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King's Inns and the battle of the books, 1972 : cultural controversy at a Dublin library /

Kenny, Colum, 1951-

King's Inns and the battle of the books, 1972 : cultural controversy at a Dublin library / - Dublin, Ireland ; Portland, OR : Four Courts Press in association with the Irish Legal History Society, c2002. - xvii, 192 p., [17] p. of plates : ill., ports ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-185) and index.

Kenny recounts a major cultural controversy that marked the recognition of the King's Inns Library as an important part of the heritage of modern Ireland. In 1972nthousands of non-law books from King's Inns were sold at Sotheby's in London.

1851826866 9781851826865: £30.00


King's Inns (Dublin, Ireland). Library --History.
King's Inns Library.


Book auctions--Ireland.
Law libraries--Administration.--Ireland--Dublin
Cultural property--Ireland.
Cultural property--Protection--Ireland--Dublin.
Libraries and state--Ireland.


Ireland--Cultural policy.

026.34 / KEN