The Sign of Doctor Hay's Head: Being Some Account of the Hazards and Fortunes of Catholic Printers and Publishers in Dublin from the Later Penal Times to the Present Day

Published by M.H. Gill and Son Ltd, Dublin, 1958

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First edition. Illustrated. 12mo. 156pp. Faint bookseller's stamp on front fly with light offsetting on endpapers, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped, very good in a very good modestly soiled dust jacket with light rubbing. "Dr. George Hay was a Scottish Catholic bishop and author of many books of piety, who, like many others of his faith, was violently persecuted before and during the Gordon riots towards the end of the eighteenth century." - dust jacket.

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Title
The Sign of Doctor Hay's Head: Being Some Account of the Hazards and Fortunes of Catholic Printers and Publishers in Dublin from the Later Penal Times to the Present Day
Author
WALL, Thomas
Publisher
M.H. Gill and Son Ltd, Dublin
Publication year
1958
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition

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