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SENGHENNYDD, THE UNIVERSAL PIT VILLAGE 1890-1930
Written by Michael Lieven.
Stock no. 1823609
Published by Gomer Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of how one of the largest pits in Wales came to be; how the village developed from a raw and dangerous 'frontier settlement' into a complex community characterised by a vast web of relationships and institutions. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 1859020437. Name in ink to top of front endpaper. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and slightly faded to spine.

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CARDIFF UNIVERSITY A CELEBRATION
Written by Vanessa Cunningham; John Goodwin.
Stock no. 2136793
Published by Cardiff University. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. 190 pages. ISBN: 0954088409. Small mark along bottom edge of front cover.

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CATHAYS, MAINDY, GABALFA AND MYNACHDY: THE SECOND SELECTION
Written by Brian Lee.
Stock no. 2136757
Published by Tempus. 1ST 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Images of Wales series. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0752418890.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 30
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1322553
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Cream boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402014.

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SHIPPING AT CARDIFF
Written by David Jenkins.
Stock no. 1823119
Published by University of Wales. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Photographs from the Hansen collection 1920-1975. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0708312314. Text block lightly foxed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, lightly edge-creased, and a little scuffed.

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JOHN BEDFORD AND THE IRONWORKS AT CEFN CRIBWR
Written by Philip Riden.
Stock no. 2136076
Published by Philip Riden. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0950329975. Creasing to bottom corner of front cover and few pages of prelims. Small nick to base of spine.

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THE STORY OF SWANSEA'S DISTRICTS AND VILLAGES
Written by Norman Lewis Thomas.
Stock no. 2135504
Published by Qualprint. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Contains an abridged volume I, Parts I-III, and volume II Parts IV-VIII. B/w photos and illustrations. xxvii + 143 + 255 pages. Blue cloth. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. Foxing to covers, endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-chipped with some creasing; small damp mark down one edge.

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CARDIFF A CITY AT WAR
Written by Dennis Morgan.
Stock no. 1822402
Published by Dennis Morgan. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. The story of Cardiff and its people during the second world war. ISBN: 095344550X. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly edge-creased.

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THE DIARIES OF JOHN BIRD OF CARDIFF
Written by John Bird; Hilary M. Thomas.
Stock no. 1822395
Published by South Wales Record Society; Glamorgan Archive Service. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Clerk to the first Marquess of Bute 1790-1803. John Bird, prominent citizen and life-long resident of Cardiff, wrote his diary in order to keep his employer - the first Marquess of Bute - informed about local events concerning Cardiff Castle and its vast estates in Glamorgan. Edited by Hilary M. Thomas. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Map to endpapers. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0950867632. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, and rubbed at top edges.

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NEWPORT RUGBY GREATS
Written by Alan Roderick.
Stock no. 2135291
Published by Handpost Books. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951521357. SIGNED by author to half-title page. Spine is a bit faded. Page edge browning. Rubbing to corners.

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SWANSEA AND ITS REGION
Written by W.G.V. Balchin.
Stock no. 1822166
Published by British Association for the Advancement of Science; University of Swansea. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos and illustrations, maps & diagrams. Light mottling to boards. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents are clean. Slight musty odour present. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 11
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1319730
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807644. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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