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Edinburgh: Constable and Company Limited. One of Constable's Miscellany, Vol. LXXIII. Green half-leather with gilt spine titles and decorations. Matching marbled boards, endpapers, and (all) edges. Includes a very nice fold-out "New Map of Ireland" from Busching's Geography drawn by T. Kitchin measuring approx. 11 3/4" x 8 3/4". Book is clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to extremities. A very nice copy containing volumes I and II. . . Good. Half-Leather. 1831.

Edinburgh/London: Constable and Co; and Hurst, Chance and Co., 1831. William Cooke Taylor (1800-1849) was an Irish journalist and historian who worked to repeal the Corn Laws (ironically, it took the Great Famine to accomplish this). These are Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copies of the First Edition, which precedes the American by two years. Uncommon to scarce. Two volumes. Marbled paper-covered boards with calf spine and tips. Fancy gilt decorations and titling ["Constable's Miscellany" "73 "and "74" "Civil Wars in Ireland"] on the spine. Clean texts; xiii, 316 pages and vi, 330 pages (pagination begins with 7). All page ends are marbled. Volume One has an engraving on the half-title of Glendalough, Co. Wicklow, while Volume Two has Trim Castle, Co. Meath. Rubbed at the margins; but really superior examples of this scarce title.. First Edition. Quarter-Bound. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.