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THE ROCKS OF WORCESTERSHIRE: THEIR MINERAL CHARACTER AND FOSSIL CONTENTS
Written by George E. Roberts.
Stock no. 1809249
Published by Joseph Masters. 1st 1860. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Fold-out map of Bird's Eye View of Worcestershire and fold-out plan of descending order of sedimentary rocks. 247 pages including index plus 36 page publisher adverts to rear. Spine slightly cocked. Corners bumped. Bookplate and inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some pencil annotation present. Map and plan lightly foxed and damp stained with a small closed tear but complete and very good. A few margin marks.

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THE BOTANICAL LOOKER-OUT AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Edwin Lees.
Stock no. 1809235
Published by Hamilton, Adams & Co.. 2nd 1851. Almost very good condition.

At All Seasons, and in the Most Interesting Localities. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. 6 b/w engravings. xvi and 564 pages. Spine browned and worn at top and tail. Boards a little scuffed and browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and verso of frontis. Joints starting to crack. Scattered foxing throughout especially to plates which are all present.

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GROWING UP IN KILVERT COUNTRY
Written by Mona M. Morgan.
Stock no. 1809205
Published by Gomer Press. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Recollections of a Radnorshire childhood. B/w photos. ISBN: 0863836801. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly faded at spine and rear spine edge.

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MORE MEMORIES OF PORTSMOUTH
No author listed.
Stock no. 1711316
Published by True North. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1903204518. Bump to bottom edge of front cover.

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A LAND OF PURE DELIGHT
Written by Thomas Johnes; Richard J. Moore-Colyer.
Stock no. 1711308
Published by Gomer Press. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Selections from the letters of Thomas Johnes of Hafod Cardiganshire 1748-1816 ISBN: 0863837514.

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FIRST WORLD WAR GRAVES AND MEMORIALS IN GWENT VOLUME 2
Written by Ray Westlake.
Stock no. 1710923
Published by Wharncliffe Books. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

War graves and monuments commemorating those who served and those who fell during the Great War 1914-1918. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1903425158. SIGNED BY Author to title page. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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FIRST WORLD WAR GRAVES AND MEMORIALS IN GWENT VOLUME 1
Written by Ray Westlake.
Stock no. 1710922
Published by Wharncliffe Books. 1st 2001. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

War graves and monuments commemorating those who served and those who fell during the Great War 1914-1918. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1871647789. Wrapper edge-creased.

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THE CHURCH PLATE OF GOWERLAND
Written by John Thomas Evans.
Stock no. 2114654
Published by James H. Alden. 1921. Very good condition.

Large format. Light brown cloth with gilt titles. With an exhaustive summary of the church plate in the diocese of St. Davids. Some bumping and wear to cover edges and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing.

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HEALTHCARE IN WALES: AN HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
Written by Colin Baber; John Lancaster; et al.
Stock no. 2114604
Published by The Newport Printing Co.. 2000. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of papers in celebration of the National Health Service in the new millennium. ISBN: 0907143229. Wrapper is uneven fading to spine and a couple of edges; couple of nicks to corners.

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN SEVERN BRIDGE
Written by Samuel Baldwyn Rogers.
Stock no. 2114591
Published by Merlin Bookshop. 1974. Slightly better than very good condition.

Facsmile of the 1845 'Memoranda Relative to a Magnificent Toll-Free Stone Bridge Across the River Severn...Between the New Passage in Gloucestershire and the Black-Rock in Monmouthshire. Small card wrap booklet. 8 pages. ISBN: 0904376001. A few marks to covers.

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ADAM'S CHRONICLE OF BRISTOL
No author listed.
Stock no. 2114212
Published by J.W. Arrowsmith. 1910. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Facsimile page of original to front. Reprint edition. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some damp marking to corners. Scuffing. Page browning, with some damp marking.

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COLLETT'S FARTHING NEWSPAPER: THE BOWERCHALKE VILLAGE NEWSPAPER 1878-1924
Written by Rex Sawyer.
Stock no. 1808795
Published by The Hobnob Press. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a newspaper like no other, written and printed every week for over forty years in the remote South Wiltshire village of Bowerchalke by its remarkable vicar, the Revd Edward Collett. Originally published as The Bowerchalke Parish Papers: Collett's Village Newspaper, 1878-1924 in 1989 by Alan Sutton Publishing. A completely revissed and reset edition with additional illustrations. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 166 pages including index. ISBN: 0946418225. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Base of spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwapper is unevenly faded and lightly edge-worn.

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