Author: Cant-Wall, E. (Edward).
Title: Ireland Under the Land Act: Letters Contributed to the Standard Newspaper, with an Appendix of Leading Cases Under the Act, Giving the Evidence in Full, Judicial Dicta, &C.
Description: London Chatto & Windus, 1882. Hardback octavo, no jacket, good condition, red cloth cover, black endpapers, foldout charts, spine little faded (little soiled & stained), cover corners bumped, edges untrimmed (some tearing uncut top edges, no loss text), some foxing (edges, endpapers & some internal pages), bookplate front pastedown, rubber stamp, owner's written name. 283 pp. The editor of the "Standard" sent the barrister Cant-Wall to impartially report on the working of the latest Land Act. He observed Land Commission deliberations, and the activities of the leaders of the Irish Land League, a political organisation that helped tenant farmers acquire their own land, and of Roman Catholic bishops. Includes a selection of leading cases, exemplifying relations between landlord and tenant. (Plus 32p publisher's catalogue at rear. Bookplate of Lord Walter Fitzgerald.).

Keywords: history, government, laws, rural, land acts, christianity, catholicism, letters, celtic, ireland, collectible, collectable


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