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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.

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THE LETTERS OF T.E. LAWRENCE
Written by T.E. Lawrence; David Garnett.
Stock no. 1828048
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

In this book the career of T.E. Lawrence from the time he was a schoolboy, interested in archaeology, until his death in 1935, is recorded almost entirely in his own words: in his letters and in unpublished secret documents and official reports. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. 896 pages including index. B/w photos and maps, some fold-out. Second impression. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Boards have a very slight grubby appearance. Text block browned. A few foxspots present. Price-cut dustwrapper is grubby with a few marks, browned to spine, worn at corners & top & tail of spine.

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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.

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SWALEDALE: VALLEY OF THE WILD RIVER
Written by Andrew Fleming.
Stock no. 1828024
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Swaledale, part of the North Yorkshire Pennines, and how the perspectives of archaeology, history and ecology can be linked to transform our understanding of the landscape. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1853311979. Name & date in ink to half-title page else a lovely copy.

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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. ISBN: 9781905119226. Covers lightly scuffed. Name & date in ink to title page. Else a lovely copy.

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HISTORIC TOWNS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE: ARCHAEOLOGY AND PLANNING
Written by Roger Leech; et al.
Stock no. 1827858
Published by Committee For Rescue Archaeology In Avon, Gloucestershire & Somerset. 1st 1981. Almost very good condition.

Survey No.3. Towns included are St Briavels, Berkeley, Cheltenham, Chipping Campden, Cirencester, Dursley, Gloucester, Newent, Newnham, Painswick and more. Large format. Cardwraps. Maps throughout. ISBN: 0904918041. Cover edges rubbed, spine faded, covers scuffed, rear cover has small closed tear to lower edge. Front joint is pulled but binding is tight. Text block browned. Contents clean.

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TERRIER OF LLANTHONY PRIORY'S HOUSES AND LANDS IN GLOUCESTER 1443
Written by Richard Steymor; Robert Cole; John Rhodes.
Stock no. 1827813
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st thus 2016. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Gloucestershire Record Series Volume 30. Llanthony Priory's terrier is a detailed history and description of 231 houses and gardens lying in nearly every street of medieval Gloucester. This edition expands the terrier into a history and description of 554 houses and gardens identified by postal addresses and extending from the middle ages to 1672, the date of surviving Hearth Tax returns. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780900197918. A couple of minor knocks to board edges. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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BOATS OF THE WORLD: FROM THE STONE AGE TO MEDIEVAL TIMES
Written by Sean McGrail.
Stock no. 1827808
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

A history of water transport as it has developed over millennia, from before 40,000 BC to the mid-second millennium AD. Blue cardwraps. 480 pages including index. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0199271860. Corners lightly rubbed. Vertical crease to spine. Orange mark to top edge of text block. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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BEAKER POTTERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D.L. Clarke.
Stock no. 1827744
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Gulbenkian Archaeological Series. Volume 1 outlines the basis of classification and discusses the analysis of the material. Volume 2 contains line drawings of all known surviving complete examples of British Beaker pottery drawn at one-third size, detailed inventories of all known examples giving their finding-place, description, dimension and present whereabouts. Large format. Brown cloth boards, Gilt title on black title label to spine. B/w illustrations. Top edges brown. A heavy set. ISBN: 0521072492. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are a little grubby to rear panels.

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PANNONIA AND UPPER MOESIA
Written by A. Mocsy.
Stock no. 1827726
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st 1974. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A history of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w maps. ISBN: 0710077149. A lovely copy. Blue dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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ROMAN COLCHESTER
Written by M.R. Hull.
Stock no. 1827718
Published by The Society Of Antiquaries Of London. 1st 1958. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XX. Large format. Brown cloth boards. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some fold-out. A few minor foxspots to text block. Contents are clean.

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BROOCHES IN LATE IRON AGE AND ROMAN BRITAIN (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D.F. Mackreth.
Stock no. 1827716
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Volume 1: text for the study, Volume 2: The plates, Figures etc. This is the result of forty years of study and offers an overview of the most common find, after coins, on sites in Roman Britain, the brooch. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781842174111. Boards a little scuffed, contents clean, a lovely set!

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