Bookplates of Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde Bart.M. P.

Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde Bart.M. P.

Verlag: Blackwood, London, 1880

Beschreibung

There are two identical bookplates. Each one pasted to front and rear pastedowns Vol. VI of The Invasion of the Crimea: its origin, and an Account of its Progress down to the death of Lord Raglan by A.W. Kinglake. This vol. deals with "The WInter Troubles. Published in 1880. Pp. xviii, 482. Illustrated. Foilding map frontis present, but torn at upper margin, map unaffected. Quarter calf and green cloth with ornate decorative gilt spine. Occasional cover spots and stains. Else v.g. Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde Bart.M. P. (1862-1935) was an Irish Home Rule nationalist politician and author. He was elected Irish Parliamentary Party MP for the constituencies South Dublin 1885-1892, West Kerry 1892-1900 and North Wexford 1900-1918 in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He also sat as an independent Senator from 1922 to 1934. He was one of the few people who served in both the House of Commons and in the Oireachtas. He was the son of Sir John Esmonde, 10th Baronet and his wife Louisa, daughter of Henry Grattan. Henry Grattan was his grandfather. The constituency of South Dublin at the time he served it comprised the south-eastern part of County Dublin. It was a strip along the coast south of the city of Dublin to the county boundary. The constituency was bounded by the city of Dublin to the north, North Dublin to the west, East Wicklow to the south and the sea to the east. It included Dalkey, Kingstown, Blackrock, Stillorgan, Glencullen. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 018733

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Titel: Bookplates of Sir Thomas Henry Grattan ...

Verlag: Blackwood, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1880

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good