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GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME NINE
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1712814
Published by Stewart Williams.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth covers. 5.5" x 8.75". 236pp. A varied and interesting blend of material, liberally interspersed with first-class illustrations in black and white. Wrapper: Price-cut
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE HISTORICAL ANTIQUITIES OF HERTFORDSHIRE
Written by Henry Chauncy.
Stock no. 1712811
Published by Ben Griffin.
1st
1700.
Good condition.
Large format. Full leather binding with raised bands to spine and gilt title and decoration to spine, gilt borders to covers. Only 500 copies printed. Reference book states 66 engravings including 2 maps, no list of plates in volume. Subtitle: "with the Original of Counties, Hundreds or Wapentakes, Boroughs, Corporations, Towns, Parishes, Villages and Hamlets. The Foundation and Origin of Monasteries, Churches, Advowsons, Tythes, Rectories, Impropriations and Vicarages in General. Describing the County..." 1 or 3 plates missing, depending on your research, a missing plate is North Prospect of Town of Hertford. Leather edges worn with small split at top of spine. Front endpaper almost detached, but otherwise binding sound but front and rear joints showing. Previous owners notes to first blank page which has a corner loss. 1 plate has a little margin loss, 2 plates have closed tears. Some page browning particularly to pages at rear of book.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- HOME COUNTIES
- HERTFORDSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LIMITED EDITION
THE CITY OF SWANSEA CHALLENGES & CHANGE
Written by Ralph A. Griffiths.
Stock no. 1712728
Published by Alan Sutton.
1st
1990.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A portrait of Swansea at the end of the 20th century. B/w photos. ISBN: 0862996767. Wrapper spine faded with small tear.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE DIOCESE OF BANGOR DURING THREE CENTURIES
Written by Arthur Ivor Pryce.
Stock no. 1712724
Published by William Lewis.
1929.
Almost very good condition.
Seventeenth to Nineteenth Century. Covers marked. Edges worn. Some small chips to title label on spine. Foxing to outer page edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- CHURCHES
- CAERNARVONSHIRE
- RELIGION
- GENEALOGY
MEN OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by Leonard Twiston Davies.
Stock no. 1712718
Published by Western Mail And Echo Limited.
1st
1933.
Almost very good condition.
Green cloth. B/w photos. A few marks to covers.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
POLL OF THE BURGESSES OF MONMOUTH, NEWPORT AND USK
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1712717
Published by The County Observer Office.
1906.
Very good condition.
Full title: Poll of the Burgesses of Monmouth, Newport, and Usk, at the Election of Member of Parliament for the Boroughs, 12th March, 1715, when William Bray, Esq., defeated Brigadier-General the Hon. Andrews Windsor, by 84 Votes. Transcribed from an original MSS book. Green cloth. Footnotes by Bradney. Corners bumped and worn.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE VILLAGE SCHOOL
Written by June R. Lewis.
Stock no. 1809561
Published by Robert Hale.
1st
1989.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The author shows how the school lies at the heart of the village community. Black cloth. Illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. ISBN: 0709037147. Small mark to vertical edge of text block else a fine copy in a dustwrapper which is slightly creased at edges.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- EDUCATION
- SCHOOLS
LIABILITY FOR NATIONAL SERVICE
Written by G. Granville Slack.
Stock no. 1605937
Published by Butterworth & Co. (publishers) Ltd.
1942.
Almost very good condition.
Being the National Service Acts, 1939-1941, the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts, 1939-1940, and Regulations and Orders thereunder, and all other relevant Acts and Regulations. 355 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Pocket Supplement MISSING. Front joint pulled, spine cocked.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WORLD WAR II
THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF DERBYSHIRE
Written by John Heath.
Stock no. 1809457
Published by Barracuda Books.
1st
1982.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. This is a Limited edition. A complete list of original subscribers to rear. ISBN: 0860231275. A nice, clean copy.
GROWING UP IN KILVERT COUNTRY
Written by Mona M. Morgan.
Stock no. 1809205
Published by Gomer Press.
1st
1990.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Recollections of a Radnorshire childhood. B/w photos. ISBN: 0863836801. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly faded at spine and rear spine edge.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- RADNORSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIOGRAPHY
COSTUMES OF BRITISH LADIES FROM THE TIME OF WILLIAM THE 1ST TO THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA
No author listed.
Stock no. 1809112
Published by Dickinson & Son.
Circa
1840.
Almost very good condition.
Very large format (14.5" x 10.75"). Three quarters leather binding, marbled sides. Gilt title to spine. Elegant, colour floral title page. 49 mounted colour lithographs with tissue guards and accompanying text describing the era. Subscribers list to rear. Edges rubbed and scuffed, marbled sides scuffed. Joints starting to crack but binding still firm and tight. Subscribers list is MISSING from the rear. All plates present, some have a few small foxspots. Overall a nice copy of a scarce item.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- COSTUME
- LEATHER BINDING
- LITHOGRAPHS
- HAND COLOURED
THE MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND (HENRY VII TO ELIZABETH)
Written by Roland Carse.
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1312999
Published by T. Fisher Unwin.
Good condition.
Humourous rhymes of historical times. Large format. Brown boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Red cloth spine. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, split to top 2.5" of spine. Light scuff marks to rear cover. Front joint cracked. Endpapers lightly browned. Some messy colouring to the b/w illustrations. Grubby fingermarks to page margins. Some tears at inner margins. Very scarce in this format.
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- POETRY
- HUMOUR
- ILLUSTRATED
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)