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GLAMORGAN SHERIFFS
Written by Patricia Moore.
Stock no. 2127903
Published by Glamorgan County History Trust; University of Wales.
1st
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Biographical Notes on Sheriffs 1966-1993 and Lists of Sheriffs from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day. ISBN: 0708312640. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few scuff marks.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
CITY OF TREES
Written by Tina M. Fraser.
Stock no. 2127901
1st
1993.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
People and events that shaped the lives of three small children growing up in Cardiff 1930-1955. B/w photos. Wrapper is slightly rubbed at top edge with small nick at top of spine.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- CARDIFF
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
TOMMY'S WAR THE WESTERN FRONT IN SOLDIERS' WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Written by Richard Van Emden.
Stock no. 2127893
Published by Bloomsbury.
1st
2014.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Black boards, silver title to spine. Eye witness accounts, with the soldiers own photographs. ISBN: 9781408844366. A few marks to covers. Some bumping along cover edges. Contents are excellent. Wrapper has a few small marks to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE PORT OF BRISTOL
Written by Charles Wells.
Stock no. 2127632
Published by J.W. Arrowsmith.
1909.
Fair condition.
Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 62 illustrations. Heavy wear to covers, with ink marks; some chipping to cloth at corners. Name in ink to front endpaper. Portrait plate page to 228 is MISSING. Some other plate pages are not bound in - but loosely inserted. Creasing and some chipping to page edges. A reading copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- BRISTOL
- MARITIME
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- PORTS
A COLLECTANEA RELATING TO THE BRISTOL FRIARS MINORS (GREY FRIARS) AND THEIR CONVENT
Written by G.E. Weare.
Stock no. 2127629
Published by W. Bennett.
1893.
Good condition.
Together with A Concise History of the Dissolution of the Houses of the Four Orders of Mendicant Friars in Bristol. Splits to sides of spine at top and tail; some fraying to cloth. Boards have some grubby marks. Ink stamp to outer page edges. Inscription in ink to inside front cover. Binding is starting to become a little weak. Foxing. A reading copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- BRISTOL
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
ENGLISH FURNITURE FROM CHARLES II TO GEORGE II
Written by R.W. Symonds.
Stock no. 1816500
Published by Antique Collectors' Club.
1980.
Nearly fine condition.
Large format. Brown suede style covers, gilt titles and borders. Originally published in 1929, this is a reprint edition, Limited to 1500 copies. With more than 260 Illustrations from examples in the Collection of Percival D. Griffiths. A full account of the Design, Material and Quality of Workmanship of Walnut and Mahogany Furniture of this period; and of how Spurious Specimens are made. ISBN: 0902028952. This is copy 1000 of 1500 copies. Inscription in ink to first blank page.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- FURNITURE
- ART
- LIMITED EDITION
THE AGE OF SCANDAL: AN EXCURSION THROUGH A MINOR PERIOD
Written by T.H. White.
Stock no. 2127345
Published by Folio Society.
3rd
1996.
Fine condition.
Brown cloth spine, pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Introduction by Reay Tannahill. Contained in a nearly fine slip-case.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
SUTTON COLDFIELD AND SUTTON COLDFIELD THE SECOND COLLECTION
Written by Marian Baxter.
Stock no. 2127296
Published by Tempus.
1st thus
2001.
Very good condition.
Card wraps. B/w photos. Tempus Two in One Series. Two volumes in one book. ISBN: 0752422138. Light crease to lower rear corner.
CHEPSTOW PACKETS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Illustrated by Mercedes Waters; Bryan Woodfield.
Stock no. 2127228
Published by Moss Rose Press.
1st
1983.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Limited to 195 copies. 140pp inc.index. Numerous b/w illus. throughout. Pull out map of Chepstow as it was. 9 x 5.75". ISBN: 0906134218. Pale foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased with a faded spine. Odd foxspot. Also includes letter SIGNED by author to a previous owner, which has become creased to edges.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- WYE VALLEY
- LIMITED EDITION
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
FRAGMENTS OF STAFFORD'S PAST
Written by Dudley Wilks.
Stock no. 2127195
Very good condition.
Blue cloth spine, grey boards with dark titles. 101 pages. Spine is unevenly faded with a few grubby marks. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing, mostly to endpapers and outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- STAFFORDSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE TUNNEL THROUGH TIME A NEW ROUTE FOR AN OLD LONDON JOURNEY
Written by Gillian Tindall.
Stock no. 2127136
Published by Chatto & Windus.
1st
2016.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations, maps and photographs. ISBN: 9780701188658. Spine slightly cocked. Wrapper is edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
F.W. HARVEY SOLDIER, POET
Written by Anthony Boden.
Stock no. 2127133
Published by Douglas Mclean Publishing.
1st thus
2011.
Very good condition.
The story of the Gloucestershire poet who was also a tough soldier. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Revised and extended edition with additional text and photographs. ISBN: 9780946252800. Some creasing to cover edges. Small bump to bottom edge of front cover. A few marks to outer page edges.