General Archaeology

1.  Addyman P & Morris R (eds) THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF CHURCHES,  CBA Research Rep No 13  1976, vii + 79pp, 13pl + 20 figs, card, A4  £19.50

2.  Aitken M J SCIENCE-BASED DATING IN ARCHAEOLOGY, Longman 1990, xix + 274pp, figs, card  £12.50

3.  Allaby M THE WOODLAND TRUST BOOK OF BRITISH WOODLANDS, David & Charles 1986, 224pp, pls & figs, cloth, dw, ex lib  £8.50

4.  Arkell W J & Tomkeieff S I ENGLISH ROCK TERMS Chiefly as used by miners and quarrymen, OUP/Durham Univ 1953, xviii + 139pp, cloth, dw marked & slightly scuffed  £20.00

5.  Aston M & Bond J THE LANDSCAPE OF TOWNS, Dent Archaeology in the Field Series 1976, 255pp, 20pls + 43figs, cloth, dw  £17.50

Useful for the planned towns and the layout and development of towns

6.  Aston M & Rowley T LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY:  An Introduction to Fieldwork Techniques on Post-Roman Landscapes, David & Charles, 1974, 217pp, 51pls & figs, cloth, dw  £14.50

A standard work on landscape archaeology

7.  Bailey E (Sir) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITAIN,  Murray London  1952, vii + 278pp, 4pls + 39 figs & maps, cloth, dw slightly rubbed  £14.50

A history of geological surveying from the 18th century onwards and the foundation of the Geological Survey  in 1835. Much about Murchison, Geikie & Lyall

8.  Baker A R H & Harley J B MAN MADE THE LAND:  Essays in English Historical Geography David & Charles, 1973, 208pp, 263pls & figs, cloth, dw, lg 4to  £14.50

16 essays including Climate, Darby on the Domesday Book, Roberts on Planned Villages, Baker on Field Systems, Beresford on New Towns & DMVs etc

9.  Barker P  THE TECHNIQUES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION,  Batsford  3rd ed 1995 imp, 285pp, 86pls & figs, card slightly creased, cr4to  £18.50

This the most recent fully revised edition

10.  Barnard A HISTORY AND THEORY IN ANTHROPOLOGY,  CUP 2000, xi + 243p, figs & tables, card  £13.50

11.  Barnatt J & Smith K PEAK DISTRICT: Landscapes through Time, English Heritage/Batsford 1997, 128pp, 91pls, figs & maps inc 17 col, card, cr 4to  £16.50

Survey of the Archaeology of the Peak District of Derbyshire from the Neolithic through to the Industrial and Mining remains

12.  Barron R S THE GEOLOGY OF WILTSHIRE: A Field Guide, Wiltshire Archaeological Society/Moonraker Press 1976, 176pp, many pls & figs, cloth, dw torn, spine faded  £12.50

13.  Batey C E CAITHNESS COASTAL SURVEY 1980-82, Dunnet Head to Ousdale, Durham University Dept of Archaeology Occ Paper No 3 1984, 108pp, 8pls + figs & folding maps, card, A4  £10.50

Covers a wide range of field monuments including brochs etc covering Wick, Latheron & almost to Thurso

14.  Bell M BREAN DOWN: Excavations 1983-1987, English Heritage Arch Rep No 15 1990, xv + 278pp, 162pls & figs + fiche in back pocket, card, A4  £32.50

A very important Bronze Age site with 5metres of deposits starting with Beaker pottery through to a late Bronze Age midden which produced two gold bracelets and evidence of salt extraction.  Overlaying this was a sub Roman cemetery

15.  Bell M & Walker M J C LATE QUATERNARY ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Physical and Human Perspectives, Longmans 1995 imp, xiv + 273pp, many pls & figs, card, corner slightly creased,  cr4to  £12.50

16.  Bernes (Abbe) THE PILGRIM ROUTE TO COMPOSTELA IN SEARCH OF ST JAMES: A practical guide for pilgrims and walkers in Spain, McCarta London rev ed 1990, 244pp, many figs & maps, card  £8.50

