Dorchester, Dorset: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, Date: 1995. Book. Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Softcover. Condition: Good, essentially very good with light sunning to left-hand third of front cover and and light crease to top outer corner of rear cover, with a corresponding crease to the last three pages of the book. Previous owners bookplate inside front cover. Signed by the author and his wife on title page. 85pp. Many b/w illustrations. This book sets out to examine the 16 cases (14 of them in Dorset) in which Thomas Hardy was involved in varying degrees as a Life Member from 1881 of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB).. 1995. Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society ISBN 0900341440 9780900341441 [GB]

ISBN10: 0900341440, ISBN13: 9780900341441, [publisher: Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society, 1995] Softcover A documentation of 16 cases of preservation involving Hardy as a member of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Included is Hardy's "Memories of Church Restoration" (1906), his rueful memoir of early architectural work. First edition. 25 cm; 85 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. A fine copy in wrappers.
[Piermont, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]
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