The Linen Houses of the Bann Valley: The Story of Their Families Tapa dura - 2007

Ulster Historical Foundation, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardback. Very Good.

Belfast, Ireland: Ulster Historical Foundation, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good Plus. Quarto, 10.75 in. x 8.2 in. pp. xvii, {1], 261. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. Green paper boards with gilt title to spine. Shelfwear to top and bottom of spine. Corners nudged. Illustrated endpapers. Very light edgewear to dustjacket. Protected in mylar. From the dustjacket: "By the late nineteenth century, Belfast had developed into one of the great industrial cities in the Empire. Much of this new-found wealth was based on the manufacture of linen, principally in both the Lagan Valley and the Bann Valley. The River Bann is the longest river in Northern Ireland, flowing for eighty miles from the Mourne Mountains and eventually entering the sea north of Coleraine. The water power of the River Bann was a significant factor leading to the early establishment of the linen industry in the rich farmland around Banbridge and Gilford. Portadown also had a considerable linen industry,… Leer más