17.  Berry A Q & Brown I W (eds) MANAGING ANCIENT MONUMENTS: An Integrated Approach, Clwyd CC 1995, xiv + 238pp, pls & figs, card, A4  £18.50

18.  Bettess F SURVEYING FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS, Durham 2nd ed 1992, 137pp, figs, card  £10.50

19.  Bettey J H ESTATES AND THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE,  Batsford Know the Landscape 1993, 160pp, 74pls & figs, card, cr4to  £19.50

20.  Bintliff J (ed) THE ANNALES SCHOOL AND ARCHAEOLOGY,  Leicester UP 1991, iii + 127pp, cloth, card  £12.50

Articles on the concepts of structural history as developed by the French Annales School

21.  Bond C J et al THE EVOLUTION OF MARSHLAND LANDSCAPES: Papers presented to a Conference on Marshland Landscapes held in Oxford in December 1979, OUDES 1981, vi + 177pp, figs, card, A4  £14.50

Covers the Somerset levels, Cambridgeshire Fenland, Romney Marsh, Malvern Chase and fishweirs of the River Severn

22.  Bowden M (ed) UNRAVELLING THE LANDSCAPE: An Inquisitive Approach to Archaeology, Tempus 1999, 223pp, 88pls, figs & plans, card  £14.50

23.  Bowen E BRITANNIA DEPICTA OR OGILBY IMPROVED,  Frank Graham facsimile reprint Newcastle (1720) 1970, with new 16pp introduction by J B Harley, 273 pp of plates of strip maps, cloth, dw torn  £32.50

24.  Bowen H C  ANCIENT FIELDS: A Tentative Analysis of Vanishing Earthworks and Landscapes, S R reprint  (BAAS 1961) 1970, xii + 80pp, 5pls, card  £12.50

25.  Briggs G et al (eds) THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE OXFORD REGION,  OUDES 1986, 189pp, 27pls & figs + 18 maps, card, A4  £12.50

A multiperiod overview of the archaeology of the county of Oxford

26.  Brill E COTSWOLD CRAFTS,  Batsford 1977, 184pp, 24pls + text figs, cloth, dw  £12.50

Includes quarrying, masonry, dry stone walling, woodwork & church furnishings, wheelwrights & mill wrights, blacksmith & saddlers, weavers & cloth trade etc

27.  Brown I et al TWENTIETH CENTURY DEFENCES IN BRITAIN: An Introductory Guide, CBA Practical Handbooks in Archaeology No 12 (revised edition)  2002 imp,  xiv + 153pp, 74pls & figs, card  £9.50

A classification of 2nd WW and Cold War defence sites and installations ranging from pillboxes, tank traps, nissen huts and barrack buildings, radar stations, hangars and airfields, coastal batteries  to Thor rocket launching sites.

28.  Burke P THE FRENCH HISTORICAL REVOLUTION: The Annales School 1929-89, Polity Press/Blackwell 1990, vii + 152pp, card  £10.50

29.  Butzer K W ARCHAEOLOGY AS HUMAN ECOLOGY: Method and Theory for a Contextual Approach, CUP 1994 imp, xiii + 364pp, figs, card  £9.50

30.  Carver M UNDERNEATH ENGLISH TOWNS: Interpreting Urban Archaeology, Batsford 1987, 160pp, 97pls, figs & maps, card, cr 4to  £15.00

31.  Clark C IRONBRIDGE GORGE,  Batsford/EH 1993, 143pp, 109pls & figs, card, cr 4to  £14.50

32.  Coles J et al (eds) A SPIRIT OF ENQUIRY: Essays for Ted Wright, Wetlands Archaeology Research Project  1993, 96pp, many pls & figs, card, A4  £10.50

Essays on waterlogged sites and maritime subjects

33.  Cornwall I W BONES FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGIST,  Phoenix House 1956, 255pp, 60 figs, cloth, dw slightly chipped and browned  £14.50

34.  Courbin P WHAT IS ARCHAEOLOGY? An Essay on the Nature of Archaeological Research, Chicago UP 1988, xxv + 197pp, figs, cloth, dw  £14.50

