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THE JUBILEE YEARS 1887-1897
Written by Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1827054
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus1 1996. Very good condition.

Compiled by Hudson. Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed, lightly marked and has a small patch of surface paper damage to one end.

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THE WAY WE WERE IN NEWPORT
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 1326393
Published by Terry Underwood. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Book Two: Photographs of Old Newport up to and including the Year 1950. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 095079080X. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Spine bumped. Foxing to prelims and textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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YESTERDAYS NEWPORT
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 1326392
Published by Terry Underwood. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Book One Photographs of Old Newport up to and including the Year 1920. A pictorial record describing the way we were, where we lived, worked and played; memories of yesterdays contributed by the people of Newport in Gwent. Brown cloth, gilt. Sepia photos. ISBN: 0907143008. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Spine slightly bumped. Foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased, tear to top of rear panel.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES
Written by D. Emrys Evans.
Stock no. 1326389
Published by University of Wales. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

This historical sketch throws much light on the character and problems of a university. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Fading to covers. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock. Contents generally clean. Foxed dustwrapper is well worn with quite a bit of loss to spine and top edges.

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CHRONICLES
Written by Raphael Holinshed; Michael Wood.
Stock no. 1827027
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green decorated cloth; gilt titles. Selections from the Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, first collected and published by Raphael Holinshed, William Harrison and Others. Introduction and commentary by Michael Wood. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 1
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1326358
Published by Stewart Williams. 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A treasury of almost 200 b/w photos. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0900807407. 2nd impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge creased and very slightly browned to rear panel.

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BRUNEL: THE MAN WHO BUILT THE WORLD
Written by Steven Brindle; Dan Cruickshank.
Stock no. 1826987
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, title to spine. This book draws on Brunel's own diaries, letters and sketchbooks to understand his life, times and work. ISBN: 0297844083. Lower edge of boards have light indentations. Faint, minor score mark to front board (approx 4"). Contents fine. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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DINAS POWYS ST ANDREWS MAJOR AND MICHAELSTON-LE-PIT
Written by Chrystal Tilney.
Stock no. 1826974
Published by The Chalford Publishing Company. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

The Archive Photographs series. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0752406582. Covers lightly scuffed and scratched. Contents clean.

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HISTORICAL RECORDS OF BISLEY WITH LYPIATT GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Mary A. Rudd.
Stock no. 1826886
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Originally privately published in 1937 in a limited edition of 250 copies. This edition limited edition of 350 numbered copies. Brown boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 090438716X. Text block lightly browned. Pale foxing to prelims and rear endpapers. White dustwrapper is scuffed and creased, unevenly faded and browned. This is copy 172 of 350.

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COLLETT'S FARTHING NEWSPAPER: THE BOWERCHALKE VILLAGE NEWSPAPER 1878-1924
Written by Rex Sawyer.
Stock no. 1826883
Published by The Hobnob Press. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a newspaper like no other, written and printed every week for over forty years in the remote South Wiltshire village of Bowerchalke by its remarkable vicar, the Revd Edward Collett. Originally published as The Bowerchalke Parish Papers: Collett's Village Newspaper, 1878-1924 in 1989 by Alan Sutton Publishing. A completely revissed and reset edition with additional illustrations. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 166 pages including index. ISBN: 0946418225. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded, is grubby to rear panel and has previous bookseller's label to lower edge.

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ORIGINAL ACTA OF ST. PETER'S ABBEY GLOUCESTER C. 1122 TO 1263
Written by Robert B. Patterson.
Stock no. 1826873
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Gloucestershire Records Series Volume 11. Revealing much information about the ecclesiastical. topographical, tenurial, economic and social history of Gloucester and its region. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 354 pages includes index. ISBN: 0900197471. Spine cocked. Text block a little grubby. Contents have been read but are clean. Blue dustwrapper is scuffed.

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THE TWELVE GREATEST SOVEREIGNS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826868
Published by Inspire Creative. 1st 2019. Slightly better than very good condition.

The most historically significant and interesting coins from 200 years of the gold sovereign's history. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Ribbon page marker. ISBN: 9781640083240. A few small, minor marks to boards. Contents clean.

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