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THE MABINOGION
Written by Gwyn Jones; Thomas Jones. Illustrated by Alan Lee.
Stock no. 1829171
Published by Dragon's Dream. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Eleven stories vividly translated from medieval Welsh, replete with magicians, hags, dragons, ogres and magical animals. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Superb illustrations in colour. ISBN: 9063329113. Light fading to top of spine. A few grubby marks to covers. Text block browned. Contents clean. Cigarette odour present.

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FISHING FOR PLEASURE AND CATCHING IT
Written by E. Marston; R.B. Marston.
Stock no. 1328902
Published by T. Werner Laurie. 1st 1906. Very good condition.

And two chapters of angling in North Wales by R.B. Marston. Green patterned cloth with dark green title and pattern to front, gilt title to spine. 152 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink (long but very neat) to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and a little browning to front endpaper.

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THE BRECON FOREST TRAMROADS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AN EARLY RAILWAY SYSTEM
Written by Stephen Hughes.
Stock no. 1829128
Published by The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

Did iron railway bridges exist before George Stephenson? This book shows that such bridges were built in South Wales thirty years before the construction of Stephenson's Gaunless Viaduct on the Stockton and Darlington Railway and explains where to see these bridges today. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 367 pages including index. ISBN: 1871184053. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, covers lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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WREXHAM & SHROPSHIRE: OPEN ACCESS - THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
Written by Richard Harper.
Stock no. 1829072
Published by Adlestrop Press. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the extraordinary story of the service between Wrexham, Shropshire and London (Marylebone) that ran between 2008 and 2011, told by the people that ran it, and the people that promoted it. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour maps to endpapers. Colour photos throughout. 256 pages. ISBN: 9780957145610. SIGNED with personal dedication by author, Richard Harper, and Adrian Shooter (fellow railway transport author) on verso of front endpaper. Ink from signatures imprinted on title page. Else Contents clean. Light rubbing to base of spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at edges.

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THE SURVIVORS: A DOCUMENTARY RECORD OF FIFTY OF NEWPORT'S FINEST HOUSES
Written by Rex Moreton.
Stock no. 1328704
Published by Vine Press. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Newport, Monmouthshire. Oblong format. Brown cloth spine, green cloth boards with photographic colour onlay to front. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781904192435. Minimal rubbing to spine else a fine copy.

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MONMOUTHSHIRE COUNTY RARE PLANT REGISTER
Written by Trevor Evans.
Stock no. 1828972
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

This register includes records from 1970 onwards. Large format. Green spriral-bound cardwraps. 89 pages. Front cover lightly scuffed. Rear cover slightly grubby. Page 7 has a red biro correction. Else a clean copy.

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WELSH FERNS: CLUBMOSSES QUILLWORTS & HORSETAILS
Written by G Hutchinson; B.A. Thomas.
Stock no. 1828947
Published by National Museum of Wales. 7th 1996. Very good condition.

7th edition. A descriptive handbook. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations and distribution maps. 265 pages including index. ISBN: 0720004357. Covers lightly scuffed, spine lightly creased through reading use. Name & postcode in ink to title page. Contents clean.

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MONMOUTHSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA
Written by G.A. Neil Horton.
Stock no. 1828944
Published by Comma International Biological Systems. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Butterflies and Moths of Gwent. Green cloth, white titles, pictorial onlay to front. Colour photos. 351 pages including index. ISBN: 0951397753. Light bumping to board corners, light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Contents clean.

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THE FLORA OF CHEPSTOW
Written by W.A. Shoolbred.
Stock no. 1828930
Published by Taylor and Francis. 1st 1920. Good condition.

The area consists of the lower part of the Valley of the Wye, from Bigsweir Bridge southwards to the mouth of the river at Beachley. Green cloth boards, black title to spine. Folding b/w map of Chepstow area. vii and 140 pages. Boards are almost detached (just hanging on by a thread!). Corners of boards rubbed & worn. Annotation throughout. Map is present and clean, torn at a couple of folds (no loss).

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FLORA OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by Trevor Evans; Naylor Firth; Stephanie Tyler; George Peterken.
Stock no. 1828928
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Watsonian vice-county 35. With accounts of Geology by Naylor Firth and habitats by Stephanie Tyler and George Peterken. Glazed pictorial boards. 582 pages including index. B/w illustrations and distribution maps. Colour photos. ISBN: 0900278498. Light bump to top of spine. Rear board lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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SWANSEA BAY'S GREEN MANTLE
Written by Mary E. Gillham.
Stock no. 1828926
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Wildlife On An Industrial Coast. B/w sketches, colour and b/w photos. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 427 pages including index. ISBN: 0905928180. Text block slightly grubby and a few foxspots. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to spine and lightly edge-creased.

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A CONTRIBUTION TO A FLORA OF MERIONETH
Written by Peter Benoit; Mary Richards.
Stock no. 1828923
Published by The West Wales Naturalists' Trust. 2nd 1963. Very good condition.

Second Edition (revised). Cardwraps. Staple-binding. A list of species. 69 pages. Covers a little grubby and lightly rubbed at corners. 'Merioneth' written in biro to spine. Staples starting to rust and thus bleeding to spine and contents. Else contents clean.

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