Bristol and its adjoining counties / edited by C.M. MacInnes and W.F. Whittard
1955, First Edition. Bristol : Published for the British Association for the Advancement of Science by the Local Executive Committee. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #439997
Physical description; xiii, 335 pages illustrations, portraits, maps, profiles, tables 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; 1. Geology / M.L.K. Curtis, D.T. Donovan, G.A. Kellway & F.B.A. Welch. -- 2. Physiography / O.D. Kendall. -- 3. climate / F.G. Hannell. -- 4. Soils of Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire / D.A. Osmond. -- 5. Fauna / R. Bassindale. -- 6. Vegetation / J.F. Hope-Simpson and A.J. Willis. -- 7. Agriculture and horticulture / W.E. Jones, J.W. Dallas, W.J. Brimacombe & R. Garside. -- 8. Scientific activity in the Bristol region in the past / V.A. Eyles. -- 9. The prehistoric archaeology of the Bristol region / E.K. Tratman. -- 10. The Bristol region in the Roman period / D.E. Eichholz. -- 11. Bristol in the Middle Ages / C.D. Ross. -- 12. Credit and the Bristol merchant in the later Middle Ages / E.W.W. Veale. -- 13. Bristol since 1497 / Patrick McGrath. -- 14. Bristol and overseas expansion / C.M. MacInnes. -- 15. Bristol society in the Eighteenth century / R.I. James. -- 16. The arts in Bristol since 1800 / Basil Cottle. -- 17. Bristol's architecture, past and present / Ralph H. Brentnall. -- 18. Engineering in Bristol / A.G. Pugsley. -- 19. Religious movements in Bristol since the reformation / Rupert E. Davies. -- 20. Bristol charities, past and present / F.H. Towill. -- 21. Museums of the West / F.S. Wallis. -- 22. Bristol's schools / Roger Wilson. -- 23. A university in Bristol / A.M. Tyndall. Subjects; Bristol (England). England Bristol. Bristol (England) Geography. Bristol (England) History. Bristol Region (England) Geography. Bristol Region (England) History. Bristol (Gloucestershire)
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