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Synopsis

With a chapter on the archaeology of lundy by k. s. gardner (the islands series).

Item Description

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 216 pp. Bound in original blue cloth, gilt, in price clipped pictorial dust wrapper, with chip on lower front corner. Top edge blue, but faded; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 16 pages of black and white plates, by 7 text figures, including map and plans and by folding map at end. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. History and survey of the island of Lundy off the north Devon coast, by Anthony and Myrtle Langham. Includes chapter on archaeology, and ten appendices, including chronology, owners and tenants, stamps, minerals and flora and fauna) with a bibliography.