New Shell Guide to England (Shell Guides) - Hardcover

The New Shell Guide to England

Decorative Boards. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardback. . This new edition follows the same pattern ad the original, and includes all the general essays on the farming scene, townscapes, the village and the country houses, churches and cathedrals, rivers, woodlands, mountains and moorland, the insutrial heritage, the English garden and architectural follies. Here too are illuminating introductory studies - all written by recognised authorites - on the eleven regions into which the country is divided. Without altering the freshness and perception of the original approach, everything has been brought up to date and much of the text is completely new. All the gazetteer entries numbering over 2,350 have been checked and verified in the light of changes that have occurred during the last eleven years - not merely the establishment of new country boundaries, but new building and farming developments, the construction of new motorways, the growth of the National trust and national Parks, and the opening of many more stately homes and gardens to the public. this new edition is illustrated with 32 colour plates, and over 200 photographic black-and-white illustrations, many of which are new to this edition. For the moterist there is a special new section of maps at the end of the book. Illustrated. 864 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc. Artikel-Nr. 070979

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