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AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CITY OF HEREFORD
Written by John Price.
Stock no. 2122666
1796. Very good condition.

Three-quarter burgundy leather, marbled boards and endpapers. With Some Remarks on the River Wye and the Natural and Artificial Beauties Contiguous to its Banks from Brobery to Wilton Embellished with Elegant Views, Plans etc. 7 b/w engraved plates. 262 pages. Printed by D. Walker. Contents are original; binding is more modern, with new endpapers. Some fading to leather on spine. Foxing and a bit of page browning. Damp corner marks to a couple of pages.

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THE HISTORY AND DIARY OF THE NEWPORT Y.M.C.A. 1869 TO 1990
Written by Ernest J. Bakewell.
Stock no. 1812840
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

You Must Come Again. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0907143164. Red pictorial dustwrapper is creased at edges with a few small closed edge tears.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 5
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1608938
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807520. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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THE HOMES AND BUILDINGS OF OTHER DAYS
Written by Sidney H. Heath. Illustrated by Sidney H. Heath.
Stock no. 2122525
Published by George Philip & Son. 1929. Almost very good condition.

Olive green cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. Ex-lib. (school), with minimal markings. Spine is bumped and browned. A few marks to covers. A few marks and some foxing to outer page edges and page margins.

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IMMORTAL MEMORY BURNS AND THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE
Written by Christopher A. Whatley.
Stock no. 1608908
Published by John Donald. 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. ISBN: 9781910900086. SIGNED by author on title page (without dedication). This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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FIGHTER BOYS
Written by Patrick Bishop.
Stock no. 1608903
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Saving Britain 1940. What it was to be a fighter pilot, in war, peace and love. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. xiii and 434 pages including index. ISBN: 0002571692. Spine bumped. Pages lightly browned. Wrapper edge creased.

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A LIST OF VICARS OF CHEPSTOW
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1608689
Published by Ivor Waters. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition.

Red card wraps. 15 pages. ISBN: 095000796X. Staples rusted.

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FROM AN ACORN, THE TREE
Written by Harry Lewis.
Stock no. 1608341
c. 1949. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Bound with cord through spine. 44 pages. B/w photos. A history of the Wandsworth Gas Company. Special supplement to The Wandgas Magazine. Covers a little scuffed and darkened. Cover edges creased. Grubby mark to page 37.

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NORTHOWRAM ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES
Written by Mark Pearson.
Stock no. 2121945
Published by F. King & Sons. 1898. Almost very good condition.

With a Life of Oliver Heywood and Histories of Heywood Chapel, Coley Church, Bell School, Old Halls, Residences and Families of Northowram and Shibden Dale. Large format. Dark green leather covers, gilt titles. Folding map. Scuffing and wear, with chipping to leather covers. Some foxing. Black in splash marks to outer page edges, which also bleed through to some page margins. Small edge-tear to fold-out map.

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YORKSHIRE PAST AND PRESENT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Baines; Edward Baines.
Stock no. 2121939
Published by William Mackenzie. Very good condition.

A History and Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York, From the Earliest Ages to the Year 1870; With an Account of its Manufactures, Commerce and Civil and Mechanical Engineering by Thomas Baines, Including an Account of the Woollen Trade of Yorkshire by Edward Baines. 2 volumes complete. Large format. Leather spine and corners. Some fading and wear to leather on spine and corners. Wear and a little chipping also along edges, with fading. Some foxing and margin marks.

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SKELTON'S ETCHINGS OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF BRISTOL
Written by J. Skelton. Illustrated by Hugh O'Neill.
Stock no. 2121875
Published by J. Skelton. Circa 1825. Almost very good condition.

Very large format. Contemporary binding; Leather spine has raised bands and gilt title. Green covers. 56 b/w plates. Book has been rebound with leather spine, which has some fading and scuffing; wear to top and tail. Green covers, which have a few marks; top corner of front cover is bumped. New endpapers, which now have some browning/foxing. Original pages internally have foxing and some damp marking; chipping to edges of some pages.

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THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON VOLUME III
Written by James Boswell; Napier.
Stock no. 2121688
Published by George Bell & Sons. 1892. Very good condition.

Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Edited by Alexander Napier. Maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Some foxing and page browning. Volume III ONLY!

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