Buy this book on-line Armitage, Ella S : A Key to English Antiquities: With Special Reference to the Sheffield and Rotherham District(Sheffield: William Townsend / Bingley: Harrison & Sons, 1897)
Crown 8vo; original olive-green cloth, with gilt device to upper cover, and spine lettered in gilt; re-cased, with new endpapers, preserving Hillsborough Hall bookplate of J. Willis Dixon; pp. xvi + 331 + (i); several plates and text illustrations; folding map. Moderate wear to extremities; backstrip slightly discoloured; penned address below bookplate on front pastedown; rear free endpaper has penned references to text and stapled photocopy; occasional light foxing; regular, light browning. Good condition, with the bookplate of a member of the famous Sheffield silver family. "This little book aims at putting into the hands of the people of Sheffield and Rotherham a key to the antiquities of their neighbourhood, which will help them to understand and enjoy - for to understand is to enjoy - antiquities all over the kingdom. Though written primarily for the use of inhabitants of this district, I hope that the various types of ancient remains are described with sufficient fulness to make the book useful as a beginner's manual to the study of English antiquities in general." - Author's Preface. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Armitage, Ella S : A Key to English Antiquities: With Special Reference to the Sheffield and Rotherham District. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, atlases, livres d'occasion, collectables and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |