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* ''The Pennines'' by [[Roger A. Redfern]] (1969)
* ''The Pennines'' by [[Roger A. Redfern]] (1969)
* ''The Quantocks'' by [[Vincent Waite]] (1964)
* ''The Quantocks'' by [[Vincent Waite]] (1964)
* ''River Medway'' by [[Roger Penn]] (1981)
* ''The River Trent'' by Peter Lord (1968)
* ''The River Trent'' by Peter Lord (1968)
* ''The Scott Country'' by [[Marion Lochhead]] (1968)
* ''The Scott Country'' by [[Marion Lochhead]] (1968)

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Titles in the "Portrait of" series

The Portrait of books is a series of topographical works describing the cities, counties, and regions of Britain and some of the regions of France. The series was published by Robert Hale from the early 1960s to the mid 1980s and is part of a genre of topographical books in which Robert Hale specialised.[1]

Its immediate predecessors were the County Books and Regional Books series while the Regions of Britain series was published contemporaneously in the 1970s. There was also a Villages series. A number of the Portrait series were republished in new editions titled "The Illustrated Portrait of...".

Described variously as neither literature,[2] 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".[3]

The artwork for a number of the series dust jackets were designed by illustrator Val Biro.

List of titles

This is an incomplete list of titles. Each title was prefixed with the words "Portrait of".

  • Aberdeen and Deeside by Cuthbert Graham (1972) ISBN 0709132794
  • Argyll and Southern Hebrides by David Graham-Campbell (1978) ISBN 0709167466
  • Avon by John Haddon (1981) ISBN 0709183615
  • Bath by John Haddon (1982) ISBN 0709198833
  • Bedfordshire by David H. Kennett (1978) ISBN 0709172249
  • Birmingham by Vivian Bird
  • The Border Country by Nigel Tranter (1972) ISBN 0709131402 (Revised 1987 as The Illustrated Portrait of the Border Country)
  • Brecon Beacons by Edmund. J. Mason (1975) ISBN 0709147104
  • Bristol by Keith Brace (1971) ISBN 0709124058 (2nd edition 1976)
  • The Broads by J. Wentworth Day (1967) (later 1980 title Broadland by Stanley Arthur Manning) ISBN 0709181310
  • Buckinghamshire by John Camp (1972) ISBN 0709132328
  • The Burns Country and Galloway &c. by Hugh Douglas (1968)
  • Cambridge by Charles Richard Benstead (1968)
  • Cambridgeshire by Stanley Arthur Manning
  • Caithness and Sutherland by James Miller (1985)
  • Canterbury by John Boyle
  • Cardiff and its Valleys by Brian Dicks (1984)
  • 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
  • The Dales by Norman Duerden (1978) ISBN 0709169116
  • Dartmoor by Vian Smith
  • The River Derwent by Walt Unsworth
  • Devon by D. St. Leger-Gordon
  • Dorset by Ralph Wightman
  • County Durham by Peter A. White
  • Edinburgh by Ian Nimmo
  • Epping Forest by Sir William Addison
  • Essex by Stanley Arthur Manning
  • Exeter by Bryan Little (1983)
  • Exmoor by J. H. B. Peel
  • The Fen Country by Edward Storey
  • Glasgow by Maurice Lindsay
  • Gloucestershire by T. A. Ryder
  • Gower by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
  • Hertfordshire by Brian J. Bailey
  • The Highlands by W. Douglas Simpson
  • The Isle of Man by Ernest H. Stenning
  • The Isle of Wight by Lawrence Wilson
  • The Isles of Scilly by Clive Mumford
  • The Lakes by Norman Nicholson
  • Lancashire by Jessica Lofthouse
  • Leeds by Brian Thompson
  • Leicestershire by Brian J. Bailey
  • Liverpool by Howard Channon
  • London River by Basil E. Cracknell (1968)
  • Manchester by Michael Kennedy
  • The Moray Firth by Cuthbert Graham (1977) ISBN 0709160186
  • The New Forest by Brian Vesey-FitzGerald
  • Norfolk by David Yaxley
  • North York Moors by Nicholas Rhea (1985)
  • Northamptonshire by Peter Gorham Webb
  • Northumberland by Nancy Ridley (1965) (2nd Edition 1968) ISBN 0709105738
  • Nottingham by Emrys Bryson (1974)
  • Peakland by Crichton Porteous (1963)
  • The Pennines by Roger A. Redfern (1969)
  • The Quantocks by Vincent Waite (1964)
  • River Medway by Roger Penn (1981)
  • The River Trent by Peter Lord (1968)
  • The Scott Country by Marion Lochhead (1968)
  • The Severn by J. H. B. Peel (1968)
  • The Shakespeare Country by J. C. Trewin (1970)
  • Sheffield by B. Bunker (1972)
  • Skye and the Outer Hebrides by W. Douglas Simpson (1967)
  • Snowdonia by Cledwyn Hughes (1967)
  • The Solent by Barry Shurlock (1983)
  • Somerset by Bryan Little (1969)
  • South Wales by Michael Senior (1974)
  • The Spey by Francis G. Thompson (1979)
  • Suffolk by Allan Jobson (1973)
  • Surrey by Basil E. Cracknell (1970)
  • Sussex by Cecile Woodford (1972)
  • The Thames by J. H. B. Peel (1967)
  • West Yorkshire by Margaret Slack (1984)
  • Wiltshire by Pamela Street (1971) (2nd edition 1980)[3]
  • Windermere by Christopher D. Taylor (1983)
  • Worcestershire by Peter J. Neville Havins (1974)
  • Wordsworth Country by Roland Sands (1984)
  • Wye Valley by Harry Luff Verne Fletcher (1968)[2]
  • York by Ronald Willis (1972)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rural Mappings" by Catherine Brace in Paul J. Cloke, ed. (2003). Country Visions. Harlow: Pearson Education. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-13-089601-8.
  2. ^ a b "The trees, bushes and windows are alive", The Times, 30 November 1968, p. 22.
  3. ^ a b "Love of the country" by Mary Cosh, The Times, 30 May 1980, p. I.

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