wittering (7 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, i-x, 204 pp, coloured and black and white figures throughout, card covers, a fine copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 4to. Wear to edges. Book.

1st edition. Near fine copy in the original, colour-printed stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 43 pages, 29.50 cm, colour photographs inside. Subjects; West Wittering Village. West Wittering Village design statement. West WIttering Village 2006. 3 Kg.

Zustand: Good. First edition (softcover). 8vo (24cm by 18cm), xvi, 168pp. 80 b&w plates, text illustrations. Original laminated card wrappers. The covers are a little rubbed and spotted; overall, this book is in good to very good condition. Forestry Commission Bulletin 48. ISBN 0117101400.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. South Cambridgeshire has some of the richest arable land in England and has been cultivated for millennia. By the turn of the nineteenth century industrialisation and massive population growth had resulted in an enormous increase in the demand for food, which in turn led to enclosure. But this desire to plough every available piece of land resulted in the destruction of many valuable and distinctive habitats that had existed for centuries. The Ecology of Enclosure breaks new ground in comparing the effect of Parliamentary Enclosure with the findings of the enthusiastic 'Botanisers' from Cambridge; this reveals not only the effect of enclosure on the ecology of the land but also on the people whose link with the land was broken. The first section presents a study of social and agricultural life before enclosure, describing geology and climate; the fold-course open field system of farming and the strict stinting rules which governed how land could be used for grazing and stock movement; and the crop rotation systems employed. The second part describes the process of enclosure, including opposition to it; the changes that occurred to the landscape and within village communities as work in industry gradually replaced rural occupations; the effects of fencing on movement; and of the loss of common land to the plough. The third section is an analysis of the new study of Botany which the University of Cambridge was enjoying in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries based on their own records and a review of some of the specific effects on the flora and fauna of the area. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good.