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INNS AND TAVERNS OF THE CHEPSTOW DISTRICT
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by T.T. Birbeck.
Stock no. 2135503
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. 8 b/w illustrations plus plan of Chepstow Inns. 103 pages including index. 8.5 x 5.5". Some fading to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Fold-out plan is very good. Wrapper is price-cut with fading to spine and a couple of edges; a little creasing.

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HOWARD WINSTONE THE WELSH WIZARD
Written by Les Miles.
Stock no. 2135435
Published by Concept Associates Ltd.. 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The biography of this boxer. Black boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1899812008. Foxing/browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Some edge creasing and a few marks to wrapper.

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ANNALS OF A PARISH
Written by Geoffrey L. Fairs.
Stock no. 2135429
Published by Geoffrey L. Fairs. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Blue card wraps. A short history of Hay-On-Wye, the international book-town. A few grubby marks to covers. Price label partially removed from rear cover, which has caused a little surface paper damage.

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HISTORY OF CONGREGATIONALISM IN CARDIFF AND DISTRICT
Written by John Williamson.
Stock no. 1822484
Published by The Educational Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1920. Very good condition.

Brown cloth, black titles. B/w photos. 135 pages. Text block and endpapers browned and foxed. One or two small closed tears (no loss) to page margins.

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NEWPORT GOLF CLUB 1903-2003
Written by Alun Isaac.
Stock no. 1822466
Published by Newport Golf Club. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

A history of the first 100 years of the Club. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 0954317807. Some light scuffing and minor marks to front board. Contents fine.

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LOOK BACK AT OLD ABERBEEG & LLANHILLETH VOLUME 1
Written by Ray Morris; Malcolm Thomas.
Stock no. 1822465
Published by Old Bakehouse Publications. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Within close proximity of each other, the towns of Llanhilleth and Aberbeeg were once vitally important centres in terms of industrial wellbeing in the western valley of Monmouthshire, South Wales. A portrait of a meaningful and most interesting past. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1874538972. Spine slightly cocked. Boards clean and bright as are the contents. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to spine.

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HANDO'S GWENT VOLUME II
Written by Chris Barber. Illustrated by Fred J. Hando.
Stock no. 1822457
Published by Blorenge Books. 1st 1989. Slightly better than 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. Contents clean.

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HANDO'S GWENT
Written by Chris Barber. Illustrated by Fred J. Hando.
Stock no. 1822453
Published by Blorenge Books. 2000. Very good condition.

New Edition. A Centenary Tribute to Fred Hando Artist / Historian of Gwent. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 200 pages including index. ISBN: 0951044451. Vertical creases to covers from top to bottom. Contents clean.

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WHO'S WHO IN WALES
Written by Arthur Mee.
Stock no. 1822450
Published by Western Mail. 1st 1921. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, black titles. xxiv + 555 pages. Spine lightly faded, corners bumped & worn. Two inscriptions in ink to verso of title page. Possibly one page missing between title page and foreword. 2" split at gutter to foreword (not affecting text or binding). Text block browned. Contents very nice.

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ABOUT CHEPSTOW
Written by Ivor Waters; C. Gordon Jolliffe. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1822448
Published by Newport & Monmouthshire Historical Association; The Chepstow Society. 1st 1952. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An interesting account of Chepstow with 9 black and white illustrations and pictorial map. Preface by Jolliffe. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. A lovely copy in price-cut pictorial dustwrapper which is slightly grubby and has a few small foxspots, alsoo repaired to base of spine on verso with now yellowed tape.

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A WELSH LEECH BOOK OR LLYFR O FEDDYGINIAETH
Written by Timothy Lewis.
Stock no. 1822426
Published by D. Salesbury Hughes. 1st thus 1914. Almost very good condition.

Faithfully reproduced from the original manuscript. Edited by Timothy Lewis. Limited Edition of 300. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Brown flower patterned endpapers. Introduction in English, recipes etc in Welsh. Boards damp stained. Corners rubbed and worn. Joints a little weak and starting to crack. Damp staining to pastedowns. Text block browned. Scattered foxing throughout. Joints pulled but binding is generally tight.

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