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London: Robert Hale , 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

R. Hale, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1950. First Edition. 232 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Plates remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Robert Hale Ltd, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1947. First Published in GB. 70 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracking to front hinge, with exposed netting. Heavy rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking.

London: Robert Hale. 70pp hardback, red boards gilt, spine faded, bw plates and line diagrams, ownership bookplate and inscription to ffep . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1947.

London: Robert Hale, 1947 Red cloth titled in gilt on spine, b&w illstns. Very tidy, a small gift inscription in front and light toning in the endpapers. Dust jacket is unclipped, light edge wear and tanning. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London. Robert Hale Limited. 1947 1st edition.. Size 5.5 x 8.75 inches. In red cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; handling marks. Slightly rubbed on edges. Price clipped). Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 70pp. With b/w photographs, diagrams and a map. This absorbing account of the town (hill fort) of Maiden Castle shows there is no evidence of Roman occupation of the hilltop beyond the battle at the eastern gate, and a lone hermit-like temple or chapel of an apparently decadent Pagan religion. Situated on the outskirts of Dorchester, Dorset, this is an interesting town, and the author provides an interesting history.

London, Robert Hale, 1950 (1st edition). Hardback, approx 9 x 5.5 ins. In green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt to front. In original illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; Some rubbing & chips to edges, slight loss head of spine. Not price clipped. In protective sleeve.) Cloth clean. Slight foxing spots to page edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 232 pp. 49 photo plates; Fold-out map at rear. Descriptions of the people and history of Dorset.

London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1947. Dj has small tear on front hardly noticable ,price clipped ,in protector. Lovely book.. First. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Photographs &drawings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, UK: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1942. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Watkins-Pitchford, Denys. First edition. 170pp, black and white frontispiece and some illustrations. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Corners and spine ends heavily rubbed and rounded, some cloth torn at spine ends. Sun-faded throughout. Staining to boards. Text block edges foxing. Small notes in pen on front free endpaper and title page, label removed from front free endpaper. Foxing throughout, worse on prelims.

Robert Hale Limited, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1950. First Edition. 232 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Hale,, [1947]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece map and 11 plates, neat signature on front free endpaper, one or two neat annotations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper.

Robert Hale, 1947. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Some page tanning, else internally in very good condition; cover has a number of marks, is unevenly faded, and has some wear and rubbing. No wrapper..

Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press, 1948. 172pp, Frontis. and 10 plate and diagrams.. With an introduction by Professor A.E. Ricahrdson. The head of the spine is rubbed and toned but a nice tight and clean copy of a scarce item. Free end-paper corner clipped.. Re-Issue.. Hardback. V.g./No d.j.. large 8vo.

Robert Hale, London: 1947. . Illusts, 70pp, original cloth, lacks dustwrapper. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include DORSET - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

London: Robert Hale, 1947. 1st edition, 8vo, 70pp, photo illustrations, line drawings; covers a little soiled with some loss of definition to the spine lettering; G Copy, no DJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Eyre & Spottiswoode,, 1942. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 11 full-page illustrations in the text; neat signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, backstrip sunned else a firm, clean copy.

London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1942T. hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1942 edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, shelf wear to dust jacket, in protective sleeve, first page clippped.

First edition, Robert Hale, London: 1947.. Illusts, 70pp, endpapers partly faded, dustwrapper. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include DORSET - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

Eyre & Spottiswoode. Collectible - Acceptable. Collectible - Acceptable. No dust jacket. Dampstained. Writing inside. This book formed part of Barbara G. Mertz's personal library at her home in Frederick, Maryland. Barbara G. Mertz Rev Trust custom bookplate on front pastedown. (Great Britain, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, Reminiscences)

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1942. Book has green boards with yellow lettering to spine. Corners and spine ends are bumped. Slight tanning to page edges.. First Edition.. Hard Back. Good/No Jacket.