First Edition. Small vo. 198pp. Marbled boards with green leather spine with raised bands. .Red label with title in gilt on spine. Slight foxing on title page, covers rubbed otherwise very good. Parra Sastha is a didactic novel by William Carleton, written for James Duffy in nine days Paddy-Go-Easy becomes conscious of his own short-comings and is transformed into a steady, industrious & perserving farmer." At the rear of the book pp179-198, Carleton includes advice on observations on farming-condition and quality of the land.Preparation of the soil. Cottage cleanliness.Milk. Prudence. Care to be taken in giving clover to cows. Potatoes -cutting and planting.Wheat-pickling. Manures. Marl. Irrigation. Very interesting notes given in the year of the beginning of the Great famine 1845-1849. Seller Inventory # 18196

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Title: Parra Sastha; or, The History of Paddy ...

Publisher: Dublin:Published by James Duffy

Publication Date: 1845

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition

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