35.  Courty M A et al SOILS AND MICROMORPHOLOGY IN ARCHAEOLOGY,  CUP Manuals in Archaeology 1989, xx + 344pp, pls & figs inc 8 in col, laminated boards, cr 4to  £22.50

36.  Crawford O G S ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE FIELD,  Phoenix House 3rd imp rev 1954, 280pp, 24pls + 43 text ills, cloth slightly ruckled, dw torn, cr4to  £12.50

Good on individual topics such as linear earthworks, Celtic fields, Roman roads & roads & trackways generally, Medieval cultivation banks & Medieval parks

37.  Cronyn J M THE ELEMENTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION,  Routledge 2nd imp 1992, xx + 324pp, pls & figs, card, small ink stamp inside front cover  £18.50

Covers conservation in underwater archaeology & on land, laboratory techniques & conservation of museum collections

38.  Cross F L & Livingstone E A THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH,  OUP 1997, xxxvii + 1786pp, cloth, dw  £35.00

The most recent edition of this book is in print at £95

39.  Crossley-Holland K (ed & intro) FOLK-TALES OF THE BRITISH ISLES,  Folio Society London 1985, xi + 393pp, many text wood engravings by Hannah Firmin, ¼ cloth with decorative paper covered boards in slip case  £12.50

40.  Cunliffe B THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE OF PYTHEAS THE GREEK,  Allen Lane 2001, ix + 182pp, text figs & maps, cloth, dw  £12.50

41.  Cunliffe B (ed) HEYWOOD SUMNER'S WESSEX,  Gasson 1985, 159pp, many pl & figs, inc col, cloth, dw  £15.00

About the Architect and Archaeologist who wrote about the New Forest and Cranborne Chase

42.  Cuppage J ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE DINGLE PENINSULA: A Description of the Field Antiquities of the Barony of Corca Dhuibhne form the Mesolithic Period to the 17th Century AD, Ballyferriter 1986, xxi + 462pp, 49pls + 17 col + 242figs, cloth, dw, lg 4to  £32.50

A wealth of archaeological sites inc the Gallarus Oratory, carved & inscribed stones, ring forts & raths, souterrains, tower houses, castles

43.  Darby H C (ed) AN HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF ENGLAND BEFORE AD 1800: 14 Studies, CUP  1961 rev imp, xii + 566pp, 87 maps & figs, cloth, dw slightly chipped  £14.50

Pioneering articles on the historical geography of England inc one on the Draining of the Fens

44.  Dark  K R THEORETICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, Duckworth 1995, x + 246pp, 48pls & figs, card  £12.50

45.  Dark P  THE ENVIRONMENT OF BRITAIN IN THE FIRST MILLENIUM AD,  Duckworth 2000, x + 211pp, many pls, figs & maps, card  £13.50

46.  Davidson H E ROLES OF THE NORTHERN GODDESS,  Routledge 1998, viii + 211pp, 6pls + 28 figs, card  £12.50

Deals with mother goddess particularly in Celtic and Scandinavian contexts

47.  Darwin C  THE FORMATION OF VEGETABLE MOULD, THROUGH THE ACTION OF WORMS, with observations on their habits, Murray London 10th thousand (corrected) 1888, vii + 328pp + 32pp publisher’s catalogue, 15figs, imp dec cloth slightly rubbed, several gathers loosening  £24.50

Historic fascinating work largely aimed towards the archaeological interpretation, including the part played by worms in the burial of ancient buildings and including specific studies on Chedworth, Silchester, other Roman villas and the denudation of the landscape by worms

48.  Davies G L H & Stephens N THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE BRITISH ISLES: Ireland, Methuen 1978, xii + 250pp, many figs & maps, card  £8.50

49.  Davison A THE EVOLUTION OF SETTLEMENT IN THREE PARISHES IN SOUTH-EAST NORFOLK,  Based on Fieldwalking ...... in Hales and Loddon ... 1980-86, EAA No 49 1990, viii + 93pp, 29pls & figs, card, A4  Covers Hales, Heckingham & Loddon  £12.50

