THE OXFORD ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF BRITAIN
by Kenneth O Morgan, editor
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, reinforced front hinge, with usual stamps & stickers, etc. Ba
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, Oxford - first edition 1984 Hardcover, 10" x 7½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, reinforced front hinge, with usual stamps & stickers, etc. Barcode excised from ffep. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Dark-blue cloth-bound boards with gold title and decoration to spine, illustrated endpapers, 24 full-colour plates, 18 maps, 226 b&w reproductions, genealogical charts for Wessex, Norman & Plantagenet, Tudors, Stuarts & Hanoverians, descendants of Queen Victoria, and extensive index. This beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of Britain and her peoples over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the late twentieth century. The dramatic narrative is provided in turn by ten leading historians, each offering the fruits of modern scholarship.
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- Seller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 31385
- Title
- THE OXFORD ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF BRITAIN
- Author
- Kenneth O Morgan, editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 10" x 7½", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, reinforced front hinge, with usual stamps & stickers, etc. Ba
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Oxford - first edition
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 640 pages
- Keywords
- British Empire England Ireland London Rome NOAMZCOM Ancient Scotland United Kingdom Wales U.K.
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McCrae, Victoria
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