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The Common Lands of England & Wales
by Stamp, L. Dudley & W. G. Hoskins
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Collins. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Some adhesive tape stains to endpapers. Moderate spots of foxing to page edges. Some staining to rear endpaper. Some foxing to dust wrapper. A small 3/8" tear with an old adhesive tape stain at head of dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper is price clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; xvii, [1], 366 pages + plates. Green cloth boards. "For the first time all known or reputed commons in England are listed county by county with brief details of acreage, nature and present state. Similarly for the first time there is a list of all village greens." - from dust wrapper blurb. A volume in the celebrated New Naturalist Library. "[. . .] we have now come to look forward to new volumes in this series - well written, beautifully produced, and awakening interest in some fresh feature of Britain's countryside" - quoted from a Guardian review of the series. ; Series title: New Naturalist No. 45; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14203
- Title
- The Common Lands of England & Wales
- Author
- Stamp, L. Dudley & W. G. Hoskins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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