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WILTSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY: THE FIRST 150 YEARS

by James H. Thomas

Published by W.A.N.H.S. Devizes. 1st. 2003

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.

Green dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

ISBN: 0947723099
Stock no. 1812292

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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

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