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- 1863-1891 (Creation)
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xv, 557 pp, ill.; 20 cm x 14 cm
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Author: John Francis Maguire
Publisher: London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green
Language: English
Edition: Second Edition
Physical condition: Bound in contemporary hard covers with gilt title to spine. The volume is in poor condition. The spine cover has completely disintegrated and front cover is partially detached from the text block. Foxing to opening pages. The page-edges are frayed and brittle. Very careful manual handling is required.
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Many of the copies are in very poor condition.
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The Irish Capuchin Archives also holds numerous editions of this work:
John Francis Maguire, 'Father Mathew / a biography' (London: Burns & Oates, [3rd ed. 1865]), 6, 90 pp, [lxxxv of advertisements]. 28 cm x 22 cm.
John Francis Maguire, 'Father Mathew / a biography' (London: Burns & Oates, 17 & 18 Portman Street, Peoples’ Edition, 1882), vi, 90 pp. 28.5 cm x 22 cm. 22 copies.
John Francis Maguire, 'Father Mathew / a biography' (Dublin: Eason & Son Ltd., 1891), 228 pp, [2], ill. 18 cm x 12.5 cm. 4 copies. One of these copies is annotated: ‘Presented to Mr. James Farrell as a mark of esteem and gratitude for his zeal in collecting to pay off the debt on the Fr. Mathew Hall by the President, Fr. Columbus Maher OSFC, Xmas, 1891’.