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'PLANES BY NIGHT
Written by H.B. Aldrich.
Stock no. 1329564
Published by The Epworth Press. Circa 1940. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A thrilling adventure of boy scouts by plane and racing car. Blue cloth, black titles. 156 pages. B/w frontis. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown (dated 1940). Page browning and foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss, rear panel is a little grubby.

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CHEPSTOW PARISH RECORDS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1329492
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Limited to 1245 copies. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w illustrations. SIGNED by C. Gordon Jolliffee (writer of foreword) by means of a lengthy inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed.Some light brown marks to gutter of front endpaper. Textblock is slightly foxed. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss to top of spine and is faded to spine.

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CHEPSTOW PACKETS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters; Bryan Woodfield.
Stock no. 1329487
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1983. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Limited to 195 copies. 140pp inc.index. Numerous b/w illus. throughout. Pull out map of Chepstow as it was. 9 x 5.75". ISBN: 0906134218. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is slightly edge creased.

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HANDO'S GWENT VOLUME II
Written by Chris Barber. Illustrated by Fred J. Hando.
Stock no. 1329373
Published by Blorenge Books. 1st PB 1989. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Front cover depicting The Monnow Bridge at Monmouth: back cover depicting Llanfoist Church. Superb b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0951044494. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Looks unread.

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ART IN EXILE: FLANDERS, WALES AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Written by Oliver Fairclough; Robert Hoozee; Caterina Verdickt; Carolyn Stewart.
Stock no. 1829660
Published by Pandora. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Kunst in Ballingschap. Vlaanderen, Wales & de Eerste Wereldoorlog / Art in Exile. Flanders, Wales & the First World War at the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent; at the Hannema-de Stuers Foundation in Heino/Wijhe; and at the National Museum & Gallery of Wals in Cardiff in 2002. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. 207 pages including index. ISBN: 905325174X. SIGNED by Carolyn Stewart (with personal dedication) to front flap of covers. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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HISTORY OF THE WELSH GUARDS
Written by C.H. Dudley Ward.
Stock no. 1829619
Published by The London Stamp Exchange. 1st thus 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Welsh Guards in the first world war. Facsimile edition of the 1920 edition. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. B/w maps. 505 pages. ISBN: 0948130121. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is faded to spine and edge-creased across the top.

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ROMAN MOSAICS OF BRITAIN VOLUME IV WESTERN BRITAIN
Written by David S. Neale; Stephen R. Cosh.
Stock no. 1829566
Published by The Society Of Antiquaries Of London. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The 4 volumes of this work (of which this is the fourth and final volume) amounts to a complete illustrated catalogue of every known Roman mosaic in Britain. This volume contains mosaics from the counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Cheshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire and Wales. Large, heavy format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. xvii and 453 pages including index. ISBN: 9780854312948. Boards bright and clean. Minor marks to text block. Contents clean. White dustwrapper has a few minor scuffs.

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TROUT FROM THE HILLS: THE CONFESSIONS OF AN ADDICTED FLY-FISHERMAN
Written by Ian Niall. Illustrated by Christopher Wormell.
Stock no. 1329311
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1st thus 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The art of lake fishing and the lakes of North Wales in particular. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 159 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0854932054. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Top edge of textblock slightly dusty else contents fine. Brown pictorial wrapper is rubbed at edges.

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MONMOUTH SCHOOL AND MONMOUTH 1614-1995
Written by Keith Kissack.
Stock no. 1329295
Published by Lapridge Publications. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations. 158 pages including index. ISBN: 095185898X. Dustwrapper is just a little marked and scuffed.

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CLOUGH WILLIAMS-ELLIS: THE ARCHITECT OF PORTMEIRION
Written by Jonah Jones.
Stock no. 1829519
Published by Seren. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The architect Clough Williams-Ellis (1883-1978) is probably best known as the creator of Portmeiron, the Italianate village known as 'the Xanadu of Wals' and the setting of the cult television series, The Prisoner. This is a memoir by Jonah Jones. Burgundy cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 204 pages including index. ISBN: 1854111663. Slight fading to boards at top and bottom. Shelf-wear to top & tail of spine. Text block lightly browned. Small, neat name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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THE ADMIRAL'S WOOD
Written by Winifred Mantle.
Stock no. 1329230
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Aldith and Robin stay in the borrowed top flat of a Welsh seaside house... Green boards, gilt title to spine. 139 numbered pages. Spine bumped and sunned. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Contents are browned but otherwise clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and is browned to spine.

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A VISIT TO GRANDPA'S AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Dylan Thomas. Illustrated by Robin Jacques.
Stock no. 1329191
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A splendidly illustrated collection of Dylan Thomas' stories chosen specially to appeal to the young. Light brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0460061542. Minimal bumping to spine. Some pale browning to rear edge of wrapper spine.

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