Description
Massingham, H. J. Downland Man. (George H. Doran Company: New York, ND) (Circa 1926)
Octavo. 422 pages. Illustrated with 51 photos and three maps. Bound in green publisher’s cloth, blind stamped on front board with device for the Doran Company. Spine in gilt Downland/Man [HR] H. J./Massingham at top, Doran at bottom.
Condition: Good-. Ex-Library copy with call numbers blacked out with magic marker on spine. Bookplate from The Hotchkiss School – gift of Mr Van Soutvoord inside front cover with withdrawal stamp despoiling the bookplate. Gutter at rear cover split, but book remains solid.
“Harold John Massingham (25 March 1888 – 22 August 1952)[1] was a prolific British writer on ruralism, matters to do with the countryside and agriculture. He was also a published poet.
“In the 1920s he became a research assistant for two anthropologists from University College, London, and an interest in archeology and anthropology, which proved lifelong, led to the publication of Downland Man’ (1926) and a number of other works. He worked on a research project whose aim was to show that all megalithic culture in England had spread from Egypt.[5]” – Wikipedia
