ASHDOWN, Charles H. BRITISH CASTLES , London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911.

First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Boards are rubbed at spine ends and outer corner edges. Endpapers are browned. Bookplate of Francis Brunel Hawes inside front board. Some foxing only on half-title page and last page, and with a little foxing on title-page. All the rest of the pages are in fine condition. Webbing showing in places where paper has torn along hinges inside front and back boards. Book is still a good tight copy, there is no looseness. xx, 208pp, including index. With 32 full-page very attractive colour illustrations and 37 line drawings in the text of plans and diagrams. The Contents include: Natural Fortresses Strengthened - Fortified Hill Tops - Simple Artificial Enclosures - The Motte and Bailey Castle - The Shell Keep - The Rectangular Keep - The Cylindrical Keep - The Concentric Castle- The Castles of Scotland - The Siege and Defence of a Medieval Castle. (9¼"h x 7"w) (24cms x 17.5cms) approx. (Book ref. 7673)  £45.00

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