50.  Defoe D A TOUR THROUGH THE WHOLE ISLAND OF GREAT BRITAIN, intro Rogers P, Folio Society London 1983, 3 vols, x + 277pp, x + 276pp, x + 319pp, many pls using contemporary prints, gilt dec cloth in slip case  An attractive and very useable edition  £32.50

51.  Detsicas A (ed) COLLECTANEA HISTORICA:  Essays in Memory of Stuart Rigold, Kent Arch Soc 1981, xxx + 315pp, 64pl + 65figs, cloth, dw spine slightly faded, lacks fep, 4to  £22.50

Reflects the varied interests of Stuart Rigold with a bibliography of his work. Articles on Richborough; Reculver; Roman Mill at Ickham; British & Gaulish Church; Acton Burnell Castle, Salop; Castle Gatehouses; Aspects of 14th cent Castle Design; Chatham Dockyard & much on Medieval Kent

52.  Dickinson G C MAPS AND AIR PHOTOGRAPHS,  Arnold 2nd ed 1979, ix + 348pp, 132pls, figs & maps, cloth, dw, ex lib, 4to  £12.50

53.  Dreghorn W GEOLOGY EXPLAINED IN THE SEVERN VALE AND COTSWOLDS,  David & Charles 1st ed 1967, 187pp, 137figs, plans & maps, cloth, dw  £16.50

Includes quarrying and building stones

54.  Drury P J (ed) STRUCTURAL RECONSTRUCTION: Approaches to the Interpretation of the Excavated Remains of Buildings, BAR Brit Ser No 110 1982, xi + 308pp, many pls, figs & plans, card, A4  £32.50

Covers the measurement of buildings, Iron Age round houses, Roman buildings - proportions and numbers of stories, Roman forts, Saxon houses, interpretation of cruck construction, etc

55.  Eastwood T STANFORD’S GEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF GREAT BRITAIN,  Edward Stanford London 1964, viii + 288pp, 29 reduced size black & white survey sheets + 58 figs, cloth, dw worn & torn, cr4to  £18.50

56.  Eaton T PLUNDERING THE PAST: Roman Stonework in Medieval Britain, Tempus 2000, 160pp, 102 pls & figs inc 25 col, card  £10.50

An examination of the re-use of Roman stonework, buildings,  sculpture and tombstones mainly in Saxon and Norman Churches and in Medieval Castles. A very stimulating work with a section on the recognition of Roman dressed stonework in Medieval walls, lists the examples of the intentional display of tombstones and sculptures in churches and discusses their significance  as well as the development of Saxon stone building techniques. A pioneering study which could open up many further lines of research

57.  Edees E S FLORA OF STAFFORDSHIRE, Flowering Plants and Ferns, David & Charles  1972, viii + 280pp, pls & maps, cloth, dw  £12.50

58.  Evans J G THE ENVIRONMENT OF EARLY MAN IN THE BRITISH ISLES,  Elek/BCA 1975, xiv + 216pp, 79pl and maps, cloth, dw  £10.50

59.  Evans J G AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY,  Elek 1978, 154pp, 52figs, card  £8.50

60.  Evans J G  LAND AND ARCHAEOLOGY, Histories of Human Environment in the British Isles, Tempus 1999, 166pp, 88pls, figs & plans, card  £12.50

61.  Evans J G, Limbrey S et al (eds) THE EFFECT OF MAN ON THE LANDSCAPE: The Highland Zone, CBA Research Report No 11 1975, 129pp, pls, figs + maps, card, A4  £12.50

Includes articles on soil degredation and its relationship to agriculture; pre Neolithic land use; soils & archaeology in Scotland, ecological setting of Mesolithic man; sand dunes; much on pollen analysis, Manning on land use including Wales in the Roman period,

62.  Farley M SAXON AND MEDIEVAL WALTON, AYLESBURY: Excavations 1973-4, Records of Bucks Vol 20 Part 2 1976, pp 153-290, 8pls, 51figs & plans, card, cr4to  £12.50

