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AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: VOLUME THREE CENTRAL DORSET (2 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827727
Published by Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England. 1st 1970. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Describing the contents of 58 parishes in the centre of Dorset, in two volumes. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. B/w frontis, b/w photos and plans, some folding. Maps in pocket to rear of part 2. ISBN: 0117011932. A lovely set. Maps present in rear folder. Price-cut pictorial dustwrappers are lightly rubbed at corners, part 2 has a tiny tear at lower front panel.

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AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: VOLUME TWO SOUTH-EAST (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827723
Published by Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England. 1st 1970. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Describing the contents of 53 parishes in the south-eastern part of Dorset, in three seperately bound parts. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some folding. Maps in pocket to rear. A very heavy set. ISBN: 011700457X. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are lightly rubbed at corners.

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AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: VOLUME FIVE EAST DORSET
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827722
Published by Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England; Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Describing the contents of 25 parishes in the eastern part of Dorset. Large format. Grey cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. Colour tipped-in frontis, b/w photos and plans, some folding. Maps in pocket to rear. ISBN: 0117007218. A few minor marks to cloth boards. Else a lovely copy. All maps present in rear pocket. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: VOLUME FOUR NORTH DORSET
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827721
Published by Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England. 1st 1972. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Describing the contents of 34 parishes in the northern part of Dorset. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. Colour frontis, b/w photos and plans, some folding. Maps in pocket to rear. ISBN: 011700460X. A lovely copy. All maps present in rear pocket. Picotrial dustwrapper is lightly sunned to top of spine.

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DWELLING AMONG THE MONUMENTS (MCDONALD INSTITUTE MONOGRAPHS)
Written by Colin Richards.
Stock no. 1827714
Published by McDonald Institute For Archaeological Research. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition.

The Neolithic village of Barnhouse, Maeshowe passage grave and surrounding monuments at Stenness, Orkney. An exciting account of the lives of the inhabitants of this Late Neolithic settlement complex in Orkney. Edited by Colin Richards. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 190293718X. A lovely copy.

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'PICTURES FROM THE PAST'
Written by Martin Ringer.
Stock no. 1827712
Published by Marrin Publishing. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Solving the major mysteries of the Megalithic tradition in Great Britain and Ireland during the Neolithic and Bronze Age (from about 3500 BC to 1000 BC). Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780957284302. Covers clean. Text block slightly grubby. A few tiny top corner creases to contents. Else a lovely clean copy.

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THE MEGALITHIC ART OF WESTERN EUROPE
Written by Elizabeth Shee Twohig.
Stock no. 1827709
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Megalithic art is found mainly on the structural stone of the tombs of passage grave type in Brittany, Iberia, Ireland and Britain. Most of the art consists of geometric designs. This work is based on extensive field work and provides a catalogue of the art in western Europe.The author has examined sites claimed to have megalithic art and the catalogue comprises a plan and description of each site and a drawing and full description of each decorated stone... Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0198131933. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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VESSELS FOR THE ANCESTORS
Written by Niall Sharples; Alison Sheridan.
Stock no. 1827630
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Essays on the Neolithic of Britain and Ireland in honour of Audrey Henshall. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps, sketches and photos. ISBN: 0748603417. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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INVESTIGATIONS IN ORKNEY
Written by Colin Renfrew.
Stock no. 1827617
Published by The Society Of Antiquaries Of London. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XXXVIII. Between 1972 and 1974 Prefessor Renfrew and his team partially excavated the neolithic chambered cairn of Quanterness, with its superimposed round house of the Iron Age. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, some folding. ISBN: 050099028X. Light scratch marks to rear board. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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BUILDING THE GREAT STONE CIRCLES OF THE NORTH
Written by Colin Richards.
Stock no. 1827599
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Of all prehistoric monuments, few are more emotive than the great stone circles that were built throughout Britain and Ireland. This book looks at the enigmatic stone structures of Scotland and investigates the background of their construction and their cultural significance. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos, and sketches. ISBN: 9781909686120. Rear cover lightly scuffed else a lovely copy.

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THE STONE CIRCLES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Aubrey Burl.
Stock no. 1827596
Published by Yale University Press. 1981. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive and serious account of an important and perennially fascinating group of prehistoric monuments. Special attention is paid to Stonehenge and Avebury, the two best known and most spectacular rings. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0300019726. Sixth printing. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine else clean.

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THE CHAMBERED CAIRNS OF CAITHNESS
Written by J.L. Davidson; A.S. Henshall.
Stock no. 1827546
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An Inventory of the structures and their contents. Describes in detail the seventy-eight neolithic chambered cains known to exist in the county of Caithness. Large format. Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w drawings and photos. ISBN: 0748602569. A lovely copy.

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