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Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs. CONDITION: DJ worn, foxed and historically taped inside but intact, not price clipped. Foxing to edges. Binding good.

With 35 full-page photographs of Dorset Scenery, including iconic scenes from Portland, Dorchester, Tolpuddle, Swanage and many more loved beauty spots. Used, very good. Clean. No inscriptions.

A fascinating look at historical Dorset. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs. Fine. Like new. Light shelf wear.

First published in 1925, this book elaborated Alfred Watkins's theory of 'ley' lines, first put forward in his Early British Trackways. Based on his fieldwork in Herefordshire, Watkins's surmise was that the straight lines crossing Britain were ancient alignments with marked points, used for navigation by Stone Age man.

Through illustrations which span four centuries, this text takes another look at the changing face of Weymouth and its surrounding villages from 1790 to 2004.

Lovely large coffee table book, filled with artistic pen & ink/watercolour illustrations of rural, historical Dorset. Paintings and drawings of Wessex accompany a discussion of the portrayal of the region of England in the novels of Thomas Hardy.

Dorset is a maritime county with a long and varied coastline, and a long and complex history. Some aspects of this past are well known, others less so but all are equally fascinating, from the three thousand year old carving of a ship, which was found inWales, but which depicts a vessel from Dorset, to the vicious pirates which infested… Read more about this item

The anthropology of Britain is hotly debated. What does it mean to live in Britain and to be 'British', and is an anthropology of Britain even a legitimate undertaking? British Subjects presents a forthright voice in this debate. Key anthropological concerns such as community, rationality, aesthetics, the body, power, work and leisure, nationalism and transnationalism are found reflected in the… Read more about this item

In this provocative new study, Iain McLean argues that the traditional story of the British constitution does not make sense. It purports to be both positive and normative: that is, to describe both how people actually behave and how they ought to behave. In fact, it fails to do either; it is not a correct description and it has no… Read more about this item

For some people, winter is the period between autumn and spring that has to be endured and can't pass too quickly. But others love the season. They love the snow that brings back memories of childhood days playing snowballs and sledging (when of course the snow was deeper and more frequent!).They also love the bright frosty mornings, as the hoar… Read more about this item

Archeological account of the hillfort near Dorchester, one of the largest hillforts in the world and still to this day, not fully understood or excavated. The author brings findings to life. With b/w photographs.

Regular railway-operated steamer services commenced between Weymouth and the Channel Islands following the opening of the railway to the town in 1857, and continued until the demise of Sealink. Originally both the GWR and LSWR served the port amid great rivalry until 1860 when the LSWR withdrew to Southampton, from where the competition continued until the disastrous loss of the… Read more about this item