An Archaeological Autobiography by L V Grinsell - 1989

Paperback. Good.

As new condition with a mylar protected dj. price sticker.-- The author was an amateur field archaeologist until 1949, his profession being a clerk with Barclay's Bank Ltd. His first book, Ancient Burial-Mounds of England, was published in 1936. From 1941-5 he served in Egypt with the R.A.F. where he held a commission in air-photographic interpretation, whilst also finding time to write a book on Egyptian Pyramids (1947). He was with the Victoria County History of Wiltshire 1949-52, when he was appointed Curator in Archaeology and Ethnography at Bristol City Museum - a post which he held until his retirement in 1972. His greatest contribution to field archaeology has been his surveys of the prehistoric and later barrows of much of southern Britain. He has devoted his holidays to the study of pre-Classical tombs in the Mediterranean, his work being summarised in Barrow, Pyramid and Tomb (1975). His other interests are reflected in his books on the coinmints of Bath (1973) and Bristol (1986) and on the… Read More

Sutton Pub Ltd, 1993-02. Hardcover. Good.

History Press Limited, The. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Gloucester: Alan Sutton. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0862996589 . First British editon. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. .

Gloucester: Alan Sutton. G : in good condition with faded dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 134pp. .

Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1989. Book. Very Good. Paper on board. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback with dj. 134pp with index and extensive bibliography. Photographs and illustrations. The story of the authors interesting life as an amateur and a professional archaeologist. In good order with only some shelfwear to dj..

Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1989. First edition (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 16cm), ix, 134pp. Frontispiece, 16 text illustrations. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. Light foxing to the edges of the text block, short ownership inscription; overall, the book is in good to very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good plus condition (light chafing of the edges). ISBN 0862996589

Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1989. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6¼” (0.8 kg); 134pp; Index; Bibliography; Contains: Black & white photographs; Portrait to the frontispiece; Glossary; ISBN: 0-862-99658-9 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #190114|| Condition:

Alan Sutton, 1989. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Scarcely used.