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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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THE WETLANDS OF NORTH LANCASHIRE (NORTH WEST WETLANDS SURVEY 3)
Written by R. Middleton; C.E. Wells; E. Huckerby.
Stock no. 1828364
Published by Lancaster University Archaeological Unit. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

A survey of the county's archaeology and changing environment. Focussed on lowland wetlands and builds up a picture of the landscape and its alteration through time. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos, maps & illustrations. Maps to rear and key. ISBN: 0901800414. Previous owner's name plate & date to title page else a nice, clean copy. Home-made holder for the loose maps to rear was stuck to the rear cover inside with tape of which the glue has now dried out and the holder is loose. All items present. Yellow tape marks to inside rear cover.

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THE MEDIEVAL FORTIFIED BUILDINGS OF CUMBRIA: AN ILLUSTRATED GAZETTEER AND RESEARCH GUIDE
Written by D.R. Perriam; J. Robinson.
Stock no. 1828363
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

A comprehensive study of all the various types of defensible structures in the county from complex castles to dykes in the period 1066-1603. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1873124236. Corners of covers lightly rubbed & lightly creased. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF ROSSENDALE
Written by G.H. Tupling.
Stock no. 1828345
Published by Manchester University Press. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

Publications of the University of Manchester Economic History Series No. IV. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps & plans, some folding. Spine faded and stained, boards faded at edges and a little grubby. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly worn. Text block & endpapers browned. 'Region 10 Manchester' written in red ink to colophon page. Some browning and a few foxspots to contents else clean. All maps & plans present.

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THE SPIRIT OF RAWTENSTALL: WATERFOOT, NEWCHURCH AND THE WHITEWELL VALLEY (LANDMARK COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY)
Written by Kathy Fishwick.
Stock no. 1828340
Published by Landmark Publishing. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The 20th Century in Photographs. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1843060698. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Contents otherwise clean. White dustwrapper is just a little grubby.

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THE WETLANDS OF MERSEYSIDE (NORTH WEST WETLANDS SURVEY 1)
Written by R.W. Cowell; J.B. Innes.
Stock no. 1828331
Published by Lancaster University Archaeological Unit. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Based on original fieldwork carried out in recent years and provides a completely new survey of the county's archaeology and changing environment. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps contained in matching wallet, along with 18 loose-leaf figures. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0901800406. A nice, clean copy contained in the publisher's wallet, along with the loose-leaf figures which are all present.

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CLAY DABBINS: VERNACULAR BUILDINGS OF THE SOLWAY PLAIN
Written by Nina Jennings.
Stock no. 1828330
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

The mud buildings of the English Solway Plain known locally as "Dabbins" or "Daubins" are little known outside the immediate area, but they continued to be built until the early years of the twentieth century. The author has studied in detail most of the 150 or so farmhouses, cottages and farm buildings which remain and has attempted to trace their development in form and in constructional methods. These were peasant buildings, build by their owners for their own use, and they continue to provide warm, comfortable, well-insulated homes to this day. Green cardwraps. B/w photos and plans. ISBN: 1873124384. Initials and date in ink to half-title page else contents clean.

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THE LOWLAND WETLANDS OF CUMBRIA (NORTH WEST WETLANDS SURVEY 6)
Written by D. Hodgkinson; E. Huckerby; R. Middleton; C.E. Wells.
Stock no. 1828328
Published by Lancaster University Archaeological Unit. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

The results of a survey, spread over the years 1991-1997, of the archaeological and palaeoecological significance of the lowland wetlands of Cumbria. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & maps. 4 map figures included in rear pocket. ISBN: 1862200823. Some light scuffing to rear cover. Initials & date in ink to top corner of title page else contents clean.

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ROMAN FORTS IN THE FYLDE: EXCAVATIONS AT DOWBRIDGE, KIRKHAM
Written by C. Howard-Davis; K. Buxton.
Stock no. 1828327
Published by Centre For North-West Regional Studies. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

A summary of the results of excavations on the site of the Roman fort at Dowbridge, Kirkham. Large format. Blue pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 1862200866. A nice copy.

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MEDIEVAL CARLISLE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Henry Summerson.
Stock no. 1828316
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The City and the Borders from the Late Eleventh to the Mid-Sixteenth Century. Two volumes (complete). Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 187312418X. Text block of both volumes lightly browned, minor foxspots to top edge. Front endpaper of both volumes has a small, neat name & date in ink. Else contents are clean. Dustwrappers are both slightly faded and lightly scuffed.

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COAL MINING IN LUNESDALE
Written by Philip John Hudson.
Stock no. 1828309
Published by Hudson History. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

An introductory study into the hsitory of coal mining in the valle of the River Lune and its tributaries in North West England. White & blue cardwraps. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0953364305. SIGNED by the author to front endpaper (no dedication). Two diagonal marks to lower edge of text block. Bookplate to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean.

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LANCASHIRE: LIVERPOOL AND THE SOUTH-WEST (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Richard Pollard.
Stock no. 1828266
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pevsner Architectural Guides. A comprehensive guide to the buildings of South-West Lancashire. Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour photos. ISBN: 0300109105. Boards clean and bright. Initials and date in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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