Author: H. C. Darby [ed.]
Title: A New Historical Geography of England
Description: Cambridge , University Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this historical geography study of England, edited by a pioneer of the field, H. C. Darby. The first edition of this very scarce work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Comprising essays from ten contributors on the changing face of England's countryside and towns, beginning with the coming of the Anglo-Saxons and continuing up to 1900. Chapters include 'Changes in the Later Middle Ages', 'Domesday England' and 'Changes in the Early Railway Age', among others. Illustrated with many sketched maps and diagrams throughout the text.Edited by H. C. Darby, who was a key figure in the establishment of historical geography as a subject in British academia.  In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely. With the bookplate of one R. J. M. Selfe to the front pastedown. Dust wrapper is very smart, with minor chipping to the spine head, reinforced with tape. With sunning to the spine and borders of the wrap. Marks to the rear. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Very Good Indeed.

Keywords: A New Historical Geography of England H. C. Darby Very Scarce Maps H. C. Darby Not Stated


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