Church of St Michael and All Angels, Clane. 1st Edn 1894. Signed. Scarce Irish

Church of St Michael and All Angels, Clane. Charles W Gibbs, Dublin 1894. Inscribed presentation copy from the author to the Earl of Drogheda.

Original black cloth, with gilt titles to upper board, and blind stamped decoration to upper and lower boards. Frontispiece, twelve further plates (two folding), and numerous line drawings throughout the text. Light edgewear to boards, some discolouration to upper board. Binding firm, gilt titles remain bright. Internally clean and bright with no markings, save for the author's inscription to ffep.

Church of Ireland Gazette obituary of Cooke-Trench tipped in to front pastedown. Overall, in very good condition. A meticulous record of the much admired Hiberno-Romanesque parish church constructed in Clane, Kildare at the incumbent clergyman Cooke-Trench's own expense.