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MAC CARTHY, Jacques. Choix de voyages dans les quatre parties du monde,Paris : 1821-22
First edition of this rich account of voyages worldwide up to the date of publication, with an expansive and detailed glossary, presented here in an attractive contemporary binding.
Originally from Ireland Jacques Mac Carthy (1785-1835) went into service in the French army in 1800, became a battalion commander, and in 1830 became head of the... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 146684
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IRISH CATECHISM. The Catechism, or Christian Doctrine by way of Question and Answer,Paris : 1742
First edition of Donlevy's Irish-language Catholic Catechism, with the Irish and its English translation printed on parallel pages.
The Irish Roman Catholic priest Andrew Donlevy (1680-1746) was resident in Paris, where the book was published, and where this copy was likely bound. "Donlevy lamented the decline of the Irish language and worked... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 146966
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SPEED, John. England Wales Scotland and Ireland Described and Abridged.[London : 1627
Second miniature edition of Speed's atlas of Great Britain and Ireland, following the edition of 1620, and showing the mapped landscape of Britain as it would have been known to Shakespeare.
The "farr larger Voulume Done by John Speed" is a reference to the famous Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611), issued in folio. Thomas Chubb explains... Learn More£6,750.00Stock Code: 115052
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ORWELL, George. The English People.London : 1947
First edition, first impression, of Orwell's essay on the English people and their character, commissioned by Collins in 1943 to promote British values and to describe aspects of British life during the Second World War, although not published till after its conclusion. Though Orwell criticizes much about the English - their anachronistic class divisions,... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 147227
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WILLIAMS, Charles. A London Earthquake.London : 1884
First and only edition, decidedly uncommon, just 4 locations on Library Hub, BL, NLS, Oxford and Cambridge, WorldCat adds no further copies. "It is right to say that this story was planned at the time of the last earthquake at Ischia 28 July 1883; was partly written at the time of the earthquake of Java Krakatoa, 26 August 1883; and was in type long... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 116683
