BURKE, Country Houses

SIGNED LIMITED EDITION IN GREEN MOROCCO GILT

BENCE-JONES, Mark. Burke’s Guide to Country Houses. Volume I - Ireland. Edited and with preface by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd. Illustrated. London: Burke’s Peerage, 1978. First edition. Folio. pp. xxxii, 288. Special edition bound in full green morocco, gilt titling to spine and with the armorial badge of Burke’s Peerage in gilt on upper cover; white and green endbands; gold endpapers; green silk-marker. Limited numbered edition of 350 copies [This copy No. 9], signed by the editor, Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd. All edges gilt. A near fine copy.
This book is an alphabetical dictionary covering nearly 2,000 Irish Country Houses. Comprising an architectural description with commentary, a brief history of the property and its devolution.