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AN HISTORICAL TOUR IN MONMOUTHSHIRE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by William Coxe. Illustrated by R.C. Hoare.
Stock no. 1327737
Published by T. Cadell. 1801. Good condition.

Two volumes. Full brown calf binding, red title labels to spine. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations and maps, some fold-out. Spines rebacked retaining original title-strips. Covers are very edge-worn and scuffed. New endpapers. Two names in ink to top margins of title-pages of both volumes (one name crossed out in each volume). Heavy foxing to contents and a musty (antiquarian) smell to contents. All plates are present. Fold-out map of Monmouthshire to volume 1 has been neatly repaired on verso with clear tape. Plan of Monmouth in volume 2 (pg292) has been neatly/professionally repaired and plan of Chepstow in volume 2 (pg357) has a small hole to it (not affecting any text or the illustration).

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THE RURAL INDUSTRIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES I
Written by Helen E. Fitzrandolph; M. Doriel Hay.
Stock no. 1327705
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1926. Good condition.

Vol 1: Timber and Underwood Industries and Some Village Workshops. A Survey made on behalf of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute Oxford. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Red ink(?) stain to rear cover edges. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents.

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF WALES
Written by R.T. Jenkins; William Rees.
Stock no. 1327650
Published by University of Wales. 1st 1931. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. xiv + 218 pages. Spine slightly bumped, covers edge rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Textblock is foxed at top and has a mark at fore-edge. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and chipped with some loss, spine and edges of wrapper are browned.

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THE NORTH WALES QUARRY HOSPITALS AND THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE QUARRYMEN
Written by Edward Davies.
Stock no. 1827792
Published by Gwynedd Archive Services. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The quarry hospitals of Dinorwig, Bethesda and Ffestiniog. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 311 pages. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0901337838. Minor bump to top of spine. Minor mark to rear board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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LLANISHEN FROM VILLAGE TO SUBURB
Written by Graham Horton.
Stock no. 1327475
Published by Graham Horton. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Blue cardwraps. 96 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0953692604. Wear and creases to corners of cover, crease to top edge of front cover which has slightly marked the title-page. Hinge after title-page is cracked.

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CRADLED IN COPPER THE STORY OF COPPERWORKS INFANT/NURSERY SCHOOL LLANELLI
Written by Isobel Sadler.
Stock no. 1327209
Published by Carmarthenshire County Council. 1st 1997. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. B/w illustrations. 150 Years 1847 to 1997. ISBN: 0906821290. Some rubbing to corners. Light crease to lower corner of front cover (also affecting the pages a little).

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RAMBLING SKETCHES FROM THE OLD CHURCHES IN THE DIOCESE OF LLANDAFF
Written by Chas B. Fowler. Illustrated by Chas B. Fowler.
Stock no. 1327174
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

Oblong format. White pictorial glazed boards. B/w illustrations. A reproduction of the 1896 edition. Limited to 1000 copies. ISBN: 0905928652. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some light browning to rear cover. Erased pencil writing to front pastedown, contents otherwise fine.

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THE SEVEN BISHOPS OF MONMOUTH
Written by Arthur Edwards.
Stock no. 1327159
Published by Arthur Edwards. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

In celebration of the 75th birthday of the diocese of Monmouth. White card wraps. B/w photos of the 7 Bipshops discussed. Covers slightly edge rubbed and grubby. Contents fine.

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MERLIN'S MAN
Written by Lansdale Humphreys.
Stock no. 1327157
Published by P.M. Heaton Publishing. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Love, War and Adventure in the Life of a Welsh Seafarer (Richard Humphreys). Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 187200606X. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper has a light mark (label residue?) to front panel and is very slightly edge creased.

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THE GOLDEN JUBILEE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND TORFAEN
Written by W.G. Lloyd.
Stock no. 1327156
Published by HSW Print. 1st 2002. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A definitive commemorative written souvenir for the people of Torfaen who are proud of the achievements of their reigning monarch. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 107 pages. ISBN: 0952054361. Minimal bumping to spine. Damp stain to rear cover and dustwrapper edges. Dampstain to rear pastedown else contents fine.

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BRECKNOCK & ABERGAVENNY AND MONMOUTHSHIRE CANALS
Written by R. Alan Stevens.
Stock no. 1327155
Published by Goose and Son. 1st 1974. Good condition.

Green card wraps. B/w photos. Towpath Guide No. 2. ISBN: 0900404264. Covers are edge rubbed. Tiny patch of surface paper damage to front cover. Spine is marked. "History Dept" written in biro to inside front cover. Page browning and foxing throughout else contents clean.

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SAINTS AND SAILING SHIPS
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1327142
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Vale Series Vol. IV. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Spine slightly bumped. Bookplate to front pastedown. Faint foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn.

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