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Product Description
The printing history of this series is somewhat complex - and as follows - Originally published in 1903 ( the first edition , but incomplete). - this was a long-running project covering Irish history from the ‘earliest times to the present day’, though initially only to 1908; published in 'half-volumes' numbered 1- 6 ( and later, with two additional volumes 7 & 8- THESE 2 LATER VOLUMES ARE NOT INCLUDED HERE)
Volume 1, from beginning to 1210 (1903); Volume 2, 1210-1547; Volume 3, 1547-1649; Volume 4, 1649-1842; Volume 5, 1782-1879; Volume 6, 1879-1908.
A second and third edition was issued by Gresham ( later Talbot) , Dublin and London. 1925. ( This listing is for Gresham Editions)
The 'original' 6 volumes are uniform in design and binding. A very handsome set, a full chronological history of Ireland. Illustrated , books 1-6 are numbered as one long text, with cross referenced index to the first six books at the end of book 6.
The celtic design motifs are particularly attractive.
Condition - The colour frontis PAGE has been removed ( professionally I'd wager) at some stage from volumes 1, 2 and 6. The binding is looser on some volumes , but solid in all cases, no inscriptions or damage noted. Scuffing and uneven sunfade to some volumes ( esp Volume 3) . Heavy age foxing on preliminary pages in all cases. These editions dont have the embossed gilt finish on the front covers. but on the spines only. closed tear to spine of volume 3.
