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MEMOIRS ON REMAINS OF ANCIENT DWELLINGS, IN HOLYHEAD ISLAND
Written by William Owen Stanley.
Stock no. 2107247
Published by James Bain. 1871. Very good condition.

Mostly of circular form, called Cyttiau'r Gwyddelod, Explored in 1862 and 1868. Green covers, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Wear to cover edges. Bookplate to front pastedown. A few grubby margin marks. Foxing.

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AN ACCOUNT OF CASTLE AND TOWN OF DENBIGH
Written by Richard Newcome.
Stock no. 2107246
Published by Clwydian-Press. 1829. Almost very good condition.

Contemporary binding. Leather spine and corners; marbled boards. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; Foxing/green spotting to covers. New endpapers, with piece cut out of front pastedown, to see inscription on older endpaper. Foxing and browning to pages; some of which have uncut page edges.

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THE BOOK OF NORTH WALES
Written by Charles Frederick Cliffe.
Stock no. 2107060
Published by Hamilton, Adams & Co.. 1851. Very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles. Scenery, Antiquities, Highways and Byeways, Lakes, Streams and Railways. 2nd edition. B/w illustrations. Large folding b/w map. Small format. Bumping and wear, with a couple of chips to spine and corners. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. Some foxing to endpapers. Fold-out map to rear has a couple of large tears along folds.

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NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY ASSOCIATED WITH A FLY FROM GLOUCESTER TO ABERYSTWITH AND FROM ABERYSTWITH THROUGH NORTH WALES
Written by Thomas Turner. Illustrated by D. Cox.
Stock no. 2107056
1st 1840. Good condition.

Green cloth covers; gilt title to spine. 11 b/w plates plus portrait frontis. The journey was undertaken July 21st to September 8th 1837. Privately printed. 2" split to cloth on spine down one edge and then horizontally across both ends of split. Spine is browned. Corners are bumped. Covers are marked. Dedicated by author (No Signature). Browning to pages.

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NORTH WALES
Written by Rev. W. Bingley.
Stock no. 2107048
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme And Brown. 2nd 1814. Very good condition.

Delineated From Two Excursions Through All the Interesting Parts of that Highly Beautiful and Romantic Country, and Intended As a Guide to Future Tourists. Modern half calf binding; marbled boards. 2nd edition. 4 engraved plates with folding map that has outline colour. A little fading and a few scuffs to spine. Some page browning/foxspots. Fold-out map has edge-tear (about 2-3").

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VIEWS IN WALES AND CUMBERLAND
Written by Henry Gastineau.
Stock no. 2107047
Published by Jones & Co. Very good condition.

Large format. Contemporary binding; red leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine; gilt titles and decorations. All edges gilt. Contains: 'Wales Illustrated, In A Series of Views, North and South (2 vols), plus Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland Illustrated and 'The People's Gallery of Engravings, 4 vols in one. Contains numerous steel engraved plates. 3 plates have been professionally hand-coloured. Wear to cover edges; a little bumping to corners. A few scuff marks to covers and top of spine. Foxing and browning to some pages.

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Y GANRIF AR LAFAR HYD EIN HOES LLEISIAU CYMRU
Written by R. Arwel Jones.
Stock no. 1805866
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Text in Welsh. B/w photos. ISBN: 0752418459. Corners lightly rubbed, contents fine.

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THE DIARY OF THE REAL SOUL CREW
Written by Annis Abraham.
Stock no. 1805839
Published by Headhunter Books. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Cardiff City Soul Crew have been one of the most active football firms in this country for the last four decades. This brutally, honest and open account is told by the people who were there on the frontline. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781906085131. SIGNED by the author with dedication to title page. Light crease to lower corner of front cover.

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THE MONMOUTHSHIRE ANTIQUARY VOLUME XXI
Written by Annette M. Burton.
Stock no. 1805772
Published by Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Grey pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Holocene Floodplain Sediments and Associated Archaeology of the Olway Valley (Gwent, UK): An Excavation Report; Roman and Medieval-Early Modern Building Stones in South : Sandstone and Dolomitic Conglomerate (Triassic); The Roads of Trelech: Investigation of the Development of the Medieval Town; Monmouthshire Journeys: The Visits to Monmouthshire of Sarah Eardley-Wilmot (Nee Haslam) in 1795 and 1802; Kingshill, Newport. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents fine.

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF CARDIFF
Written by Brian Ll. James; S.M. Romaya.
Stock no. 1705876
Published by Survey Of Cardiff. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. 49 pages. ISBN: 951388606. A few marks to covers.

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THE MOSS ROSE PRESS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters; Linda Waters; Bryan Woodfield.
Stock no. 1805648
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 150 copies. A complete list of the Chepstow Society and Moss Rose Press publications from 1948 to 1985. Green cloth. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906134331. SIGNED by author and illustrators to free endpaper. Text block slightly dusty. Wrapper is grubby and lightly edge-worn.

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