THE WEALD. By S.W. Wooldridge and Frederick Goldring. New Naturalist No. 26.

1953 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 221mm). Ppx,276. Colour and b/w photograph plates, b/w line illustrations, maps, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt.

"The results of a lifetime's research and exploration". Comprehensive physical geography of the Weald of Kent, Sussex and Surrey with a detailed examination of all its constituent parts including flora, fauna and human settlement. Comprehensively illustrated with photographs and diagrams, as well as many colour plates of the landscape. Chapters include; the rocks of the Weald and their succession; the growth and geological structure of the Weald; the earlier stages of land sculpture; the later stages of land sculpture; the physique of the Weald; the Wealden coast; the soils of the Weald; the hydrology of the Weald; the chief vegetation communities of the Weald; some aspects of animal life in the Weald; archaeology and the earlier stage of human settlement; the Anglo-Saxon settlement and the village geography of the Weald; towns, roads and industries; agriculture and forestry in the Weald. Appendices show, base exchange and soil reaction, and, observations and notes on some of the animals of the Weald, by J.H.Sankey.