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Theory & Practice: Landscape

A 1999 reprint of the original 1957 treatise on dry-stone walling and stone dyke construction. Covers their prehistory and history (including the high walls of the ancient brochs of Shetland).  Describes techniques of construction and regional variations, including some overseas examples.

Theory & Practice: Art History

A lavish exhibition catalogue of 42 icons from the North Macedonian gallery in Ohrid, mostly dating from the C14th, and reproduced in excellent full-page colour plates with each captioned  in terms of subject, date, material, and provenance with a more extensive description of technique and

Region: Britain - Isles of Scilly

A log of all known shipwrecks.  Paperback.  144 pages.  In new condition.  Cat No 5073

Region: Americas

The 1968 UK edition re-published in Mexico in 1999 for visitors to the museum. Text in English. Illustrated.  Paperback.  216 pages.  New condition.  Cat No 5030

Period: Post-Medieval

Ornate boxwood carvings of rosaries, pomanders and altars described and illustrated.  Paperback.  48 pages.  In new condition.  Cat No 5016

Region: Britain - N. England

Twenty-two churches described and illustrated in colour along with a walking itinerary.  Paperback.  44 pages.  Small inscribed dedication from the author on the title page, otherwise in good condition.  Cat No 4966 

Period: Post-Medieval

A wide ranging collection of forty-two papers from a 1997 conference on post-medieval archaeology -  five are concerned with the use and interpretation of evidence; thirteen describe settlements and their communities on both sides of the Atlantic; four are on nautical and military operations

Region: Egypt

100 objects, each described and illustrated in excellent colour photographs.  Includes a Glossary of terms.  Paperback. 160 pages.  In new condition.  Cat No 4939

Region: Britain - N. England

Illustrated.  Paperback.  44 pages.  Good condition.  Cat No 4896

Region: Britain - Midlands

Using a wide range of documentary records, archives and surveys of fields and buildings this exhibition accompaniment records the prehistoric and historic evolution of a Warwickshire parish, including its Saxon minster foundation.