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First impression of the true first edition. Illustrated with twenty-one black and white full-page plates including frontispiece and eight black and white maps [including one folding map] and plans, including front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns (all plates and maps and plans present as called for). ***With an introduction by The Right Hon. Lord Eustace Percy. ***Very good in sea-green cloth-covered boards with black titles to spine. Black and white map illustrated front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns showing 'the major industries of Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham' and 'some antiquities of Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham' respectively. Illustrated with full-page black and white frontispiece showing: 'Norham castle, Northumberland'. Small black and white armorial vignette to title-page.Small black and white illustration to end of contents page. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Fore-edge and top edge of text-block and prelims very slightly foxed. Interior pages clean. Spine and front and rear boards bright. No inscriptions. Spine tight. ***In a very good green and black printed illustrated dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing publisher's price of 6/- net. Edges of dustwrapper creased, nicked and rubbed. Very small loss to corners of dustwrapper. 6cm tear and chip to head of spine adjoining rear panel of dustwrapper. Shallow loss to tail of spine. Tiny chip to middle of rear edge of rear panel of dustwrapper. Spine of dustwrapper browned. edges of dustwrapper faded and browned. Two tiny closed tears to bottom edge of front panel of dustwrapper 2cm closed tear to bottom edge of rear panel of dustwrapper. 2cm closed tear to top edge of rear panel of dustwrapper. 252mm x 198mm. 343 pages. ***Contents; I. Racial Settlement in the North of England; II. Some Notes on Place-Nmes of the Three Northern Counties by J. E. Hull, M.A., D.SC.; III. The Folk-lore of Cumberland, Northumberland and Durham by Helena Heslop Harrison, M.S.c.; IV. The Three Northern Counties - Prehistory by W. Percy Hedly, F.S.A., F.G.S., F.R.N.S.; V. Ancient Rome and Northern England by I.A. Richmond, M.A., F.S.A.; VI. Ecclesiastical and Military Architecture by H. L. Honeyman, A.R.I.B.A.; VII. From 1603 to the Present Time: a Brief Historical Summary by Cuthbert Headlam; VIII. Architecture by Donald Scott, of Casitron; IX. History of Coal Mining by A. Wedgwood, M.Sc., M.I.M.E.; X. Shipping and Ship-building in the Northern Counties; XI. Geology by Professor H.G.A. Hickling, D.Sc., F.R.S.; XII. The Birds of the Northern Counties by John Craster, of Crastor, and Stephen Marchant; XIII. The Flora of the Three Northern Counties by Professor Harrison, D.Sc., F.R.S., and G.W. Temperley; Appendix I. Churches; Appendix II. Castles. ***'The Northern Area Conservative women's advisory Committee have made a valuable contribution to the records of Northern England in sponsoring this volume. The articles have all been written by acknowledge authorities. The subjects range from primitive man to modern industry, from folklore to geology. The north-countryman, however well-versed in the story of his native surroundings, will find something new and interesting in this book. The stranger who reads it will gain an understanding of what has gone to form the character of the inhabitants and the landscape. The volume is beautifully illustrated and mapped.' (Quote from inside of front of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the true first edition, very hard to find in its original 1939 dustwrapper, in complete condition with all maps (including folding map) and plates present as called for. A first edition title of interest to the local historian. Uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 3885
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Title: THE THREE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF ENGLAND [...
Publisher: Northumberland Press Limited, Sunderland Press Limited, Sutherland House, South Shore Road, Gateshead Upon Tyne
Publication Date: 1939
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
