ISBN: 9780436203473 - shadows from the pale: portrait of an irish town (7 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1996 Martin Secker & Warburg large format hardcover edition. Light reading wear, else very good condition. From the dustjacket: For the past thirty-five years, John Minihan has been photographing his home town of Athy, County Kildare and its people. It is an ordinary Irish county town which is gradually feeling the incursions of industry, comparative wealth and modernity. Minihan was raised in Athy and has known many of the people in the photographs for over thirty years. We see Martin Rigney, the undertaker, with his son crying as his father makes another coffin; Mary Byrne holding up a picture of herself as a young girl; a man deep in thought as he sips his Guinness. At the centre of the book is the wake of Katy Tyrrell, which Minihan photographed for two nights and three days. She is dressed in the Legion of Mary burial shroud. The mirror is covered with a white sheet. Fires are put out. Clocks are stopped. The wake room is prepared for family and friends to pay their last respects to the deceased. The vigil will go on through the night with only a candle flickering. These photographs have been exhibited throughout the world and the critic Harold Hobson was moved to call them 'sad, poignant and sublime'.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Book is in very good condition with b/w photographs. Dust jacket in good condition with a tear to the rear. 128pp with b/w photographs.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Book is in very good condition with b/w photographs. 128pp with b/w photographs.

Etat : Very Good. 115 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket with small closed tear to upper edge. Clean, tight copy. John Minihan was raised in Athy, Co. Kildare and has been photographing his home town and its people for over thirty years. The collection forms a portrait of an ordinary Irish county town which is gradually feeling the incursions of industry, comparative wealth and modernity. At the centre of the book is the wake of Katy Tyrrell, which Minihan photographed for two nights and three days. These photographs have been exhibited throughout the world. Here, they are accompanied by an introduction by Eugene McCabe, one of Ireland's finest writers. The collaboration between these two artists results in a timeless and moving portrait of a small Irish town. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing. Record # 350749.…

Hard. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Jacket rubbed with 1 inch tear to front. Closed edges foxed and tanned, contents VG. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Book is signed with large dedication. in near fine condition with b/w photographs. Signed by Author(s).

Etat : Sehr gut. 25cm x 28cm. Introduction 20 pages / Photographs 117 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Signed copy. Excellent/ close to new condition with only minor signs of wear (very fine tear to dustjacket only). Signed by John Minihan on the endpaper. John Minihan was raised in Athy, Co. Kildare and has been photographing his home town and its people for over thirty years. The collection forms a portrait of an ordinary Irish county town which is gradually feeling the incursions of industry, comparative wealth and modernity. At the centre of the book is the wake of Katy Tyrrell, which Minihan photographed for two nights and three days. These photographs have been exhibited throughout the world. Here, they are accompanied by an introduction by Eugene McCabe, one of Ireland's finest writers. The collaboration between these two artists results in a timeless and moving portrait of a small Irish town.…