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THE SURVIVORS: A DOCUMENTARY RECORD OF FIFTY OF NEWPORT'S FINEST HOUSES
Written by Rex Moreton.
Stock no. 1328704
Published by Vine Press. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Newport, Monmouthshire. Oblong format. Brown cloth spine, green cloth boards with photographic colour onlay to front. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781904192435. Minimal rubbing to spine else a fine copy.

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MONMOUTHSHIRE COUNTY RARE PLANT REGISTER
Written by Trevor Evans.
Stock no. 1828972
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

This register includes records from 1970 onwards. Large format. Green spriral-bound cardwraps. 89 pages. Front cover lightly scuffed. Rear cover slightly grubby. Page 7 has a red biro correction. Else a clean copy.

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MONMOUTHSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA
Written by G.A. Neil Horton.
Stock no. 1828944
Published by Comma International Biological Systems. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Butterflies and Moths of Gwent. Green cloth, white titles, pictorial onlay to front. Colour photos. 351 pages including index. ISBN: 0951397753. Light bumping to board corners, light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Contents clean.

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THE FLORA OF CHEPSTOW
Written by W.A. Shoolbred.
Stock no. 1828930
Published by Taylor and Francis. 1st 1920. Good condition.

The area consists of the lower part of the Valley of the Wye, from Bigsweir Bridge southwards to the mouth of the river at Beachley. Green cloth boards, black title to spine. Folding b/w map of Chepstow area. vii and 140 pages. Boards are almost detached (just hanging on by a thread!). Corners of boards rubbed & worn. Annotation throughout. Map is present and clean, torn at a couple of folds (no loss).

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FLORA OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by Trevor Evans; Naylor Firth; Stephanie Tyler; George Peterken.
Stock no. 1828928
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Watsonian vice-county 35. With accounts of Geology by Naylor Firth and habitats by Stephanie Tyler and George Peterken. Glazed pictorial boards. 582 pages including index. B/w illustrations and distribution maps. Colour photos. ISBN: 0900278498. Light bump to top of spine. Rear board lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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THE FLORA OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by S. Hamilton.
Stock no. 1828922
Published by John E. Southall. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Being a Catalogue of all the Flowering Plants known to be native to the County; and a guide to localities, together with a List of Ferns. Slim volume. 81 & xi pages including index. Boards browned, and a little marked. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Endpapers and text block browned. Hinges a little pulled but binding tight. A few light creased corners. Ink blot to vertical margin of pages 50-66. Else contents clean.

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THE STORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE VOLUME ONE
Written by Arthur Clark.
Stock no. 1828871
Published by Monnow Press. 2nd 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. Burgundy cloth boards, silver title to spine. From the earliest times to the Civil War. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0950661813. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to text block and page edges. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-rubbed with a few grubby marks.

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POEMS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828868
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited to 100 copies. Poems 1927-1987 by the Chepstow historian. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 68 pages. ISBN: 0906134382. Spine is slightly cocked. Front hinge is pulled wide but binding is tight (most likely a binding error). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby, a few small marks to rear panel.

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REMINISCENCES OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by J.H. Clark.
Stock no. 1828867
Published by County Observer Printing Works. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

In two sections: Autobiography 116 pages; Reminiscences 197 pages plus errata page plus subscribers list. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. 8 b/w illustrations including frontispiece. Board edges rubbed. Spine is cocked. Text block browned. Black endpapers are grubby. Front hinge pulled but binding tight. Tissue guard to frontis is browned. A few foxspots to contents.

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CHEPSTOW
Written by Theodore B.Y. Greene.
Stock no. 1828861
Published by The Health Resorts Association. 1908. Almost very good condition.

The official publication of the district council. Beige cardwraps, staple-bound. 40 pages. B/w photos. Advertisements for the times. Covers browned, grubby and marked. Pages 19-22 (center pages) have come loose from the staples. Staples are rusty and starting to bleed. Contents a little grubby. Page 29 has a large, light greeen stain. An interesting booklet.

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RAGLAN CASTLE AND THE CIVIL WAR IN MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by Arthur Clark.
Stock no. 1828860
Published by Newport & Monmouthshire Historical Association. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Raglan Castle and of the Civil War in Monmouthshire. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xi and 72 pages. Browing to endpapers, foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with a few closed tears (no loss).

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CHEPSTOW: ITS CASTLE AND LORDSHIP
Written by Arthur Clark.
Stock no. 1828859
Published by Newport & Monmouthshire Historical Association. Slightly better than very good condition.

Dark blue stiff cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 42 pages. Foreword by C. Gordon Joliffe. Minor knock to vertical edge of cardwraps, corners lightly rubbed. Foxing to text block. Contents clean.

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