Romney Marsh Hardcover - 1972

Robert Hale Ltd, 1972-01-01. Second Revised Edition,. Hardcover. VG+/VG+/GD. 22.9 x 14.5 x 3.3 cm. Box 100 HARDBACK ""RARELY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE US,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 2nd. Revised.* Date of Publication: 1972 (1953)* Publisher: Robert Hale & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Grey textured cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear with slight fading to edges and corners. GD* Jacket condition: Colour poto-illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £2.50 net. Heavy shelf wear to top and bottom edges and to head and tail of spine. One inch tear (re-inforced) to front flap fold and crease to rear flap. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, obliterated inscription to fep, no marks to text, edges a little grubby, otherwise no visible faults. VG* Illustrations: A number of b/w photos, maps and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 218 pp. text. xiv pp. bibliography, map, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Romney Marsh was once a great bay dotted with islands and mudflats, surrounded by sandstone cliffs, with long creeks running inland. Today it is a hundred square miles of the richest land in England. How this land was made by and saved from the sea is the basic theme of the book. This edition contains a new final chapter and a number of new photographs.* A NEAR VG copy of the 2nd. revised edn. with some age faults reducing it to GD.*