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B. H. St. J. O’Neil.
Castles: An Introduction to the Castles of England and Wales.
Published London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1954.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Brown Knight & Truscott, London & Tonbridge.
Size: 123×187×10mm.
Page count: text 61pp; plates 12pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is ragged at the edges and corners, some rubs and scuffs elsewhere; some mild wear on the boards and spine; page tops a bit dusty; looks in good order internally, text appears to be free of marking.

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Weight without packaging: 169g.

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Contents: Meaning of the word ‘castle’; Earliest castles; Early stone castles; Medieval sieges; Rectangular keeps; Shell keeps; Mines & the remedy; Round towers; Castles of the 13th c.; Edwardian castles of north Wales; English house of the Middle Ages; Castles of livery & maintenance; Introduction of firearms; Coastal defence.
Appendix: Some castles of especial interest.

Illustrations: 12 pages of monochrome plates
Floorplans: 28

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: yes
Bibliography: no
Index: no

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