An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Anglesey
London: The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, 1937 / 1960. Hardcover. 1960 reprint. Quarto. Hardcover. Bound in green cloth with illustrated white jacket. 1 preliminary leaf, cixxxix, 189 pages frontispiece, illustrations (including plans, facsimiles) 186 plates, maps (1 folded in pocket) 28 cm. VG-/G. Jacket has toning, soiling and wear around the edges including multiple closed tears and is price clipped. Book itself in nice shape besides some board bumping and soiling / foxing around the exterior text block edges. Item #207062
Contains a complete and concise account of all monuments considered worthy of inclusion and known to survive at the time of its compilation, ranging from magalithic tombs to Telford's bridge across the Menai Straits. The detailed descriptions of the individual monuments are supplemented by a series of sectional prefaces dealing with Megaliths, the Bronze Age, the Early Iron Age, the Roman Occupation, the Early Medieval Period, and later history, as well as a general Architetural Survey (from the DJ). Rear pocket includes map and booklet of updates and revisions.
OCLC: 3359365
Price: $80.00