WILTSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY: THE FIRST 150 YEARS
Written by James H. Thomas
Published by W.A.N.H.S. Devizes
in 2003
ISBN: 0947723099
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- NATURAL HISTORY
- WILTSHIRE
WILTSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY: THE FIRST 150 YEARS
Written by James H. Thomas.
Stock no. 1812292
1st.
2003.
Hardback.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Volume of ten essays written to mark the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society's 150th anniversary in 2003. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0947723099. Green dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- List of Plates
- List of Figures and Maps
- List of Tables
- INTRODUCTION: FROM LITTLE ACORNS.... James H. Thomas
- PART ONE: THE SOCIETY EXAMINED
- ONE - THROUGH A GOTHIC ENTRANCE: THE SOCIETY IN CONTEXT - Brian Edwards
- TWO - THE ROLE OF WOMEN AND THE CUNNINGTON DYNASTY IN THE SOCIETY - Penelope Rundle
- THREE - MUSEUMS IN WILTSHIRE: THE EXPERIENCE OF DEVIZES - Clare Conybeare
- PART TWO: THE SOCIETY'S COLLECTIONS
- FOUR - THE ART COLLECTION - Virginia Novarra
- FIVE - THE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS - Paul Robinson
- SIX - 'A PROPER LIBRARY': WANHS LIBRARY AND LIBRARIANS - Lorna Haycock
- SEVEN - ONE PICTURE IS WORTH MANY WORDS: THE SOCIETY'S PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION - Barbara Fuller
- PART THREE: THE SOCIETY AT WORK
- EIGHT - WILTSHIRE'S CONTRIBUTION TO EARLY GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE: BEGINNINGS TO THE FOUNDING OF THE SOCIETY - Justin Delair
- NINE - WANHS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN WILTSHIRE, 1853-2003 - Joshua Pollard
- TEN - WANHS AND NATURAL HISTORY - Michael Darby
- Index