The book opens in the mists of prehistory and moves swiftly along to William the Conqueror, who was the first to claim the Malvern area as one of his royal hunting areas - hence the term Chase which has lingered to this day. Mrs Hurle describes how the area was administered in medieval times and what life was like for the inhabitants, and then the trouble that arose in the 16th century between the Knotsford and Hornyold families. The book moves on through the Civil War, which caused a large-scale loss of trees, subsequent ...
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The book opens in the mists of prehistory and moves swiftly along to William the Conqueror, who was the first to claim the Malvern area as one of his royal hunting areas - hence the term Chase which has lingered to this day. Mrs Hurle describes how the area was administered in medieval times and what life was like for the inhabitants, and then the trouble that arose in the 16th century between the Knotsford and Hornyold families. The book moves on through the Civil War, which caused a large-scale loss of trees, subsequent encroachments and enclosures and the birth in the 19th century of the conservation movement, which arose at the same time that Malvern began to earn popularity as a tourist destination.
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First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 18cm), xiv, 161pp. Frontispiece, 100 text illustrations. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 9781860774409.
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Very Good. No jacket, clippings stapled to ffep. Hardcover is in good condition. Lightly tanned textblock edge. Content is in very good, clean condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 161 p. Contains: Illustrations.
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Very Good. No dustjacket. Signed by author. Some marks/scratches to cover. Tanning/foxing to textblock edges. Clippings from dustjacket stapled in at front. Content very good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 161 p. Contains: Illustrations.