THE STONE OF DESTINY: ARTEFACT AND ICON (MONOGRAPH SERIES No. 22)
Written by Richard Welander; David J. Breeze; Thomas Owen Clancy.
Stock no. 1831426
Published by Society Of Antiquaries Of Scotland. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

The return of the Stone of Destiny to Scotland on St Andrew's Day 1996, after an absence of 700 years, was an event that rekindled interest in the origins and eventful life of this unparalleled piece of Scottish history. In response to that interest, a conference to look at all aspects of this 'sub-rectangular block of sandstone' was organised by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and Historic Scotland. This book grew out of that gathering and its distinguished authors range far and wide in looking at the Stone as both object and symbol. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations and a few colour photos. xvii and 283 pages including index. ISBN: 0903903229. A very nice copy.

THE RURAL HOUSES OF NORTH AVON & SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1400-1720 (MONOGRAPH No. 6)
Written by Linda J. Hall.
Stock no. 1831425
Published by City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

In this monograph, the author has listed andm apped all the houses of north Avon and sought Gloucestershire of her study period known to her at December 1981 and her Gazetteer comprises a detailed description i nnote form of a major selection of them, fully planned and illustrated. Large format. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & plans. xvii (including subscribers list) and 316 pages including index. Card covers lightly foxed, damp staining to top edges. Text block and top margins damp stained (does not affect text). Otherwise, a nice, tight copy.

A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE: THE HUNDRED OF CALDICOT PART 2
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1831424
Published by Merton Priory Press. 1st thus 1994. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

From the Coming of the Normans into Wales Down to the Present Time. Volume 4 Part 2. Facsimile of the 1932 edition. Large format. Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0952000954. Boards and contents clean. Light blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE: THE HUNDRED OF TRELECH
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1831422
Published by Academy Books. 1st thus 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Volume 2 Part 2 of A History of Monmouthshire from the coming of the Normans into Wales down to the present time. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Facsimile of the 1913 edition. ISBN: 1873361165. Boards clean. Tiny closed tear (no loss) to vertical edge of free front endpaper else contents clean. Light blue pictorial dustwrapper is clean. A lovely copy.

A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE: THE HUNDRED OF RAGLAN
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1831421
Published by Academy Books. 1st thus 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Volume 2 Part 1 of A History of Monmouthshire from the coming of the Normans into Wales down to the present time. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Facsimile of 1914 edition. 128 pages. ISBN: 1873361157. Top front corner of boards bumped else boards clean. Contents clean. Light blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges and has a few minor marks. A very nice copy.

CLARENDON: POLITICS, HISTORY & RELIGION 1640-1660
Written by B.H.G. Wormald.
Stock no. 1831420
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

This celebrated study offers a reinterpretation of the writings and attitudes of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (1609–74), best known for his History of the Rebellion and the Civil War and his autobiography, which presents an excellent record of the English Civil War. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xii and 330 pages including index. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Boards are a little faded and scuffed, spine is faded and mottled, gilt title to spine has rubbed off over time. Text block browned. Lengthy gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots present mainly to endpapers and prelims. One hinge pulled but binding overall is tight.

COBBETT'S ENGLAND
Written by William Cobbett; John Derry. Illustrated by James Gillray.
Stock no. 1831414
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1968. Very good condition.

William Cobbett (1763-1835) was an English pamphleteer, farmer and journalist. He believed that reforming Parliament and abolishing the rotten boroughs would help to end the poverty of farm labourers, and he attacked the borough-mongers, sinecurists and "tax-eaters" relentlessly. This is a selection from the writings of William Cobbett. Edited with an introduction by John Derry. Blue cloth spine, pink boards. B/w illustrations. 276 pages. Spine is heavily sunned/faded and has a small white mark toward the lower edge. Boards are clean. Minor marks to text block. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed. Musty odour present.

THE KINGS DEPART
Written by Richard M. Watt.
Stock no. 1831413
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Tragedy of Germany: Versailles and the German Revolution. German history, the collapse of the Kaiser's armies. Extraordinary drama in an era of violent upheaval. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Maps to endpapers. 604 pages including index. Top edge red. ISBN: 029717858X. Lower edge of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Light foxing to top of boards and spine. Text block a little grubby and foxing to vertical edge. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn. Musty odour present.

FRANCE: FIN DE SIECLE
Written by Eugen Weber.
Stock no. 1831412
Published by Belknap Press. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In Eugen Weber's France, Fin de Siècle, statesmen and treaties are set aside in favor of the stuff of everyday existence. We learn about bathing, smells, sanitation, domestic quarrels, underwear, sexuality and the bicycle as they evolved during the last two decades of the nineteenth century… Terracotta cloth spine with gilt title on blue to spine, beige cloth boards. B/w illustrations. x and 294 pages including index. ISBN: 0674318129. Boards clean. Light foxing to text block. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and a little grubby to rear panel which also has a barcode label stuck over last three lines of writing.

DRESDEN: TUESDAY 13 FEBRUARY 1945
Written by Frederick Taylor.
Stock no. 1831411
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

At 9.51 p.m. on Tuesday 13 February 1945, Dresden's air-raid sirens sounded as they had done many times during the Second World War. But this time was different. By the next morning, more than 4,500 tons of high explosives and incendiary devices had been dropped on the unprotected city... This book is a serious reappraisal of an event that lives in the popular memory with Guernica and Hiroshima as a by-word for the horror of twentieth-century air warfare. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and maps and 518 pages including index. ISBN: 0747570787. Boards clean, text block grubby. Occasional foxspot to contents. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned to spine.

GWENT LOCAL HISTORY No. 46
Written by E. Jane Pearson.
Stock no. 1831385
Published by Gwent Local History Council. 1979. Very good condition.

Beige staple-bound card wraps. The journal of Gwent local history council, formerly 'Presenting Monmouthshire'. Edited by E. Jane Pearson. First item is 'A Walk-About in History - Upper Cwmbran' by Mildred Cadwell. 42 pages. Covers unevenly faded and grubby. Light fingering creases to contents else clean.

MATHERN HISTORY FROM THE PARISH REGISTERS
Written by Keith Malcolm Denison.
Stock no. 1831384
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

History from the Parish Registers. Staple-bound booklet. White pictorial card wraps. 24 pages. Number 31 in the Chepstow Society Pamphlet Series. ISBN: 0900278404. White covers are grubby with foxing. Contents clean.