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Harvey, Dan / White, Gerry. The Barracks. A History of Victoria / Collins Barracks, Cork. Dublin, Mercier Press, 1997. 25,5 cm x 18 cm. 284 pages. With several black-and-white photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Signed by both authors on the halftitle. Excellent, as new condition. Very rare and even rarer in this condition! Includes for example the following essays: Historical Background, 600-1806 / The British Years, 1806-1918 / The Fight for Freedom, 1919-1921 / The Uneasy Peace, 1921-1922 / The Civil War, 1922-1923 / Reconstruction, 1924-1939 / The Emergency, 1939-1946 / The Post War Years, 1946-1970 / Modern Times, 1969-1997 / The Nobel Mission, 1958- The Present etc etc.