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DORSET (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by John Newman; Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 2136183
Published by Penguin. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black leatherette, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0140710442. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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HANDO'S GWENT VOLUME II
Written by Chris Barber. Illustrated by Fred J. Hando.
Stock no. 1823168
Published by Blorenge Books. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. Front cover depicting The Monnow Bridge at Monmouth: back cover depicting Llanfoist Church. Superb b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0951044494. SIGNED by the author (with best wishes) to inside of front cover.

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WANDERINGS AND EXCURSIONS IN NORTH WALES
Written by Thomas Roscoe.
Stock no. 1823166
Published by E.J. Morten. 1st thus 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1938 by Charles Tilt and Simpkin & Co., this is the republished edition of 1973. Light green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 51 engravings. ISBN: 0859720047. Light fading to lower edges of boards. Light browning to endpapers and text block else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and has a small closed tear to lower spine edge.

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THE LORDSHIP, PARISH AND BOROUGH OF MONMOUTH
Written by Keith Kissack.
Stock no. 1823162
Published by Lapridge Publications. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The history of Monmouth. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. Grey endpapers, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1899290036.

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THE SHELL GUIDE TO WALES
Written by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas; Alun Llewellyn.
Stock no. 1823159
Published by Michael Joseph. 1977. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive guide. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0718140192. Third impression. Board corners lightly rubbed. Pale foxing to top edge of text block. Contents otherwise clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, diagonal crease to rear flap.

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BEAUTIFUL NORTH WALES
Written by Ashley P. Abraham.
Stock no. 1823139
Published by G.P. Abraham. 1st 1914. Good condition.

Dark green cloth boards with gilt title to front. 32 monogravure photos. Boards a little marked. Monogravure photo missing from front board (of The Pass of Aberglaslyn). All other plates present. Heavy foxing present throughout and grubby marks which also affect plates. Some plates have wear to page edges and a closed tear or two. Plate facing page 46 (Fairy Glen) is worn and chipped to lower margin.

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PREHISTORIC MAN IN WALES AND THE WEST
Written by Frances M. Lynch; Colin Burgess.
Stock no. 1823138
Published by Adams & Dart. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of essays in honour of Lily F. Chitty, archaeologist specialising in prehistoric Wales and the West of England. Edited by Lynch & Burgess. Light brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w drawings and maps. ISBN: 0239000714. Small mark to front board (minor). Text block browned and a little grubby. A few light foxspots present. Price-cut yellow dustwrapper is faded to spine and a little marked to rear panel.

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MONMOUTHSHIRE MEDLEY VOLUME FOUR
Written by Reginald Nichols.
Stock no. 1823137
Published by Village Publishing. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Large format, card wraps. B/w illustrations. Some rare antiquarian views in the county. ISBN: 0946043086. Covers a little scuffed and lightly creased. Contents clean.

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KENSINGTON PAST
Written by Barbara Denny; Carolyn Starren.
Stock no. 1823135
Published by Historical Publications Ltd.. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A history of Kensington. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Lavishly illustrated with b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0948667508. A lovely copy.

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CIVIL ENGINEERING HERITAGE: WALES
Written by Keith Thomas.
Stock no. 1823133
Published by Phillimore. 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Part of a regional series on civil engineering heritage that examines the contribution of the civil engineer to society over the last 300 years, including transport networks, architecture and landscape design. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781860776380. Light crease to lower corner of front cover else contents clean.

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SOUVENIR OF THE TRADES UNION CONGRESS AT THE VICTORIA ROOMS BRISTOL SPETEMBER 1931
Written by Charles W. Harding.
Stock no. 1823123
Published by Bristol Printers Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Title to front cover: Trades Union Congress Bristol 1931 Souvenir. Cardwraps. B/w photos. Edges or cardwraps lightly worn/creased. Contents clean.

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