THE FLORA OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by S. Hamilton.
Stock no. 1828922
Published by John E. Southall. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Being a Catalogue of all the Flowering Plants known to be native to the County; and a guide to localities, together with a List of Ferns. Slim volume. 81 & xi pages including index. Boards browned, and a little marked. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Endpapers and text block browned. Hinges a little pulled but binding tight. A few light creased corners. Ink blot to vertical margin of pages 50-66. Else contents clean.

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GOWER (NN 99)
Written by Jonathan Mullard.
Stock no. 1328591
Published by Collins. Circa 2006. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 99. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780007160679. Still in original shrinkwrap so cannot identify the edition.

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COLLECTED VERSE
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828872
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

By the Chepstow historian. Limited to 100 copies of which 20 were signed. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 112 pages. ISBN: 0950007994. SIGNED & dated by the author (with best wishes) to front endpaper. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to text block and page edges. Front endpaper lightly creased. Contents otherwise clean. Plain light grey dustwrapper is slightly grubby, lightly creased across top edge, and browned to spine.

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THE STORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE VOLUME ONE
Written by Arthur Clark.
Stock no. 1828871
Published by Monnow Press. 2nd 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. Burgundy cloth boards, silver title to spine. From the earliest times to the Civil War. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0950661813. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to text block and page edges. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-rubbed with a few grubby marks.

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POEMS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828868
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited to 100 copies. Poems 1927-1987 by the Chepstow historian. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 68 pages. ISBN: 0906134382. Spine is slightly cocked. Front hinge is pulled wide but binding is tight (most likely a binding error). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby, a few small marks to rear panel.

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THE TALE OF A WYE FISHERMAN
Written by H.A. Gilbert.
Stock no. 1828866
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The history of the River Wye from a fisherman's point of view, from early times until the abolition of fresh-water netting. Light brown cloth boards, black titles. B/w photos. vii and 160 pages including index, plus 8 page Methuen's general literature list to rear. Pale fading to lower edge of boards with some rubbing of edges. Text block is browned and heavily foxed. Some scattered foxing to contents, mainly to margins. Blue dustwrapper is very browned (discoloured) and grubby, spine is scuffed, top & tail of spine and corners worn with a chip to top of spine.

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A GUIDE TO THE TAFF VALLEY FROM QUAKERS' YARD TO ABERFAN
Written by Mary E. Gillham; Clive Thomas; John Perkins.
Stock no. 1828857
Published by Merthyr Tydfil and District Naturalists' Society. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Depicting what may still be seen of the Industrial History, Geology, Natural History and Following the courses of the ancient Penydarren Tramway, Glamorgan Canal and the River itself. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Cardwraps. 66 pages. Covers are lightly browned. Grubby margin marks to last page (not bad). Else contents clean.

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INNS AND TAVERNS OF THE CHEPSTOW DISTRICT
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by T.T. Birbeck.
Stock no. 1828854
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a 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". SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Top corner of boards bumped. top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block & endpapers browned with some foxing. Grubby finger marks to page 14. The list of Chepstow Inns and their Landlords has some marked with a biro 'x' next to the name. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded and edge-worn.

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SWORD AND PLOUGHSHARE: THE STORY OF THE DE BOHUNS AND CALDICOT
Written by T.T. Birbeck.
Stock no. 1828853
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The early history of Caldicot and surrounding community. Limited to 600 copies. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 180 pages. ISBN: 0900278153. Minor mark to rear board. Base of spine lightly shelf worn. Pale foxing to endpapers. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, has some foxing to verso and flaps, lightly worn at horizontal edges with a few tiny closed tears (no loss).

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MEMOIRS OF MONMOUTH-SHIRE 1708
Written by Nathan Rogers. Illustrated by Linda Waters.
Stock no. 1828852
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st thus 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1708, this edition limited to 100 copies 1978. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 95 pages. ISBN: 0906134021. Minor foxing to text block else a lovely copy. White pictorial dustwrapper with green titles is lightly edge-rubbed.

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HENRY MARTEN AND THE LONG PARLIAMENT
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828850
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first English republican and a leading opponent of Charles I and later of Oliver Cromwell. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 79 pages. ISBN: 0900278188. Heavy knock to top front board corner which is impacting the top corner of contents (very minor). Pencil erasure mark to top of front endpaper. Previous owner's address label to front pastedown. Contents clean. Green & white dustwrapper is grubby & scuffed, rubbed at corners, top front corner repaired with a white label to front and masking tape to rear.

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LADY CHARLOTTE GUEST: THE EXCEPTIONAL LIFE OF A FEMALE INDUSTRIALIST
Written by Victoria Owens.
Stock no. 1828606
Published by Pen & Sword. 1st 2020. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When impoverished artistocrat Lady Charlotte Bertie married wealthy Welsh ironmaster John Guest of Dowlais in 1833, her relatives looked on with dismay. Charlotte championed Welsh culture and translated the Mabinogion into English. She also taught herself John's business from the inside. When John died in 1852, she replaced him as head of the ironworks. This book traces the ardent, creative years of her first marriage, explores her determination - widowed - to preserve John's legacy, and observes her growing devotion to the scholarly Charles Schreiber, her sons' tutor. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. x and 214 pages including index. ISBN: 9781526768810. Lower corners of boards bumped else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at bumped corners.

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