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1898-1998 SERVE & OBEY: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF WEST MONMOUTH SCHOOL
Written by Arthur Crane.
Stock no. 1823612
Published by West Monmouth School. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. 129 pages. ISBN: 0953466809. Top edge of text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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SENGHENNYDD, THE UNIVERSAL PIT VILLAGE 1890-1930
Written by Michael Lieven.
Stock no. 1823609
Published by Gomer Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of how one of the largest pits in Wales came to be; how the village developed from a raw and dangerous 'frontier settlement' into a complex community characterised by a vast web of relationships and institutions. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 1859020437. Name in ink to top of front endpaper. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and slightly faded to spine.

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THE MINERS AND COAL LEVELS OF GWENT (BRITAIN IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS)
Written by Colin Spencer.
Stock no. 1823608
Published by The History Press. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Illustrating life as it was for the coal-level miners of Gwent throughout its industrial past. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Britain in Old Photographs series. ISBN: 9780752452517.

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THE WELSH POST TOWNS BEFORE 1840
Written by Michael Scott Archer.
Stock no. 1322822
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 137 pages. ISBN: 0900592060. Spine bumped. Some heavy foxing. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and lightly spotted.

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FAIR AND FASHIONABLE TENBY
Written by John Tipton.
Stock no. 1322812
Published by Tenby Museum. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Spiral bound pictorial paper wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0901906271. Some pages slightly edge creased.

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THE SPIRIT OF PENARTH
Written by Chris Thau.
Stock no. 1322810
Published by CHT Publishing. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One Hundred and Thirty-One Years of Seaside Rugby 1880-2011. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 366 pages. B/w photos throughout. Limited first edition of 500. ISBN: 9780957048409. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased and faded. This is copy no. 236.

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MILITIAMEN AND SAPPERS
Written by Graham Watson.
Stock no. 2137408
Published by J.H. Hooper; E.D. Smeeden; R.J. Pope. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A History of The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) 1539-1996. Green leatherette covers. B/w photos. ISBN: 0952810204. Bumping to spine and corners. Name and date in ink to top of title page. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is scuffed with edge-creasing; a few tears and chips; minimal loss.

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HANDO'S GWENT VOLUME II
Written by Chris Barber. Illustrated by Fred J. Hando.
Stock no. 2137311
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. SIGNED by author to title page. A few light marks to outer page edges.

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ABOUT CHEPSTOW
Written by Ivor Waters; C. Gordon Jolliffe. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 2137310
Published by Newport & Monmouthshire Historical Association; The Chepstow Society. 1st 1952. 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. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chips and nicks; faded to spine and edges.

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THE HANBURYS OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by Richard Hanbury Tenison.
Stock no. 2137104
Published by The National Library of Wales. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth, gilt title to spine. 383 pages. B/w photos. The story of the Hanbury family from the 13th century onwards. Small mark to front cover. Surface paper damage/lifting to edge of front and rear endpapers. Wrapper is unevenly faded; spine is totally faded.

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THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF LANDSCAPE: A GUIDE TO THE NEOLITHIC SITES IN CARDIGANSHIRE, CARMARTHENSHIRE & PEMBROKESHIRE
Written by George Children; George Nash.
Stock no. 2137102
Published by Logaston Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition.

Monuments in the Landscape Volume 5. Card wraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1873827997. Page browning.

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THE DROVERS' ROADS OF WALES II PEMBROKESHIRE AND THE SOUTH
Written by Shirley Toulson.
Stock no. 2137101
Published by Whittet Books. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos by Caroline Forbes. ISBN: 0905483987. Some light cover corner creasing.

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