Three Brass Balls by Jim Fitzpatrick
Composers, artists and writers have drawn upon the image of pawnshops - William Hogarth, Charlie Chaplin, Charles Dickens, James Joyce, Roddy Doyle and Gerry Adams. Yet pawnbrokers were rarely given due respect or praise, pawn broking was not a 'proper' business. In 1788 there were 51 pawnbrokers in Ireland, over 600 by 1867. The pawnbroker was as common as the corner shop. Today there are only 6 in the entire island. This history traces the rise and fall of the pawnshop throughout Ireland and the different denominations and hues of Irish Society involved - Dohertys, Breretons, Chinningworths, Trowsdales - as well as who pawned and what they pawned. Artificial limbs, boxing gloves, bird cages, and false teeth were commonly pledged. Interspersed is a wider history of pawnshops, including the charity pawnshops, the laws of pawn broking and the origin of the pawn broking symbol.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781898256106 |
| ISBN 10 | 1898256101 |
| Title | Three Brass Balls |
| Author | Jim Fitzpatrick |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Gill |
| Year published | 2001-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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