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EDWARD SEAGO: THE VINTAGE YEARS
Written by Ron Ranson. Illustrated by Edward Seago.
Stock no. 1829424
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seago's finest and most characteristic landscape paintings. Large oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0715399276. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Large grubby mark to lower margin of page 69 slightly affecting the text but not the picture. Otherwise one or two minor marks to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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PETER DEWINT 1784 - 1849 'FOR THE COMMON OBSERVER OF LIFE AND NATURE'
Written by John Lord. Illustrated by P. Dewint.
Stock no. 1829421
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Accompanies the exhibition of the same name held in 2007. A major reappraisal of the artist's life and career with essays by Peter Bower, Jim Cheshire, John Ellis, John Lord and Ian Waites. Large format, pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 9780953923861. Tiny mark to front edge of spine. Text block slightly grubby. One or two minor margin marks but generally clean.

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S.R. BADMIN AND THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE
Written by Chris Beetles. Illustrated by S.R. Badmin.
Stock no. 1329221
Published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Brown boards. A compilation of the beautiful paintings of S. R. Badmin with accompanying biographical details. ISBN: 0004120205. Some foxing to front endpapers and to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly creased/rubbed at edges.

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THE ART OF PETER SCOTT: IMAGES FROM A LIFETIME
Written by Philippa Scott; Keith Shackleton. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1829384
Published by Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. 1st thus 2008. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Selected and with captions by Philippa Scott. Introduction by Keith Shackleton. The first and only book to cover the whole range of Sir PPeter's output - ranging from early childhood sketches to the last unfinished painting: his vision of the London Wetlands Centre. Oblong format. B/w pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. 168 pages. ISBN: 9780900806377. Lower edge of boards rubbed. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

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GLYN MACEY'S CORNWALL
Written by Glyn Macey; Vivien Minton. Illustrated by Glyn Macey.
Stock no. 1829243
Published by Halsgrove. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Glyn Macey is one of Cornwall's foremost young artists whose fresh approach to painting is bringing a new vibrancy to the art scene in the county. Macey's landscape paintings. Oblong format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. 144 pages. ISBN: 9781841147246. Lower edges of boards very lightly knocked else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE ENGLAND OF ERIC RAVILIOUS
Written by Freda Constable; Sue Simon. Illustrated by Eric Ravilious.
Stock no. 1828818
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Re-issue of the 1982 publication by Scolar Press. In his powerful yet exquisite watercolours, Ravilious's England reveals itself as a country of rolling downland, quiet countryside, tranquil gardens, greenhouses and farmhouse interiors, the calm and beauty of which are threatened by the gathering storm of an imminent war. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 0853318808. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, covers lightly scuffed. Contents generally clean.

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CAIRNS, FIELDS, AND CULTIVATION: ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES OF THE LAKE DISTRICT UPLANDS
Written by Jamie Quartermaine; Roger H. Leech.
Stock no. 1828368
Published by Oxford Archaeology North. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

This volume presents the results of a programme of detailed archaeological survey undertaken in the Lake District between 1982 and 1989, mainly on the fells above the west Cumbria coastal plain. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photos and maps. CD containing detailed plans contained in pocket to rear. ISBN: 9781907686078. Corners lightly bumped. Base of spine lightly shelf-worn, lower edge of rear board has a couple of minor knocks. Previous owner's initials and date to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean. CD is present.

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CASTLES AND LANDSCAPES
Written by O.H. Creighton.
Stock no. 1828319
Published by Continuum. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Archaeology of Medieval Europe 1100-1600 series. A fascinating and provocative study looking at castles of the medieval landscape using theories and methods of landscape studies. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and plans. ISBN: 0826458963. Initials and date in ink to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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HERTFORDSHIRE: GEOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE
Written by John Catt.
Stock no. 1828246
Published by Hertfordshire Natural History Society. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition.

A comprehensive and authoritative account of the basic geology of the county and its relationships with a wide range of topics, including soils, ecology, agriculture, prehistoric archaeology, hydrogeology, mineral resources and their exploitation and their importance for modern day life. Large format. Green pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos, illustrations and maps. ISBN: 9780952168591. Rear board lightly scuffed. Minor knock to top front edge of boards. Contents clean.

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WATER MEADOWS: HISTORY, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
Written by Hadrian Cook; Tom Williamson.
Stock no. 1327878
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2007. Fine condition.

Essential reading for farms, countryside managers and conservationaists involved in perserving Britain's landscapes and biodiversity. Cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781905119127.

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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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MOUNTAINS AND OREFIELDS: METAL MINING LANDSCAPES OF MID AND NORTH-EAST WALES
Written by Nick Jones; Mark Walters; Pat Frost.
Stock no. 1327029
Published by Council For British Archaeology. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

CBA Research Report 142. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos, diagrams and maps. 192 pages. ISBN: 1902771478. Some light creasing to page corner tips else contents clean. Lower corners and spine bumped and worn, damp damage to base of textblock.

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