British Coracles and Irish Curraghs

  • Cloth
  • London: Bernard Quaritch, Ld, 1938
By James Hornell
London: Bernard Quaritch, Ld, 1938. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A bright, handsome copy of the 1938 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (light, small tape-ghosts at the endsheets) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with a touch of gentle darkening to the spine ends and very mild abrading along the rear panel. From the dustjacket's front cover: "In this book the author tells the fascinating story of the wickerwork boats of Britain and Ireland." Octavo, "22 photographic plates with 33 figures and plans in the text illustrating the peculiarities of the various types -- Welsh, Scottish and Irish.

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