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INNS AND TAVERNS OF CHEPSTOW AND THE LOWER WYE VALLEY PART 3
Written by Ivor Waters.
Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1713363
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1st
1976.
Very good condition.
Slim pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900278315.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- SOUTH WEST UK
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY
- INNS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
A HISTORY OF THE SHIP LETTERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Alan W. Robertson.
Stock no. 2115920
Published by Pardy & Son Ltd..
Circa
1955.
Almost very good condition.
An edition on Art Paper Limited to 600 copies. Large format. Blue cloth 'folders'. One volume contains sections A-D, next volume contains Section E (the catalogue) and third volume contains Supplement No. 4 (Section E, Part 4). Many b/w photos. SIGNED by author to Volume containing sections A-D. This is copy no. 353. Ex-lib. with some old library stamp marks etc. Covers have some uneven fading and a few marks. Foxing to outer page edges; some page browning.
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- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POSTAL SERVICE
- ENCYCLOPEDIA
- LIMITED EDITION
GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME THREE
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1606455
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited.
1st
1966.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
B/w photos. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is edge torn and repaired to verso with tape, with large repaired tear across bottom of rear panel, some loss.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME SIX
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1606453
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited.
1st
1969.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Numerous photographs, plans, drawings and engravings plus 16 pages of colour plates of Swansea porcelain. Pale blue cloth. 270pp includes index. 9 x 5.5". Spine bumped, with slight creasing. Wrapper is worn at top and tail of spine, with small tear at base, and creasing to front flap.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY
- PORCELAIN
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 4
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1606434
Published by Stewart Williams.
1983.
Very good condition.
B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807504. Inscriptions to verso of font endpaper and top of title page.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
BOX 1299
Written by Ernest George Spater.
Stock no. 2115834
Published by Eagle Star.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The story of the contents of a box owned by the Swansea agency of the Palladium Life Assurance Society. B/w illustrations. 37 pages. Author not name in book but British Library confirms Spater. Some uneven fading to cover edges. Rust marks from staples to front pastedown and endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Old compliments slip stapled to front flap of wrapper - now showing rust marks. Wrapper has some tears and chips; minimal loss, as tears have been repaired to verso with brown paper tape.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
AN EDWARDIAN CHILDHOOD
Written by Jane Pettigrew.
Stock no. 1403355
Published by Little, Brown and Company.
1st
1991.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Between 1901 and the outbreak of the first world war, Britain enjoyed what was often referred to as The Golden Age and this time of greater wealth and freedom encouraged a more enlightened attitude to the upbringing of the Edwardian child. Oblong format. B/w photos. Colour & b/w illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 0316888656. Spine and corners a little bumped.A little fading to board edges. A few marks to boards. Greasy mark to front pastedown. Contents are clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is a little edgeworn . Browning to spine and wrapper edges. Small tear to front panel.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- EDWARDIAN
SWANBROOKE DOWN A CENTURY OF CHANGE IN AN ENGLISH VILLAGE
Written by Rosamond Richardson.
Illustrated by Peter Firmin.
Stock no. 1810335
Published by Scribners.
1st
1990.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
An intriguing and poignant study of village life and the way it has changed through the twentieth century. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0356190706. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- EAST ANGLIA
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF CANAL CRAFT
Written by Peter L. Smith.
Stock no. 2115509
Published by B.T. Batsford.
1984.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
B/w photos. ISBN: 0713416378. Light bumping to spine. Wrapper spine is faded; edge-creasing.
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- TRANSPORT
- CANALS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 14
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 2115502
Published by Stewart Williams.
1st
1986.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807687. Some light page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and light browning.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- GLAMORGAN
- CARDIFF
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE 1541 TO 1689
Written by J.R.S. Phillips.
Stock no. 1810139
Published by University of Wales.
1st
1975.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
xxviii + 441 pages. ISBN: 0708305636. Top edge of text block grubby. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is scuffed and grubby.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- LAW
SCOTTISH CARS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2115304
Published by The Corporation Of Glasgow, Museums And Art Galleries Department.
2nd
1968.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Oblong format. Card wraps. Second edition. Their History and a Descriptive Guide to Those In The Museum of Transport, Glasgow. B/w photos. Some wear to spine and a couple of edges.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- SCOTLAND
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)