WALES A NATIONAL MAGAZINE FOR THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PARTS OF WALES VOL II
Written by Owen M. Edwards.
Stock no. 1803709
Published by Hughes & Son. 1st 1895. Fair condition.

Contains January 1895-December 1895 plus a supplement to rear. Three-quarters leather binding, blue cloth boards. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w illustrations. Leather spine and corners worn with loss. Family name 'Holmes' in gilt to front board. Front joint is broken and front board is hanging on by one last cord. A few scattered foxspots but contents generally clean and tight.

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WALES A NATIONAL MAGAZINE FOR THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PARTS OF WALES VOL I
Written by Owen M. Edwards.
Stock no. 1803708
Published by Hughes & Son. 1st 1894. Fair condition.

Contains May 1894-December 1894. Edited by Owen M. Edwards. Three-quarters navy leather, blue cloth boards, gilt title spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w illustrations. Leather spine and corners badly worn with loss, most of spine is missing except '1894' in gilt. Family name 'Holmes' in gilt to front board. Front joint broken, front cover hanging on by the binding cords. A few minor foxspots else contents are generally clean and tight.

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THOUGHTS ON FOX AND HARE HUNTING
Written by Peter Beckford. Illustrated by John Scott.
Stock no. 1203369
Published by The Albion Press. 1st 1810. Very good condition.

In a series of familiar letters to a friend. Modern binding. Leather spine with raised bands and gilt titles. 8 engravings from original paintings, includes title page. Some fold-out plates. 314 pages. Mark to top of spine. Old book rebound with new endpapers.

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A CENTURY OF FERNS
Written by William Jackson Hooker.
Stock no. 1203352
Published by William Pamplin. 1st 1854. Good condition.

Being figures with brief descriptions of 100 new, or rare, or imperfectly known species of ferns, from various parts of the world. Leather spine with gilt titles. 100 colour plates. Spine edges are worn. Corners are bumped. Front and rear joints cracked. Inscription in ink to title page. Some light foxing. Illustrations are bright. Title page detached.

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A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF BRECKNOCK
Written by Theophilus Jones.
Stock no. 1202443
Published by William And George North. 1st 1805. Slightly better than good condition.

Three volumes. Brown leather spines and corners. Raised bands and gilt title to spines. 14 maps and plates including coloured map of the county and coloured map of Antient Map Of Wales. Book: all plates present. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Bookplate of Edward W. Rumsey to front pastedown. Some scattered light browning throughout but contents generally very good. Folding county map has 5 inch closed tear. The plain board covers are lightly browned. Joints starting to wear.

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PICTURESQUE VIEWS ON THE RIVER WYE
Written by Samuel Ireland. Illustrated by Samuel Ireland.
Stock no. 1702397
Published by R. Faulder; T. Egerton. 1797. Almost very good condition.

Picturesque Views on the River Wye, From its Source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its Junction With the Severn below Chepstow: With Observations on the Public Buildings, and Other Works of Art, in its Vicinity. Map showing the course of the River Wye, 30 sepia aquatints plus b/w portrait plate of John Kyrle. xii + 159 pages. Full brown diced calf binding, gilt decorations and title to spine. Green endpapers. All edges gilt. Corners are bumped and worn with some surface loss to leather on rear cover and a couple of corners. Front joint is cracked. All plates present. Some light marks to page margins.

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FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1302591
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

Publisher's special binding of full dark green morocco with gilt title to spine and vignettes to front cover. Pink pictorial endpapers. 12 beautiful colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. 287 pages. Top edge gilt. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Endpapers very slightly grubby, small piece torn from margin of front free-endpaper (and neatly stuck back in). Name and date in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Light crack to rear pastedown, grubby mark to margin of rear free-endpaper. Tissue-guard to frontis is detached (very neatly) but still present. Some fingermarking to tissue-guards and very light marking to some of plate margins, minimal foxing to outer page edges, but overall a very nice copy indeed!

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THE HISTORIE OF GREAT BRITAINE UNDER THE CONQUESTS OF THE ROMANS, SAXONS, DANES AND NORMANS
Written by John Speed.
Stock no. 1701800
Published by George Humble. 1623. Very good condition.

Their Originals, Manners, Habits, Warres, Coines and Seales: with the Successions, lives, acts etc. of the English Monarchs. Second Edition. Revised and enlarged. Contents lists 10 books; this binding contains the following: Contents, plus 8 page proeme; Books 5 - 10, plus Summary of the whole and 78 page index table. Very large format. Leather binding with raised bands to spine and black title labels and gilt titles. Contains woodcuts. Leather binding is a modern binding, which is faded to spine. NO frontis. Book reads complete with in itself - but starts at book 5. A rare survivor of this historical book!

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE
Written by Gilbert White.
Stock no. 823567
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1833. Slightly better than good condition.

Small format. Full black leather binding, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. x + 316 pages. Arranged for Young Persons. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few scattered foxspots throughout. Spine and corners worn. 0.5 inch missing from base of spine.

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A COMPLETE AND UNIVERSAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY
Written by James Barclay.
Stock no. 822712
Published by J.F. & C. Rivington. 1792. Slightly better than good condition.

Including Not Only a Full Explanation of Difficult Words and Technical Terms in All Faculties and Professions But Also a Pronouncing Dictionary. Full brown leather binding. Gilt title to spine. Contents very good. Rebacked with original spine laid down.

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WANDERINGS AND EXCURSIONS IN SOUTH WALES INCLUDING THE COURSE OF THE WYE
Written by Thomas Roscoe. Illustrated by D. Cox; et al..
Stock no. 822168
Published by C. Tilt and Simpkin and Co.. 1837. Very good condition.

Dark green leather spine and corners. Raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Marbled boards, edges and endpapers. 48 plates including frontis and title vignette. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Spine edges lightly rubbed. Corners bumped and rubbed. Frontis and title page heavily browned, a few scattered foxspots throughout but generally a bright clean copy.

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SPECTACLE DE LA NATURE, OR NATURE DISPLAY'D
No author listed.
Stock no. 819546
Published by J. And J. Pemberton; R. Franklin; C. Davis. 1737. Good condition.

Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History as Were Thought Most Proper to Excite the Curiosity and Form the Minds of Youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French. Second Edition. Volume III. 32 b/w folding plates + frontis. Full leather binding with raised bands to spine. 456 pages. Spine has small areas of loss and split to top, with chipping. Corners are worn. Front pastedown has come unstuck, but binding is tight. Plates in excellent order and all present.

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