THE DIARY OF AN IRISH WATER BAILIFF, 1791-1809. JOHN MACKY, Inspector of Keepers on the river Bann. Edited by E.J. MALONE.

MACKY, John

Verlag: Ken Smith Publishung Lts, Yeadon, 2008

Beschreibung

xxxiv - 168. pages, All edges gilt, illustrated with a colour photograph of The Judge salmon fly by Terry Griffiths, colour plate of the Bann Falls, b/w illustrations from photographs and old engravings, with a folding map of the river Bann and its tributaries. To inner front board in a sunken mount a salmon fly, "The Judge", tied by Peter Kealey. Bound in full dark red morroco in a cloth covered slipcase. A fine copy limited to 60 copies, 50 of which are numbered 1 - 50 and ten i - x. this number 45, signed by the editor E.J. Malone, fly-tyer Peter Kealey and book-binder Ken Smith. "This is essentially a social history of Irish angling, in the form of the diaries of John Macky, Inspector of Rivers to Lady Hamilton who owned much of the River Bann. Macky occupied the post from 1787 onwards. In 1798 the estate changed hands and a new, and thoroughly crooked, bailiff was appointed over Macky's head. Macky's 'fears for his own position kept him from speaking out to anyone but his diary, telling of the actions of an unscrupulous employee and his family.' Includes much of the daily life of the area around the Bann and its inhabitants in the years 1791 to 1809, as well as a detailed historical sketch of the Honorable The Irish Society which owns the fisheries of the lower Bann.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 23525

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Titel: THE DIARY OF AN IRISH WATER BAILIFF, 1791-...

Verlag: Ken Smith Publishung Lts, Yeadon

Erscheinungsdatum: 2008

Auflage: 1st.