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Theory & Practice: Landscape

History of England's largest surviving Lammas hay meadow whose utility and management has changed little over many centuries.

Theory & Practice: Local History

A guide for students of local history to the Public Record Office - Chancery Records, Exchequer Records, Judicial Records, State Papers, and Parliament Rolls with an Appendix on the Scottish Office Records. Paperback. 52 pages. Good clean condition. Cat No 3489

Region: Central Asia

Illustrated pocket exhibition guide to the prehistoric cultures of Siberia - Scythian C7th-C1st BC; Hun C1st BC - C5th AD; Turkic C6th-C9th.  Paperback.  136 pages.  Bibliography.  Text in Russian.  Good clean condition.  Cat No n63

Theory & Practice: Art History

A technical description of the restorations of a C17th painting of Apollo and an C18th painting of Virgil, both of which are housed in the Italian Cultural Institute in London, and both of which were in very poor condition prior to restoration.

Theory & Practice: Landscape

A booklet describing the working relationship between archaeologists and the gravel extraction industry as it operates in the Yonne flood-plain of northern Burgundy with details of Neolithic, Bronze Age and Roman sites in the region.  Paperback.  32 pages.  Text in French.

Region: China/Japan/Korea

Lavish catalogue of the very finest decorated lacquer boxes and exhibition-quality bronze vases decorated with gilt relief onlay.  Sixteen exceedingly expensive items are described and illustrated in the highest quality colour photographs with additional close-ups.

Theory & Practice: Ancient Books & Documents

Following the announcement in 1988 that Hereford Cathedral intended to auction the Mappa Mundi to raise funds for the cathedral's restoration an alternative proposal was made to establish a public company funded by share capital to which ownership of the map would pass via a Trust in exchange for

Region: Mediterranean

Detailed descriptions of a unique Venetian treasure - silver bowls, spoons and coins - dating from the late C16th hidden during the Ottoman takeover of Cyprus and exported illicitly from Northern Cyprus for sale by a London auction house in 1986 when a large part of the collection was purchased b

Region: Greece

To mark the publication in Athens of Korres' book on the ancient quarries and masonry techniques of the first marble Parthenon, the Hellenic Foundation in London mounted an exhibition of Korres' drawings and this is the catalogue of that exhibition which, in addition to reproducing his drawings i

Region: Britain - Scotland

History of this Perth cemetery dating from C16th with details of the symbols and epitaphs of the historic gravestones plus a biographical appendix on notable persons buried there.  Paperback.  24 pages.  Fold-out site plan.  New condition.  Cat No n73