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THE VALLEYS CALL
Written by Paul H. Ballard; Erastus Jones.
Stock no. 1606480
Published by Ron Jones Publications. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A self-examination by people of the South Wales valleys during the 'year of the valleys 1974'. Dent and mark to front board. Foxing to textblock. Wrapper is edge creased.

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STORIES OF SCOTLAND AND ITS ADJACENT ISLANDS
Written by Mrs. Thomas Geldart.
Stock no. 2115957
Published by Jarrold & Sons. Circa 1872. Almost very good condition.

3rd edition. Dark purple cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 3rd edition. Spine is browned, with a couple of nicks to top and tail; small amount of fraying to cloth. Marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page browning, with a bit of foxing.

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GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME THREE
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1606455
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is edge torn and repaired to verso with tape, with large repaired tear across bottom of rear panel, some loss.

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GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME SIX
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1606453
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1969. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Numerous photographs, plans, drawings and engravings plus 16 pages of colour plates of Swansea porcelain. Pale blue cloth. 270pp includes index. 9 x 5.5". Spine bumped, with slight creasing. Wrapper is worn at top and tail of spine, with small tear at base, and creasing to front flap.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 4
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1606434
Published by Stewart Williams. 1983. Very good condition.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807504. Inscriptions to verso of font endpaper and top of title page.

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WANDERINGS AND EXCURSIONS (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Roscoe.
Stock no. 1606432
Published by C. Tilt and Simpkin and Co.. Almost very good condition.

Two volumes: 'Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales, including The Course of the Wye' and 'Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales'. With 48 and 51 plates respectively. Engravings by Radclyffe. Full burgundy leather bindings with gilt titles and decoration. Small bookplates to front pastedowns. Some scuffing to leather, with a little surface loss on board edges of the North Wales volume. Plate for Brecon Church (p.262, South Wales) is detached, and plate at p.260 is partially detached. Partial cracking to front joint of South Wales volume. All plates present.

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THE LAND OF BRITAIN PART 31 GLAMORGAN
Written by A.N. Thomas; L. Dudley Stamp.
Stock no. 2115835
Published by Geographical Publications Ltd. 1938. Almost very good condition.

The report of the Land Utilisation Survey of Britain. Cloth spine. Hard card covers. B/w maps and diagrams. Ex-lib. with some markings. Spine is faded, with a few nicks to cloth. A few marks to covers. Uneven browning to some pages.

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BOX 1299
Written by Ernest George Spater.
Stock no. 2115834
Published by Eagle Star. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of the contents of a box owned by the Swansea agency of the Palladium Life Assurance Society. B/w illustrations. 37 pages. Author not name in book but British Library confirms Spater. Some uneven fading to cover edges. Rust marks from staples to front pastedown and endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Old compliments slip stapled to front flap of wrapper - now showing rust marks. Wrapper has some tears and chips; minimal loss, as tears have been repaired to verso with brown paper tape.

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SWANBROOKE DOWN A CENTURY OF CHANGE IN AN ENGLISH VILLAGE
Written by Rosamond Richardson. Illustrated by Peter Firmin.
Stock no. 1810335
Published by Scribners. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An intriguing and poignant study of village life and the way it has changed through the twentieth century. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0356190706. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 14
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 2115502
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807687. Some light page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and light browning.

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THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE 1541 TO 1689
Written by J.R.S. Phillips.
Stock no. 1810139
Published by University of Wales. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

xxviii + 441 pages. ISBN: 0708305636. Top edge of text block grubby. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is scuffed and grubby.

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CARDIFF DIRECTORIES 1795-1978
Written by Howard Llewellyn.
Stock no. 1810137
Published by Survey Of Cardiff. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

Survey of Cardiff Occasional Paper No 4. Cardwraps. 47 pages. ISBN: 0951388630. Covers a little grubby. Contents clean.

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