Grant, Russell — The Real Counties Of Britain

Lennard Publishing 1989 1st ediiton. Cloth, dj, F/F. 242pp, b/w illustrations & maps, a nice fine copy. page edges very slightly yellowed. An A-Z of the traditional British Counties. Not the spurrious & ambiguous regions thought up by planners in the 1970's but the historic counties of Englands that have their own individual character & history, So, no Humberside & Avon here, but Rutland, the Soke of Peterborough & Ridings of Yorkshire.