BOOKS OF GREAT HISTORIOGRAPHICAL INTEREST: THREE WORKS BY TH...

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BOOKS OF GREAT HISTORIOGRAPHICAL INTEREST: THREE WORKS BY THE NOTABLE LINGUIST, ETYMOLOGIST, ABD HISTORIAN PATRICK WESTON JOYCE (SHANNONSIDER, 1827-1914), (i) "A SMALLER HISTORY OF ANCIENT IRELAND", "THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF IRISH NAMES OF PLACES (SECOND SERIES OF 1875)", (iii) "THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF IRISH NAMES OF PLACES (THIRD SERIES OF 1913), (i) Dublin: M. H. Gill & Son, Ltd., 1906; text complete; gilt-blocked cloth binding largely intact but spine in need of securement; a number of pages with minor tears, spotting, and bent page corners; (ii) Dublin: McGlashan & Gill, 50, Upper Sackville-Street, 1875, first edition of the second series; text complete; cloth binding with major wear and seperation from spine, but restorable; a number of leaves and gatherings to the front and end are separated and loose, with pages generally in fair condition with creases and minor soiling near to the spine-side; (iii) Dublin: M. H. Gill and Son, 1913, first edition of the third series; text complete; green clothing binding with gilt-blocking, in fair condition with minor soiling to the spine; leaves generally secure with a number of leaves to the end with tearing and spotting, but otherwise well-secure

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