ISBN: 9780953954209 - life of usefulness, a: abraham beale and the monard iron works (6 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Life of Usefulness, A: Abraham Beale and the Monard Iron Works This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

1st edition. SIGNED by both authors. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: x, 82 p.: ill., ports.; 21 cm.Notes: Includes bibliographical references, bibliography (p. 75-76) and index. Subjects: Beale, Abraham. Philanthropists Ireland; Biography. Iron industry and trade Ireland History. Blarney (Ireland) History. Genre: Biography.Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

1st edition. SIGNED by both authors. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: x, 82 p.: ill., ports.; 21 cm.Notes: Includes bibliographical references, bibliography (p. 75-76) and index. Subjects: Beale, Abraham. Philanthropists Ireland; Biography. Iron industry and trade Ireland History. Blarney (Ireland) History. Genre: Biography.Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: Sehr gut. 14 cm x 20.5 cm. X, 79 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Contains dedication by Colin Rynne. Newspaper-clipping stapled to end-paper. Slight bending crease on front cover near spine. Volume otherwise clean and intact. Includes the following essays: Preface / The Beale Family and the Origins of Monard / Quakers and Technological Change in Nineteenth-Century Ireland / The Spade Mill in County Cork / The Monard and Coolowen Ironworks: An Archaeology / The Monard Community at Work / Notes / Bibliography. "The Monard and Coolowen Ironworks, situated in the picturesque valley of the Blarney River, is the most important industiral archaeological site of its type to survive in Ireland. It was also a near-idyllic industrial community of smiths and spademakers, whose technology and lifestyle were barely touched by the twentieth century. 'A life of usefulness' is the story of this community from the late eighteenth century to its closure in 1960. It is also the story of the Quaker entrepreneur and humanist Abraham Beale, whose 'life of usefulness' as described in his obituary in the Cork press, included the early nineteenth-century development of the Monard community, its co-operative ethic and his involvement in Famine relief in the 1840s, which led to his death of typhus in 1847." (publisher). …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 2000 Sitka Press paperback edition. Some reading wear, scuff to cover, inscription to endpaper else good condition. Signed by the author. Signed by Author(s).