[6], 294 pp. 16.2x12.3 cm (6¼x4¾"), period red full morocco bound by George Bayntun spine lettered in gilt, raised bands, dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Augustine Birrell KC was a British Liberal Party politician, who was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916. In this post, he was praised for enabling tenant farmers to own their property, and for extending university education for Catholics. But he was criticized for failing to take action against the rebels before the Easter Rising, and resigned. A barrister by training, he was also an author, noted for humorous essays.
[6], 294 pp. 16.2x12.3 cm (6¼x4¾"), period red full morocco bound by George Bayntun spine lettered in gilt, raised bands, dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Augustine Birrell KC was a British Liberal Party politician, who was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916. In this post, he was praised for enabling tenant farmers to own their property, and for extending university education for Catholics. But he was criticized for failing to take action against the rebels before the Easter Rising, and resigned. A barrister by training, he was also an author, noted for humorous essays.
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