Praeger, Robert Lloyd (author) / Nelson, Charles (inscription / provenance). The Way That I Went. An Irishman in Ireland. Second, revised Edition. Dublin & London, Hodges, Figgis & Co. / Methuen & Co., 1939. c. 21 x 14 cm. xiii, 304 pages. Complete with 38 Plates, 12 Illustrations in Text and a folding Map at the end of the book. Complete, as listed. Original light blue cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Top right corner of front free end paper cut out. Ex Libris of Sue and Charles Nelson on front paste down. Beautiful gift inscription by Charles Nelson to his wife Sue on first blank page.

Provenance: E. Charles Nelson was a Taxonomist at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, and Foundation Chairman of the Irish Garden Plant Society. His Books include ‘An Irish Flower Garden’ (1984), ‘The Brightest Jewel’: a History of the National Botanic Gardens (1987), ‘The Burren’: a Companion to the Wildflowers of an Irish Limestone Wilderness (1991), ‘An Irish Florilegium I & II’, ‘Flowers of Mayo’ and ‘Shamrock’: Botany and History of an Irish Myth.

• Keywords: Biography & Literary Criticism · History of Ireland · Ireland · Irish Literature · Literature · Modern Literature · Natural Sciences · Science & Nature
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 104891AB

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