FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH DUST WRAP. BOOK PRESENTS A COMPREHENSIVE AND WELL ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF COTINGAS. TEXT DESCRIBES ORIGIN SOCIOBIOLOGY AND ANNUAL CYCLES. AN OUTSTANDING FEATURE ARE THE 22 COLOUR PLATES FROM PAINTING BY MARTIN WOODCOCK.
NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK SETS A NEW STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE IN ITS EVOCATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE GARDENS AND LANDSCAPE SETTINGS OF THE GREAT COUNTRY HOUSES OF BRITAIN – MANY OF THEM NOW IN THE CARE OF THE NATIONAL TRUST.
VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. FAMILY HOMES IN THE HISTORIC HOUSES ASSOCIATION FULLY ILLUSTRATED A GUIDE TO OVER 200 HOUSES. HEAVY BOOK MAY INCUR EXTRA POSTAL CHARGES IF SENT TO A NON-UK ADDRESS.
TWELVE VOLUMES COMPLETE. BOUND IN HALF VELLUM OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS TEG BLACK LABELS TO THE SPINES GILT. THE EARLIEST AND MOST ACCURATE HISTORY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MANCHESTER AND THE LIFE OF ITS PEOPLE. TAKEN DIRECT FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT MANUSCRIPTS WHICH WERE DONATED BY SIR OSWALD MOSELY THE LORD OF THE MANOR. THEY COVER THE PERIOD 1552 TO 1846 EXCEPT FOR 1687 TO 1731 AS THIS VOLUME WAS MISSING. EDITED WITH CONSIDERABLE EXPANATORY NOTES BY J P EARWAKER. SOME GRUBINESS TO THE VELLUM AND A FEW WORN LABELS BUT A VERY GOOD SET OF THIS COMPLETE SCARCE WORK.
