National Trust: Book Of British Castles by Rh Value Publishing - 1984-08-17

Random House Value Publishing. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Random House Value Publishing, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Crescent. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket.

Crescent. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Crescent. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0517442299 . 1 x 10.9 x 8.6 Inches; 288 pages. .

England: British Heritage Press. Very Good/Very Good. 1984. Reprint. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall 0517442299 Used Name in ink, illustrated history and guide to england's castles, 4to, 288pp.. Keywords: The, National, Trust, Book, of, British, Castles, Medeval, History.

New York: British Heritage Press, 1984 No discernable flaws to this copy.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: British Heritage Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1979. 2nd prt.. hardcover. 4to, 288 pp. .

New York: British Heritage Press, 1984. Cloth, 288 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. 1st thus. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. An attractive copy.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

NY: British Heritage Press, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Quarto, hardcover, near fine in VG blue pictorial dj. Brown and white castle drawings on endpapers; Color and B&W photographs 32 in color & over 170 in black & white. 288 pp. including index."Beginning with the great Iron Age hill forts, Paul Johnson traces each stage of the development of Britain's rich and varied collection of castles: how advances in the techniques of warfare were reflected in increasingly sophisticated methods of defence; the vital part played by the castle in social life-both as an expression of the political and economic conditions of the time or simply as a rather uncomfortable place in which to live; the gradual decay of the castle after its crucial role in the medieval and early modern period; and ending with a chapter on the restoration of several important castles in the nineteenth century, as well as the building of some extraordinary mock ones.