Book of Blandford Forum

Barracuda Books Ltd, 1984-03-01. 1st Edn, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG++/f/f. Box X29 HARDBACK ""UNCOMMON,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1983.* Pub: Barracuda Books Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Red brown cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs, no other visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Mono (sepia-tone) illustrated dust wrapper showing Blandford Main Street. Not price clipped showing a shelf price of £10.95. Now in clear un-attached protective wrapper. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Illustrated end papers showing a cartoon ""The Council Handicap ~ Start & Finish. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults apart from some slight spotting to top edge. VG++* Illustrations: B/w facsimiles, photos, maps and line drawings within text.* Pages: 186 pp. text. vii pp. bibliography, index and list of subscribers with blank pages at rear.* Description: Stone age man may well have visitd Blandford, but it was BronzemAge man who left indelible marks on the local landscape 4,000 years ago. The Romans were active locally but not apparently on the present town's site. By 1086 no less than nine estates centred on what, within a century was a flourishing settlement. The Book of Blandford Forum tells the story of the place and its peoples form the earliest times, with a well researched and entertaining narrative, enhanced by many illustrations.* A NEAR FINE copy with minimal faults reducing it to VG++. Now in clear un-attached protective cover to dust jacket.* 0