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  | | 1854-2004 / The Story of the National Gallery of Ireland by Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, 477 Pages, Published 2006 by Paul Holberton Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-904288-08-4, ISBN: 1-904288-08-1 "The National Gallery of Ireland was founded in 1854 and has since acquired an extraordinary collection of masterpieces by artists such as Caravaggio, Lanfranco, Poussin, Rubens, Uccello, Velázquez, and Vermeer, as well as British artists such as Gainsborough and Reynolds and the leading lights of Irish art, from James Barry to Jack Yeats. The Gallery has expanded steadily, benefiting from the royalties to the works of George Bernard Sha ..." |
 | | An Irish childhood by Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, 246 Pages, Published 2002 by Constable ISBN-13: 978-1-84119-457-8, ISBN: 1-84119-457-3 "Peter Somerville-Large grew up with his brother Phil in a nursery world at the top of a smart house in Dublin from where they could watch Fitzwilliam Place far below, with the horse drawn delivery vans, the animals being driven to market, and their father's patients arriving to visit the consulting rooms on the ground floor. The family had houses in the country too, with livestock and vegetable gardens, and a bevy of eccentric relations ..." |
 | | Irish Voices 50 Years of Irish Life 1916-1966 by Peter Somerville-Large, Mark Fiennes Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 1999 by Random House Uk ISBN-13: 978-0-7011-6866-7, ISBN: 0-7011-6866-8 "The weaving of fact and folklore is the essence of Peter Somerville-Large's fascinating history of 50 years of Irish life. The book is filled with historical and cultural detail unsullied by proselytism or sentimentality. Throughout, the reader can hear the voices of the Irish—commentary by both contemporary writers and those who lived through the events and crises they describe are seamlessly woven into the text. Peter Somerville-Large ..." |
 | | Ireland from the Air by Peter Somerville-Large, Jason Hawkes Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 1997 by Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-297-83474-8, ISBN: 0-297-83474-6 "Nowhere is the imprint of the pattern of history on the landscape more evident than from the air. Ireland's great castles, cities and fields are revealed in this collection of aerial photographs, offering a unique perspective on a beautiful country." |
 | | Legendary Ireland(Illustrated) by Peter Somerville-Large, Tom Kelly, Somerville-Large Kelly Hardcover, 155 Pages, Published 1995 by Natl Book Network Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-1-57098-048-0, ISBN: 1-57098-048-9 "The partnership of one of Ireland's best-known authors, Peter Somerville-Large, and well-known photographer, Tom Kelly, proves successful in Legendary Ireland. A collection of magnificent photographs of Irish landscape, art, architecture, and people, accompanied by lucid descriptions and historical significance, this book will surely delight lovers of Ireland, folklore enthusiasts, and those who love the art of photography alike." |
 | | Cappaghglass(1st Edition) by Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1985 by Hamish Hamilton ISBN-13: 978-0-241-11541-1, ISBN: 0-241-11541-8 |
 | | Dublin(1st Edition) by Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 1979 by H. Hamilton ISBN-13: 978-0-241-10111-7, ISBN: 0-241-10111-5 "Exploring the development of Dublin from the intimate centre over which Leopold Bloom wandered, where George Moore and W.B. Yeats met casually, to the undistinguished urban sprawl of today. It presents a portrait of the heritage and atmosphere of this Irish city." |
 | | The Mount Street Club Dublin's Unique Response to Unemployment 1934 - Present by Colin Murphy, Mary E. Daly, Peter Somerville-Large, Oisín Quinn, Peter Sommerville-Large Hardcover, 356 Pages, Published 2014 by The Mercier Press Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-78117-172-1, ISBN: 1-78117-172-6 "In 1934 a group of notable Dublin businessmen decided to combat the poverty all around them by setting up an unemployed men's 'club', wherein men could earn 'tallies' which they could exchange for food, clothing, fuel or furniture. They were very successful and, at its peak, during the Second World War, the club had 6,000 members working on its premises in Mount Street, on its farm in Clondalkin and in allotments in Merrion and Sydney P ..." |
