€500
Co. Carlow Author
Kavanagh (Arthur) The Cruise of the R.Y.S. Eva, 8vo Dublin (Hodges, Smith & Co.) 1865. First & Only Edition, hf. title, frontis & 16 litho plates, orig. blue cloth, with gilt image of the yacht on front cover, gilt lettered spine. V. good copy. Scarce. (1)
* The author was an Irish Politian from Borris House, Co. Carlow. He was born with only the rudiments of arms & legs. He learned to ride horses at the age of three. He also fished, hunted, wrote stories & drew pictures. In 1851 he succeeded to the family estates, and went on to serve as High Sheriff for Kilkenny & Carlow.
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