324; 150pp of adverts at rear 8vo, with the foliate stamp of the art historians David and Tamara Talbot Rice, and unrelated pencil signature to ffep, professionally rebacked, with end-papers retained and backstrip remounted, pocket to rear paste-down lacking map, some rubbing to boards. The book comprises thirty three chapters on the history, religion and culture of Ireland by various authors with many illustrations full page and in-text by Irish artists, the volume has a lavish celtic design binding in colours to both front and rear boards