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NEW TOWNS OF THE MIDDLE AGES: TOWN PLANTATION IN ENGLAND, WALES AND GASCONY
Written by Maurice Warwick Beresford.
Stock no. 1828071
Published by Alan Sutton.
1st thus
1988.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
First published in 1967 by Lutterworth Press, republished with a new preface. Historical and topographical facts for these towns, specimen plans show what medieval planners thought a town should include. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, maps and plans. ISBN: 0862994306. Top & tail of spine bumped. Text block slightly grubby. Tape marks to pastedowns. Book has possibly been dropped at some point, leading to rear pastedown tearing (no loss). Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and vertical imperfection to laminate to rear panel (not obliterating text).
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MIDDLE AGES
- TOWN PLANNING
BRITAIN B.C.: LIFE IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND BEFORE THE ROMANS
Written by Francis Pryor.
Stock no. 1828070
Published by Harper Collins.
Circa
2003.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
An authoritative and radical re-examination of Britain and Ireland before the coming of the Romans. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0007126921. Third printing. A ncie copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- IRELAND
- ARCHAEOLOGY
BYGONE STEYNING BRAMBER AND BEEDING
Written by Aylwyn Guilmant.
Stock no. 1327772
Published by Phillimore.
1st
1988.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A powerful, pictorial evocation of the changing face of the three places during the last century. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850336694. Minimal bumping to spine. Tiny mark to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper (new publisher's price sticker above) has minimal edge creasing.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- SUSSEX
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
ENGLAND'S MEDIEVAL NAVY 1066-1509: SHIPS, MEN AND WARFARE
Written by Susan Rose.
Stock no. 1327768
Published by Seaforth Publishing.
1st
2013.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
How English kings after the Norman Conquest learnt to use the Navy of England. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 208 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781848321373. Evidence of some erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper else contents fine. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- NAVY
THE HUMBER WETLANDS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF A DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE
Written by Robert Van De Noort.
Stock no. 1828025
Published by Windgather Press Ltd..
1st
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Landscapes of Britain series. This book is the result of a ten-year English Heritage funded project which aimed to identify and explore the archaeology of the wetlands before it was damaged by peat extraction, development and drainage. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and maps, a few colour photos. ISBN: 0954557549. Name & date in ink to half-title page else a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH EAST UK
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- RIVERS
BEACONS IN THE LANDSCAPE: THE HILLFORTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Ian Brown.
Stock no. 1828022
Published by Windgather Press Ltd..
1st
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Were the hillforts of Britain's landscape something special by those who created them or is the 'hillfort' purely an archaeologists' 'construct'? How were they built, who lived in them and to what uses were they put? A valuable synthesis of the rich vein of research carried out in England and Wales on hillforts. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. xi and 267 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905119226. Covers lightly scuffed. Name & date in ink to title page. Else a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- LANDSCAPE
- ARCHITECTURE
AN HISTORICAL TOUR IN MONMOUTHSHIRE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by William Coxe.
Illustrated by R.C. Hoare.
Stock no. 1327737
Published by T. Cadell.
1801.
Good condition.
Two volumes. Full brown calf binding, red title labels to spine. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations and maps, some fold-out. Spines rebacked retaining original title-strips. Covers are very edge-worn and scuffed. New endpapers. Two names in ink to top margins of title-pages of both volumes (one name crossed out in each volume). Heavy foxing to contents and a musty (antiquarian) smell to contents. All plates are present. Fold-out map of Monmouthshire to volume 1 has been neatly repaired on verso with clear tape. Plan of Monmouth in volume 2 (pg292) has been neatly/professionally repaired and plan of Chepstow in volume 2 (pg357) has a small hole to it (not affecting any text or the illustration).
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
- LEATHER BINDING
FROM HASTINGS TO THE MARY ROSE: THE GREAT WARBOW
Written by Matthew Strickland; Robert Hardy.
Stock no. 1828008
Published by Sutton Publishing.
1st
2005.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
In 1979, divers excavating the wreck of the Tudor warship the Mary Rose discovered numerous yew longbows in remarkable condition, some still in their packing chests. This led to a major new study of the medieval longbow at war... Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0750931671. Narrow band of white marking to vertical edges of covers, rear pastedown is misplaced during binding process, leaving a small chip to pastedown, lower half of page 371/372 is creased, else a lovely copy. Dustwrapper slightly faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MILITARY
- ARCHERY
- MIDDLE AGES
- SHIPWRECKS
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF AN ELIZABETHAN LADY: THE DIARY OF LADY MARGARET HOBY 1599-1605
Written by Joanna Moody.
Stock no. 1327713
Published by Sutton Publishing.
1st thus
2001.
Nearly fine condition.
Cardwraps. Tudor life in England. ISBN: 0750927976. Top edge of textblock is slightly grubby else a fine copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- TUDOR
- ELIZABETHAN
- DIARY
NORTH LANCASHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1327712
Published by Yale University Press.
1st thus
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Black vinyl covers, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0300096178. Initials and date in biro to front free-endpaper. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.
THE RURAL INDUSTRIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES I
Written by Helen E. Fitzrandolph; M. Doriel Hay.
Stock no. 1327705
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1926.
Good condition.
Vol 1: Timber and Underwood Industries and Some Village Workshops. A Survey made on behalf of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute Oxford. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Red ink(?) stain to rear cover edges. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WALES
- COUNTRYSIDE
- INDUSTRY
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF WALES
Written by R.T. Jenkins; William Rees.
Stock no. 1327650
Published by University of Wales.
1st
1931.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, gilt titles. xiv + 218 pages. Spine slightly bumped, covers edge rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Textblock is foxed at top and has a mark at fore-edge. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and chipped with some loss, spine and edges of wrapper are browned.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- BOOKS