Fountain, Robert.

Travelling Ireland: A Thousand Miles with Horse & Carriage. Original Illustrations by Malcolm Coward.

Askham, Palette Press, 2008. 27.5 cm x 21.4 cm. Colour Frontispiece. 152 pages. Fully illustrated in colour with oil sketches, cartoons and photographs by various contributors. Original Hardcover with original slipcase. With marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor wear to slipcase. Otherwise excellent condition. This is a limited edition of 20 leatherbound copies of which this is number 5. Signed by author and contributors. Includes an original photograph. Includes loose ephemera: “An Invitation to the Launch of ‘Travelling Ireland’ at Bantry House” and a newspaper article entitled “A quirky and entertaining view of Ireland: Robert Fountain explains the background to his new book ‘Travelling Ireland- 1000 miles with Horse & Carriage’ and gives us a flavour of what he encountered on his journey.”

Includes for example the following chapters: Including a brief history of Ireland / Skibbereen to Dublin / Cork-Kerry Coastal Drive / Irish Horsedrawn Vehicles / Galtee Mountains / The River Shannon / The Dungarvan Dog / A Country Cross etc.

Also includes for example the following illustrations by equestrian artist Malcolm Coward: Rain is Forecast / The Silvermine Mountain / Athenry Castle / Turf Clamps, Connemara / Lenane Fjord in the Sun etc.

Robert Fountain, a retired Consultant Dermatologist and horse-keeper, in this account tells of his four year adventure around Ireland in a four-wheeled wagonette drawn by a pair of Morgan horses. He tells of the trials and tribulations of getting two horses fit and driving them along the boreens and highroads of Ireland, surmounting an array of challenges along the way. He describes the hospitable and often eccentric friends he met on the way, and of the beautiful scenery, sketched by one of their team, Malcolm Coward. The many illustrations in the book recreate the atmosphere, the craic, the humour and the leisurely pace of rural Ireland. (Source: The Southern Star)

• Keywords: Ireland · PHOTOBOOKS · Photographs · Signed · SIGNED · Signed Books · Travel · Travel and Adventure · Travel Guide · Travel Journal · Travel Photography · Travel-Guide · Travellers · Travelling Authors
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780955613821
• Inventory Number: 200347AB

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