Famine Ships: Irish Exodus to America, 1846-51 by Edward Laxton ISBN 13: 9780747525356

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Bloomsbury, 1996. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardback. Acceptable.

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Bloomsbury, 1997-03-03. Hardcover. Good.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1997. 250 clean, unmarked pages/index; maps on end papers; book club editon. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Color & b&w. 8 vo.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 1996. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780747525356

London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1997. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/small closed tear, unclipped; 250 clean, unmarked pages/index; maps on end papers. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Color & b&w. 8 vo.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1997-03-02. hardcover. Good. 8x10x2. First edition. Book is in good condition. Slight discolouration to the pages. Unclipped dust jacket.

London: Bloomsbury, 1996. generally fine copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1997-03-02. hardcover. Good/Unclipped. 8x10x2. Used: Good/Unclipped; Sloped spine. Wear present.Discolouration present.Fold creasing present.Foxing.Scruff marks and small marks present on the front cover and back cover.Scruff mark present at the sides of pages.Small mark present on a few pages. Slight tearing present.Scruff mark present on a few of the pages.

Bloomsbury. Fair in Good dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. Hardback; yellowing and foxing to pages (low quality paper) otherwise good in very good dustjacket. ; 250 pages .

Bloomsbury, 1996. Book. Illus. by fully illustrated. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Marked down as the text block has started to darken (poss due to paper quality!) no name - fine full page coloured illustrations + others in line with endpapers as maps - D/j unclipped with a little edgewear (no tears/snags) Guaranteed posting 24hrs ST236.

London: Bloomsbury, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. blue cloth, vi, 250 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; FIRST EDITION; Between 1846 and 1851, more than a million Irish people sailed to America. These were the famine emigrants. The world has not seen such an exodus before or since. In those five years the population of the United States grew by one-seventh. At the same time, the Irish Potato Famine claimed a million lives. The year 1996 marks the 150th anniversary of the famine and the first famine sailings. This book tells the story of the courage and determination of those who crossed the ocean in leaky, overcrowded sailing ships and forged new lives for themselves. Among them a small boy called Henry Ford and 26-year-old Patrick Kennedy, the great-grandfather of John F. Kennedy. The book traces the history of the five years of famine sailings, and includes numerous personal stories, such as that of the… Read More

London: Bloomsbury, 1996. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 192p.: ill. (some col.); 25 cm.Subject: Irish United States History. Ireland Emigration and immigration History. Genre: History.