HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1979* Publisher: Terence Dalton Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: White cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, boards a little grunny. VG* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight ageing to page margins. VG+* Illustrations: B/w photos, prints and line drawn maps throughout.* Pages: 128 pp. text. viii pp. Glossary, bibliography & index at rear.* Description: This book is an evocation of the medieval shield and demarcating device, the wall. East Anglia has seen many regimes flood the countryside and then been party to the overtaking of the same area by another, stronger or better organised group. Walls are left as an indication of their former defensive role and they may or may not be subsumed by the next power wielder on the scene.* A VG+ copy of the first edition but with no dust jacket.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 123
Title: Ancient Walls of East Anglia
Author: Beckley, Rene
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG/VG/ND.
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 090096393X
ISBN 13: 9780900963933
Publisher: Terence Dalton Limited,
Place of Publication: Lavenham Suffolk, UK. 144
Date Published: 1979-11-01

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