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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor - Incomplete. 1st Edition. Grey Boards with gilt titles to spine, 215 x 155 mm approx. [x]+ 354 pp. Frontis b/w View from Playdon Hill + two others (Facsimile documents) 9 figs (Maps/plans & Graphs) + 45 statistical tables all as called for. First Edition 1987. Published by the Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Sussex (Occasional Paper No 27) and drawing heavily from records held by the Rye Corporation/ Museum, East Sussex Record Office, Sussex Archaeological Society, etc. A detailed and fascinating account of Rye in the Tudor Period which at the height of its prosperity was one of the leading provincial ports but changing trade patterns and coastal erosion/ shift led to the collapse of its economy and the halving of it's population. VG / Poor (Book - Canceled Ink stamp of the Centre for Continuing Education to free front end paper. No other notable defects. Dust Jacket - heavily rubbed with chips and a cellotape repair to head of spine - obviously a misguided bibliophile! Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve which lends it respectability on the shelf).…