.". _____ Ex-convent library, with spine numbers, a small rubber stamp and manuscript accession number on the title page & p.33 and a card pocket on the rear pastedown. _____ BIDDER SHOULD CONSIDER THIS VOLUME TO BE DIS-BOUND . _____ The front hinge is completely open. _____ ._____As is typical in this sort of oblong volume, the heavy pages have sagged down, with inevitable fraying to the foredges of a few pages._____The covers are moderately corner worn. _____ .________HEAVY__VOLUME__EXTRA__POSTAGE__CHARGES__WILL__APPLY___. Seller Inventory # 31848

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ireland / In Pictures / A Grand Collection ...

Publisher: J.S. Hyland & Co; Chicago; 409 pp.; ; Good; 1898/nd

Publication Date: 1898

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Edition: 1st Edition