Saxon & Medieval pottery, bone work, small finds etc

63.  Finberg H P R  WEST-COUNTRY HISTORICAL STUDIES, D&C 1969, 232pp, folding map, cloth, dw  Articles on Open Fields in Devon; Crediton; St Patrick at Glastonbury, Tavistock  £12.50

64.  Fletcher M & Lock G R DIGGING NUMBERS: Elementary Statistics for Archaeologists, OUCA Mono 33 rev ed 1994, ix + 187pp, figs & tables, card  £10.50

65.  Fowler P J (ed) ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE LANDSCAPE:  Essays for L V Grinsell, Baker 1972, 263pp, 24pls + 35figs, cloth, dw  £14.50

Includes biography & bibliography of Grinsell; Bonny on early Boundaries in Wessex; Rahtz on Somerset AD400-700; Dyer on Earthworks of the Danelaw Frontier; Taylor on Medieval Moats in Cambs etc

66.  French C A I THE HADDON FARMSTEAD AND A PREHISTORIC LANDSCAPE AT ELTON: The Archaeology along the A605, Elton-Haddon Bypass, Cambridgeshire, Fenland Archaeological Trust/Cambrisdgeshire C C 1994, x + 198pp, 4pls, 80figs & plans, card, A4  £14.50

Neolithic sites, Roman farmstead & Medieval fields in the area to the west of Peterborough

67.  French C A I & Pryor F M M THE SOUTH WEST FENDYKE SURVEY PROJECT, 1982-6,  EAA No 59  1993, xii + 138pp, 16pls + 75figs, fiche in back pocket, card spine faded, A4  £12.50

Borough & Newborough Fens, Morris Fen, Guy’s Fen, North & Flag Fen

68.  Fuchs L THE NEW HERBAL OF 1543, New Kreuterbuch, Taschen Cologne facsimile 2001, 23pp intro by Dobat K, 960pp, very many col pls, card, tall 8vo. Introduction in English, text in German

  £22.50

Excellent early illustrations of plants by Fuchs, regarded as one of the fathers of modern botany

69.  Fussell G E MORE OLD ENGLISH FARMING BOOKS from Tull to the Board of Agriculture 1731 to 1793, Crosby Lockwood 1950, ix + 186pp, 8pls, cloth, dw with small tears  £22.50

A bibliography of early books on farming with descriptions and illustrations

70.  Gathercole P & Lowenthal D (eds) POLITICS OF THE PAST, Routledge 1994 imp, xxvi + 319pp, pls & figs, card, ink stamp on inside of cover  £13.50

71.  Giddens A SOCIOLOGY, Polity Press 2nd rev ed 1993, xxvii + 819pp, figs, card slightly worn, cr4to, ink stamps inside front cover  £12.50

72.  Giddens A & Held D (eds) CLASSES, POWER, AND CONFLICT: Classical and Contemporary Debates, Macmillan 1992 imp, x + 646pp, figs, card  £14.50

73.  Gledhill J, Bender B & Larsen M T (eds) STATE AND SOCIETY: The Emergence and Development of Social Hierarchy and Political Centralization, Routledge 1995 imp, xvii + 347pp, figs & maps, card  £14.50

74.  Godwin F & Toulson S THE DROVERS' ROADS OF WALES,  Wildwood 1977, 240pp, many plates & maps, cloth, dw  £14.50

75.  Godwin H (Sir) THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH FLORA: A Factual Basis for Phytogeography, CUP 2nd ed 1975, x + 541pp, 28pls + 178 figs + 48 tables, cloth, dw, 4to  £38.00

76.  Greene K ARCHAEOLOGY: An Introduction,  Batsford 3rd rev ed  1995, 208pp, pls & figs, card slightly worn, cr4to  £9.50

77.  Greenly E & Williams H METHODS IN GEOLOGICAL SURVEYING,  Murby London 1930, xvi + 420pp, 3pls + 81 figs, some coffee stains to edge of pages cloth  £18.50

