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C. R. Elrington; R. W. Dunning [ed.] - A History of the County of Somerset Volume IV

Title: A History of the County of Somerset Volume IV
Description: Oxford , Oxford University Press for The Institute of Historical Research , 1978. Cloth. A very smart volume covering the history of Somerset from the popular Victoria County History project. The first edition of Volume IV from The Victoria History of the County of Somerset. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, sixteen double-sided plates and numerous maps and plans throughout the text. Collated complete. The Victoria County History is an English history project which began in 1899, with the aim of creating a thorough history of each of the historic counties of England, dedicated to Queen Victoria. Since 1933, the project has been coordinated by the Institute of Historical Research. Somerset has a total of eleven volumes. This particular book explores the histories of the parishes in the three ancient hundreds of Crewkerne, Martock, and South Petherton. This volume edited by R. W. Dunning, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Royal Historical Society, and an author of many books on the history of the West Country. In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent with light bumping to the spine head and tail. Dust wrapper is lightly edge worn, with a few spots to the wrap. Sunning to the spine and a small ink mark above the title. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Not stated. Near Fine/Very Good.

Keywords: Somerset History England History Not stated

Price: GBP 120.00 = appr. US$ 171.36 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 913Y58

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