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Rupert Bruce-Mitford.
The Sutton Hoo Ship Burial: A Handbook, second edition.
Published London: The British Museum, 1972 (previous edition was 1968, expanded from the Provisional Guide of 1947).
SBN 714113298.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: the Alden Press, Oxford.
Size: 190x245x10mm.
Page count: 103pp inc. 32 text figures, plus 4 foldouts, a frontispiece and 32 pages of plates, all monochrome, and 8 pages of colour plates.
Main language: English.
Overall condition: corners a little curled, otherwise looks in generally good order.


This item £8.50
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within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 504g.

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Contents: Discovery; The burial deposit; Excavation & reconstruction; The ship; Nature of the burial & parallels; Coins & date; Who was he?; The silver; The jewellery; Swedish connection; Conclusions.


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