Portrait Books
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd. Country: United Kingdom. Date: Late 1960s - early 1980s.
Portrait of the Quantocks
by Vincent Waite.
London, Robert Hale Ltd, 1969 (Portrait Books series)
Hardcover. Dust wrapper. 189 pages. Black and white plates. Size: Octavo.
ISBN 10: 0709111584 / ISBN 13: 9780709111580
PORTRAIT BOOKS (ROBERT HALE)
Series Note: Portrait Books was a "series of topographical works describing the cities, counties, and regions of Britain and some of the regions of France" (...) "Described variously as neither literature, a history, or a guide book, the works attempted to sum-up the atmosphere of their area, and 'the lives of its people, past and present' ". (source).
The title of each volume begins with the words "Portrait of", e.g. Portrait of Aberdeen and Deeside.
Certain of the titles in this series were later republished in new editions with the titles beginning The Illustrated History of...
Related Robert Hale series:
- County Books
- Regional Books
- Regions of Britain
- Villages series
Title / Author / Publication Year
Aberdeen and Deeside
by Cuthbert Graham
Argyll and the Southern Hebrides
by David Graham-Campbell
Ashdown Forest
by Roger Penn
Avon
by John Hadden
Bath
by John Haddon
Bedfordshire
by David H. Kennett
The Border Country
by Nigel Tranter
The Brown Beacons
by L. J. Mason [Edmund. J. Mason ]
Bristol
by Keith Beace
Broadland
by S. A. Manning [Stanley Arthur Manning]
Buckinghamshire
by John Camp
Cambridge
by C. R. Benstead [Charles Richard Benstead]
Cambridgeshire
by S. A. Manning [Stanley Arthur Manning]
Canterbury
by John Boyle
Cardiff and its Valleys
by Brian Dicks
The Channel Islands
by Raoul Lempriere
Cheshire
by David Bethel
Chester
by David Bethel
The Chilterns
by Elizabeth Cull
The Clyde
by Jack House
Cornwall
by Claude Berry
The Cotswolds
by Edith Brill
Coventry
by E. B. Newbold
Cumbria
by J. D. Marshall
The Dales
by Norman Duerden
Dartmoor
by Vian Smith
The River Derwent
by Walt Unsworth
Dorset
by Ralph Wightman
Edinburgh
by Ian Nimmo
Epping Forest
by Sir William Addision
Essex
by Bryan Little
Exeter
by Bryan Little
The Fen Country
by Edward Storey
Glasgow
by Maurice Lindsay
Gloucestershire
by T. A. Ryder
Gower
by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
Hampshire
by Noreen O'Dell
Hertfordshire
by Brian J. Bailey
The Howgills and the Upper Eden Valley
by Michael Ffinch
Humbershide
by Ivan E. Broadhead
The Isle of Man
by E. H. Stenning
The Isle of Wight
by Lawrence Wilson
The Isles of Scilly
by Clive Mumford
Kendal and the Kent Valley
by Michael Ffinch
The Lakes
by Norman Nicholson
Lancashire
by Jessica Lofthouse
Leicestershire
by Brian J. Bailey
Limerick
by Mainchin Seoiche
Lincolnshire
by Michael Lloyd
Liverpool
by Howard Channon
London
by Robert Clayton
London River
by Basil E. Cracknell
The Lothians
by Nigel Tranter
Manchester
by Michael Kennedy
The River Medway
by Roger Penn
The Moray Firth
by Cathbert Graham
The New Forest
by Brian Vesey-FitzGerald
Norfolk
by David Yaxley
Northamptonshire
by Peter Gorham Webb]
Northumberland
by Nancy Ridley
North Wales
by Michael Senior
The North York Moors
by Nicholas Rhea
Nottingham
by Emrys Bryson
Oxfordshire
by Christine Bloxham
Pembrokeshire
by Dillwyn Miles
The Pennines
by Roger A. Redfern
Perth, Angus and Fife
by David Graham-Campbell
Plymouth
by J. C. Trewin
The Potteries
by Bill Morland
The Quantocks
by Vincent Waite
The Scott Country
by Marion Lochhead
The Severn
by J. H. B. Peel
The Shakespeare Country
by J. C. Trewin
Sheffield
by B. Bunker
Shropshire
Brian J. Bailey
The Solent
by Barry Shurlock
Somerset
by Bryan Little
Southern Greece
by Brian Dicks
The Sprey
by Francis Thompson
Suffolk
by Allan Jobson
Surrey
by Basil E. Cracknell
Sussex
by Cecile Woodford
The Thames
by J. H. B. Peel
The River Trent
by Peter Lord
West Yorkshire
by Margaret Slack
Wiltshire
by Pamela Street
Windermere
by Christopher B. Taylor
Wirral
by Kenneth Bailey
Wordsworth Country
by Ronald Sands
York
by Ronald Willis
Yorkshire
by Harry J. Scott
The Yorkshire Ouse
by Ivan E. Broadhead
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