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The Reminiscences of the Right Hon. Lord O'Brien (of Kilfenora) Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
by O' Brien, Hon Georgina (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York & London: Longmans, Green & Co. & Edward Arnold, 1916. Sir Peter O'Brien, Bart. (1842-1914) served as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland from 1879 to 1913. He was generally known as "Peter the Packer" due to his skill as a prosecuter who could "pack" his juries. He prosecuted the Phoenix Park Murders. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Edited by his daughter, Hon. Georgina O'Brien. Blue cloth binding, ruled, with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 193 pages, indexed, with 12 pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. The binding is exceptionally clean and bright. There is a previous-owner bookplate on the front paste-down and a signature opposite on the FFEP. Offsets to the endpapers and to the frontis portrait from the tissue guard. Fore- and bottom edges deckled. The dustwrapper is Good only; while complete, it has some large chips; and it has separated at the folds, now held in place by the archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002259
- Title
- The Reminiscences of the Right Hon. Lord O'Brien (of Kilfenora) Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
- Author
- O' Brien, Hon Georgina (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co. & Edward Arnold
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1916
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish History & Politics;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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