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PLACE-NAMES IN GLAMORGAN
Written by Gwynedd O. Pierce.
Stock no. 1323998
Published by Merton Priory Press. 1st 2002. Almost very good condition.

A series of 150 fascinating short essays outlining the history of a selection of names from Wales's largest county. Cardwraps. 240 pages. ISBN: 1898937575. Some slight wear to cover edges. Textblock is slightly grubby and there is some slight waving to the pages.

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KENT: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Pennethorne Hughes.
Stock no. 1824395
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth boards, navy blue title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w photos. ISBN: 0571090915. Text block browned. Some foxing to contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and faded to spine.

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PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE
Written by Francis Brett Young. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1323737
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1937. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w wood engravings. Story of Monks Norton in Worcestershire. Spine bumped. Name and address in ink to half title-page. Large foxspots to preliminary pages, some smaller foxspots to page margins. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby, spine browned with slight loss at top and bottom and also a small hole to centre.

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LIBRI WALLIAE: A CATALOGUE OF WELSH BOOKS AND BOOKS PRINTED IN WALES 1546-1820 (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Eiluned Rees.
Stock no. 1824172
Published by The National Library of Wales. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

Orange cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. ISBN: 0907158196. Top of spine of volume I lightly bumped. Volume II has very few minor foxspots to top edge of text block. Else a lovely set contained in publisher's matching orange slipcase which is lightly bumped at corners and a little scuffed.

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1898-1998 SERVE & OBEY: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF WEST MONMOUTH SCHOOL
Written by Arthur Crane.
Stock no. 1323411
Published by West Monmouth School. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. 129 pages. ISBN: 0953466809. Bumping to lower edges of front and rear boards.

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HISTORIC HALLAMSHIRE
Written by David Hey.
Stock no. 1824081
Published by Landmark Publishing. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Landmark Collector's Library Series. Larger format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. History in Sheffield's Countryside. B/w photos. ISBN: 1843060493. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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ROOTED IN HISTORY: CELEBRATING CARMARTHENSHIRE'S PARKS & GARDENS
Written by Penny David.
Stock no. 1824074
Published by Fern Press. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition.

The stories of some sixty of the county's gardens and other lesser-known sites. A celebration of a rich gardening heritage and the people associated with it. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781527210042. A lovely, clean copy.

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CARY'S NEW ITINERARY
Written by John Cary; Thomas Hasker.
Stock no. 1824055
Published by J. Cary. 6th 1815. Almost very good condition.

Sixth edition with improvements. Cary's New Itinerary or An Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads, Both Direct and Cross Throughout England and Wales. With Many of the Principle Roads in Scotland From an Actual Measurement by John Cary Under the Direction and Inspection of Thomas Hasker. Brown leather spine and corners, red title label with gilt title. Raised bands to spine. Green marbled paper boards. Folding map of the UK to frontis plus 6 folding maps. Index to the Direct Roads from London. Coach Directory, list of inns throughout the Metropolis from which mail and other stage coaches depart. Index to Country Seats. 946 pages + 3 page booklist to rear of publications by J. Cary. Rebound with new boards, new leather, new endpapers. Some professional paper repair especially to map of UK which is missing a good portion of the UK (see photo). Text block heavily browned, contents also heavily browned and with foxing, some damp staining to margins, some more so than others, text is legible. All plates present with browning and foxing. Overall a good copy for a book 200 years old.

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A CELEBRATION OF ART IN NEATH AND DISTRICT
Written by Alan Hayward.
Stock no. 2140851
Published by Neath Antiquarian Society. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Red boards with gilt titles. Limited edition to 600 copies. Colour illustrations. This is Copy No. 279. Some light page edge browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is a little edge-creased with some fading to spine edge.

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DIWYLLIANT GWELEDOL CYMRU: Y GYMRU DDIWYDIANNOL
Written by Peter Lord.
Stock no. 2140812
Published by Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Text in Welsh. Title roughly translates to: The Visual Culture of Wales: Industrial Wales. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 070831497X. Light wear to cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some browning; a few grubby marks.

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WOODFORD HALSE A RAILWAY COMMUNITY
Written by Ruth Irons; Stanley C. Jenkins.
Stock no. 2140796
Published by The Oakwood Press. Circa 1999. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Woodford Halse in Northamptonshire. Oakwood Reminiscences Series No. 6. ISBN: 0853615292. Some fading to spine. Sticky mark to top corner of front cover, from a previous sticky label.

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THE LLANELLI LANDSCAPE: THE GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND LLANELLI
Written by D.Q. Bowen.
Stock no. 2140787
Published by Llanelli Borough Council. Circa 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w maps, diagrams and photos. ISBN: 0906821010. Light bumping to spine. Gold name and address label stuck to front endpaper, which is also a little grubby with some creasing/wrinkling. Browning and some foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and browned.

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