[SIGNED] [ENGLAND] WEST COUNTRY FARMS: HOUSE-AND-ESTATE SURVEYS, 1598-1764

Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Signed. Quarto; in burgundy cloth with dustjacket; xvi, [1], 2-232 including Index; with map of the West Country endpaper.; illustrated with black and white as well as color photographs, and some architectural drawings and photographic facsimiles.~~This copy is inscribed to architectural historian Ed Chappell: "To Ed Chappell -- |Thanks from Nat for your hospitality; | conviviality, and fellowship -- and from | me, for your forbearance. | Cary. 4-28".~Also laid in is a substantial TLS to Mr. Chappell from Cary Carson: "Who says you can't write a book in four-day sprints over a period of 35 years. You hold the unlikely proof in your hands.". Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.