In the Houses of Ireland

New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1988. First edition, first printing (full number line). Large quarto in white DJ, color illus to front and rear DJ, 254 page, color illustrations, 29 cm. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, pale soiling to DJ and DJ spine,, faint sunning to DJ front cover, bright pages in tight binding, exceedingly gentle rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, else near fine(+) in near fine(+) DJ. Hardcover. ISBN: 1556700458

Examines the wide variety of Irish styles, Irish homes, and Irish personalities. Here are cottages and castles, town houses and retreats. A house may look across a lough to a patchwork of fields or may sit on a clifftop swept bare by Atlantic winds - but one thing is consistent: all these houses express a distinctly Irish sensibility. And whether filled with exquisitely restored plasterwork, incredible "Gothick" ceilings, collections of dolls, or "museums" of curiosities collected over the years, they speak as eloquently about Ireland and their owners' personalities as did Joyce and Yeats when giving voice to their country and their countrymen. Architecture, Domestic -- Ireland.