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THE HORSE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
Written by Ann Hyland.
Stock no. 1823618
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Recounting the role of the horse in the ancient world, concentrating on the Near and Middle East and adjacent territories by working from archaeological, literary, illustrative and historical sources. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. ISBN: 0750921609. A few light scuff marks to boards. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor marks.

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THE JOURNEY OF BURKE AND WILLS
Written by Max Colwell.
Stock no. 1823613
Published by Paul Hamlyn. 1st 1971. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The infamous expedition to cross Australia from South to North inland. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 0600041379. Spine slightly cocked. Fading to horizontal edges of boards. Text block browned. A few foxspots to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded, has the remains of a label to top front corner and a small closed tear (no loss).

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SENGHENNYDD, THE UNIVERSAL PIT VILLAGE 1890-1930
Written by Michael Lieven.
Stock no. 1823609
Published by Gomer Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of how one of the largest pits in Wales came to be; how the village developed from a raw and dangerous 'frontier settlement' into a complex community characterised by a vast web of relationships and institutions. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 1859020437. Name in ink to top of front endpaper. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and slightly faded to spine.

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THE MINERS AND COAL LEVELS OF GWENT (BRITAIN IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS)
Written by Colin Spencer.
Stock no. 1823608
Published by The History Press. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Illustrating life as it was for the coal-level miners of Gwent throughout its industrial past. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Britain in Old Photographs series. ISBN: 9780752452517.

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THE WELSH POST TOWNS BEFORE 1840
Written by Michael Scott Archer.
Stock no. 1322822
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 137 pages. ISBN: 0900592060. Spine bumped. Some heavy foxing. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and lightly spotted.

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LESSONS OF A LIFETIME: MEMORIES OF CHEPSTOW AND THE FOREST OF DEAN
Written by Brian Rendell; Keith Childs.
Stock no. 1823600
Published by Review Graphics. Circa 1983. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Memories centering around Lydney and the Forest of Dean. ISBN: 0951001205. Covers browned, scuffed and lightly creased through use. Text block lightly browned. A well-used book but still sound.

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A VILLAGE HERITAGE: THE STORY OF BLANDFORD ST. MARY
Written by T.F. Almack.
Stock no. 1823599
Published by Longmans (Dorchester) Ltd.. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a much loved village in Dorset. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. Tape marks to endpapers and dustwrapper flaps. Text block lightly browned.

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FAIR AND FASHIONABLE TENBY
Written by John Tipton.
Stock no. 1322812
Published by Tenby Museum. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Spiral bound pictorial paper wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0901906271. Some pages slightly edge creased.

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ENGLISH WINDMILLS VOLUME I
Written by M.I. Batten.
Stock no. 2137717
Published by The Architectural Press. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue/green cloth with dark titles. Containing a history of their origin and development, with records of mills in Kent, Surry and Sussex. B/w photos. Some bumping and wear to covers. Foxing and page browning. Wrapper is very browned to spine with edge-chipping and nicks; a little loss; some foxing.

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PAINTINGS FROM THE REIGN OF VICTORIA
Written by Mary Cowling; Tim Barringer; et al.
Stock no. 2137707
Published by Art Services International. 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark blue cloth with silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. The Royal Holloway Collection, London. Published to accompany the exhibition organized and circulated by Art Services International. ISBN: 9780711229273.

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DORCHESTER 1854: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A COUNTY TOWN SEEN THROUGH ITS LOCAL NEWSPAPER
No author listed.
Stock no. 2137691
Published by Dorchester Community Play Research Group. 1ST 1985. Very good condition.

A portrait of the Dorchester of 1854 from the chroniclers of the time. Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951068717. Light wear to cover edges.

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A BATH CAMERA 1850-1950
Written by Simon Hunt.
Stock no. 2137662
Published by Dovecote Press. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 0946159106. Small bumps to top and tail of spine. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks and faded along some edges.

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