 | | Dublin(Updated) The Fair City by Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 1996 by Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-85619-791-5, ISBN: 1-85619-791-3 "Exploring the development of Dublin from the intimate centre over which Leopold Bloom wandered, where George Moore and W.B. Yeats met casually, to the undistinguished urban sprawl of today. It presents a portrait of the heritage and atmosphere of this Irish city." |
 | | A Shaggy Yak Story(1st Edition) by Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1991 by Trafalgar Square Books (J) ISBN-13: 978-1-85619-038-1, ISBN: 1-85619-038-2 "As a boy Peter Somerville-Large was captivated by travellers' accounts of Central Asia. In 1953 when he was in his early 20s he was appointed lecturer in English to the Royal Military College in Kabul, still then a small town of bazaars and catwalks, whose citizens proudly retained ancient Moslem custom and values. For 18 months he struggled to teach Milton, fairy stories and the elements of rugby to cadets in the eccentric atmosphere o ..." |
 | | To the Navel of the World(1st Edition) Yaks and Unheroic Travels in Nepal and Tibet by Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 1988 by Hamish Hamilton ISBN-13: 978-0-241-12108-5, ISBN: 0-241-12108-6 |
 | | A living dog by Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, 181 Pages, Published 1982 by Published For The Crime Club By Doubleday ISBN-13: 978-0-385-17861-7, ISBN: 0-385-17861-1 "Drury discovered he had a hidden flair for homicide, for murders Byzantine and bizarre, for murders by catapult . . . even for murders by champagne." |
 | | Irish Eccentrics A Selection(1st Edition) by Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, 286 Pages, Published 1975 by Harper And Row ISBN-13: 978-0-06-013908-7, ISBN: 0-06-013908-0 "MacThomas, Eamonn. Me Jewel and Darlin Dublin. Dublin, 1974 Madden, O. Revelations of Ireland. Dublin, 1848 Malcomson, APW The extraordinary career of the ..." |
 | | The Irish Country House(1st Edition) A Social History by Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 1995 by Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd Import ISBN-13: 978-1-85619-237-8, ISBN: 1-85619-237-7 "Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; [16], 384 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography: p. 367-373. - and index. Summary; For 700 years the Ascendancy dominated Ireland: landlords built their great houses, landscaped their parks and spent wealth gathered from rents, be ..." |
 | | Ireland The Living Landscape by Peter Somerville-Large, Seamus Heaney, Photos Tom Kelly Hardcover, 172 Pages, Published 1992 by Roberts Rinehart ISBN-13: 978-1-879373-21-1, ISBN: 1-879373-21-1 "A unique photographic & literary portrait of the Emerald Isles land & its people using the diverse talents of three great Irish artists." |
 | | Irish eccentrics a selection. [Familiars -- Hermits and ascetics -- Miracle workers, Rhymers, Witches, Giants and Oddities -- John Perrot -- John Asgill and Dean Swift -- Frederick Hervey, Bishop of Derry -- Philip Skleton and other men of God -- Spenders and spongers -- Men of violence -- George Robert Fitzgerald -- Scholars -- Richard Pokrich -- The Stratfords and the Kings -- Buck Whaley and Tiger ROche --- Court circles -- Lord Massereene -- Amanda Ros -- Folly and death and Adolphus Cooke -- Selected books] by Peter. Somerville-Large Hardcover, Published 1975 by London, Hamish Hamilton. ISBN-13: 978-0-241-89189-6, ISBN: 0-241-89189-2 |
 | | The Coast of West Cork(2nd Edition) by Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1972 by Littlehampton Book Services Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-575-00739-0, ISBN: 0-575-00739-7 "Book by Somerville-Large, Peter" |
 | | An Irish Childhood by Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, Published 2002 by Chivers ISBN-13: 978-0-7540-4895-4, ISBN: 0-7540-4895-0 |
 | | Ireland's Islands Their Landscape, Life and Legends by Peter Somerville-Large, David Lyons Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 1999 by Gill & Macmillan Ltd Import ISBN-13: 978-0-7171-2594-4, ISBN: 0-7171-2594-7 |
 | | PeterLiterary Ireland(Updated) by Tom Kelly, Peter Somerville-Large Hardcover, 156 Pages, Published 1997 by Roberts Rinehart Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-56833-226-0, ISBN: 1-56833-226-2 "A visual and intellectual journey through Ireland's literary traditions." |
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