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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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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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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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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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INTERNATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC SHIPS
Written by Norman J. Brouwer.
Stock no. 1606374
Published by Anthony Nelson Ltd.. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0904614115.

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SOUTH TO THE NAKTONG, NORTH TO THE YALU (JUNE - NOVEMBER 1950)
Written by Roy E. Appleman.
Stock no. 1606360
Published by Office Of The Chief Of Military History. 1975. Good condition.

United States Army in the Korean War. B/w photos and maps. Folding maps. Spine bumped and a little faded. Map 2 is MISSING from the collection of maps at rear. Pocket holding map at rear is torn. Foxing and browning to textblock. Last few pages are creased at edges. Contents generally clean and bright.

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THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE IN SINAI AND PALESTINE 1914-1918
Written by H.S. Gullett.
Stock no. 1810603
Published by University Of Queensland Press. 1st thus 1984. Very good condition.

The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 volume VII. Originally published in 1923. Cardwraps. B/w plates and maps. 843 pages including index. ISBN: 0702217263. Spine slightly faded, edges of covers rubbed. Text block a little grubby. A few scattered foxspots mainly to inside covers.

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KHAKI AND THE ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN INDIA
Written by Omar Khalidi.
Stock no. 1606319
Published by Three Essays Collective. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. 126 pages. Army, police and paramilitary forces during communal riots. ISBN: 8188789097.

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DESIGN IN GERMANY 1870-1918
Written by John Heskett.
Stock no. 1810501
Published by Trefoil Books. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The changing approach from historically-oriented styles to innovative concepts of art and design which placed Germany at the forefront of design theory and practice in the early twentieth century. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0862940834. Corners bumped. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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NOVGOROD ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS 11TH-17TH CENTURIES
Written by Mikhail Karger.
Stock no. 1810460
Published by Aurora Art Publishers. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

Dual language: Russian & English. Glazed boards. B/w photos. Laminate to front spine edge starting to crack. Small rust mark from paperclip to top edge of front endpaper and half-title page. Otherwise contents clean.

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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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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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