Uses many examples from Anglesey & Snowdonia

78.  Grigson G A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH PLANT NAMES,  Allen Lane 1974, xiii + 239pp, 28 text figs, cloth, dw  £12.50

79.  Grinsell L et al THE PREPARATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORTS,  Baker  2nd ed 1974, 105pp, 16 figs, cloth, dw, cr4to  £10.50

80.  Grinsell L V THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EXMOOR:  Bideford Bay to Bridgwater, David & Charles, 1970, 242pp, pls & figs, 8 maps, cloth, dw  £10.50

Standard description of the archaeology of Exmoor

81.  Hall D THE FENLAND PROJECT No 6,  The South-Western Cambridgeshire Fenlands EAA Res Rep  No 56  1992, vii + 118pp, 4pls + 62 figs & foldout maps, fiche in back pocket, card, A4  £18.50

Areas round Chatteris & Manea

82.  Haselgrove C et al (eds) ARCHAEOLOGY FROM THE PLOUGH SOIL: Studies in the Collection and Interpretation of Field Survey Data, Sheffield University 1985, v + 119pp, figs, maps & tables, card, A4  £15.00

83.  Hawkes J MORTIMER WHEELER: ADVENTURER IN ARCHAEOLOGY, Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1982, xii + 387pp, pls, cloth, dw slightly chipped  £12.50

The Biography of Sir Mortimer Wheeler, particularly useful for the history of the development of archaeolgy in the mid 20th cent, the popularisation of the subject and the founding of the London Institute of Archaeology

84.  Hodder I READING THE PAST: Current Approaches to Interpretation in Archaeology, CUP 2nd ed 1995 imp, xiii + 221pp, 8 figs, card  £12.50

85.  Hodder I THEORY AND PRACTICE IN ARCHAEOLOGY,  Routledge  1995 imp, xii + 285pp, 24pls & figs, card slightly worn  £14.50

86.  Hodder I & Preucel R W (eds) CONTEMPORARY ARCHAEOLOGY IN THEORY,  Blackwell Social Archaeology 1996, xiv + 678pp, figs, card  £14.50

87.  Hogg A H A SURVEYING FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND OTHER FIELD WORKERS,  Croom Helm  1980, 315pp, figs, card  £14.50

88.  Holland C H (ed) A GEOLOGY OF IRELAND,  Scottish Academic Press 1981, ix + 335pp, 191pls, figs & maps, cloth, dw, 4to  £28.50

89.  Howe J A THE GEOLOGY OF BUILDING STONES,  Arnold 1910, viii + 455pp, 8pls + 7 maps, cloth, spine faded  £52.00

Deals with the mechanical properties of the building stones of Britain, their use, where used and the quarries that were in use at the time of publication

90.  Huntley F L SIR THOMAS BROWNE: A Biographical and Critical Study, Michigan UP 1962, viii + 283pp, cloth worn, ex lib with stamps  Incs a discussion of Browne’s Urn Burial  £12.50

91.  Hulton P AMERICA 1585: The Complete Drawings of John White, North Carolina UP/British Museum 1984, 213pp, 106pls inc col, cloth, 4to  £22.50

16th century water colours mainly of American Indians carried out while White was at Roanoke, Virginia. White was associated with Raleigh and Governor of Roanoke which became the lost colony of legend

92.  Hyams E THE STORY OF ENGLAND'S FLORA,  Kestrel Books/BCA 1979, 128pp, pls & figs, cloth, dw, 4to  £10.50

93.  Ingold T (ed) WHAT IS AN ANIMAL?,  Routledge 1994 imp, xv + 191pp, figs, card slightly worn, stamps inside front cover  £12.50

94.  Jenkins J G NETS AND CORACLES,  D & C  1974, 335pp, many pls and figs, cloth, dw spine sl faded The history of coracles & related fishing, fish weirs, eel fishing, salmon spears etc  £17.50

95.  Jermy A C SEDGES OF THE BRITISH ISLES,  Botanical Society Handbook No 1 1982, 270pp, figs & maps, card, sm 8vo  £9.50

96.  Jermy C & Camus J