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Sumner, Heywood.
The Ancient Earthworks of Cranborne Chase.
Publisher: Chiswick Press, London;
Date of Publication: 1913
Stock Code: 12210
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, number 192 of 200 copies only. Quarto, pp. xiv, 82, [2]. Double-page pictorial title plus 48 plans as called for, of which 8 are double-page and 2 fold-out; large hand-coloured folding map to rear based upon the 1 inch to 1 mile OS map. Publishers’ decorative brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and raised titles and decoration to both boards, with chocolate brown decorative panels to upper board and in blind to lower. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Cover cloth lightly spine sunned, with minor wear at spine tips and corners. Scattered light foxing, and a little marginal annotation in pencil. Gift inscribed to first blank to archaeologist Miss V. C. C. Collum dated 1935, from Mrs St John Sampson of East Melbury (close to the Earthworks site), later from from the library of eminent archaeologist the late Paul Bidwell O.B.E. Bidwell was responsible for the excavation of Vindolanda, and the reconstruction of Segedunum on Hadrian’s Wall, and remains one of the most respected archaeologists of his generation. Signed by the Author and numbered to Limitation leaf verso title page. A very good copy with an interesting history. Necessarily rare, and a stylish production typical of Chiswick Press. George Heywood Maunoir Sumner (1853-1940) was a painter associated with the Arts and Crafts movement, and later an archaeologist who focused on the area around the New Forest and Cranborne Chase, near his home. Subject matter includes Hod Hill, Badbury Rings, Knowlton and Melbury Hill over the counties of Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire, following the aim of the Committee of Ancient Earthworks of making available plans and schedules of ancient earthworks throughout England. £380.00