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JOURNAL OF A COUNTRY CURATE
Written by Francis Kilvert.
Stock no. 2138387
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1977. Slightly better than very good condition.

Abridged edition. Brown cloth spine, gilt titles. Pictorial boards. B/w photos. Selections from the diary of Francis Kilvert. Some light page browning. Slip case is almost very good - start of splitting along one edge; some fading to edges.

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AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS IN GLAMORGAN VOLUME IV PART II
No author listed.
Stock no. 1322853
Published by HMSO. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Domestic Architecture from the Reformation to the Industrial Revolution: Farmhouses and Cottages. An illustrated inventory plus exploration of the social background as well as the agricultural and economic basis for these buildings. B/w photos, diagrams plus over 100 maps. Scarlet cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 661pp includes index. 11.25 x 8.75". ISBN: 0113000200. Spine slightly bumped. Light creasing to wrapper edges.

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HANES ARDAL BRONWYDD A HISTORY OF THE AREA
Written by Arwyn Thomas.
Stock no. 1322849
Published by Carmarthenshire County Council. 1st 2002. Very good condition.

White cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos throughout. 287 pages. ISBN: 0906821614. Writing to dedication page - possibly by the author. Slight rubbing to cover edges. A few light marks to textblock.

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HOPKINSTOWN 1911: A WELSH RAILWAY DISASTER
Written by David J. Carpenter.
Stock no. 1823689
Published by Tempus. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the passenger train that collided with a stationary mineral train, becoming a scene of devastation. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0752432508. A nice copy.

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WALES AT WAR
Written by Phil Carradice.
Stock no. 1823687
Published by Gomer. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Giving voice to ordinary Welsh people who lived through the Second World War, and who have quite extraordinary tales to relate. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1843233215. A nice copy.

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PIERS OF WALES
Written by Martin Easdown; Darlah Thomas.
Stock no. 1823686
Published by Amberley. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and a few colour photos. ISBN: 9781848689206. Glue drying on inside joint where front cover sticks to half-title page, thus the front joint is pulled but binding is tight. Contents clean.

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WALES A WALK THROUGH TIME: FLAT HOLM TO BRECON
Written by Brian E. Davies.
Stock no. 1823683
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

A unique walk through a remarkable county using a historical perspective to enrich the journey. Card wraps. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781848687073. A nice copy.

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MONMOUTHSHIRE ITS HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY
Written by C.J.O. Evans.
Stock no. 1823679
Published by William Lewis. 1st 1953. Very good condition.

Small format. Red cloth. B/w photos. Cloth boards lightly rubbed at edges else nice and clean. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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DIWYLLIANT GWELEDOL CYMRU: Y GYMRU DDIWYDIANNOL
Written by Peter Lord.
Stock no. 1823675
Published by Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Text in Welsh. Title roughly translates to: The Visual Culture of Wales: Industrial Wales. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 070831497X. Lower edge of text block is slightly grubby. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and a little grubby.

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WHEN WALES WENT TO WAR 1939-45
Written by John O'Sullivan.
Stock no. 1823674
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Beginning with a vivid account of the blitz in Wales, and ending with more than fifty personal stories from Welsh people who were touched by the war at both home and abroad. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Second World War. ISBN: 0750938374. Light imprinting of ink to first couple of pages (printing process) else contents clean.

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ROGERSTONE (IMAGES OF WALES)
Written by Kim Fry.
Stock no. 1823673
Published by Tempus. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

The changing history of Rogerstone from a small hamlet into a sprawling suburb of the city of Newport is illustrated in this fascinating collection of over 170 photographs, maps and drawings charting the history of the village over the last two centuries. Cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 075243506X. One plain white label stuck on top of another plain white label to top edge of half-title page (not affecting any text). Otherwise contents clean.

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RAMBLES AND STUDIES IN OLD SOUTH WALES
Written by Wirt Sikes.
Stock no. 2137945
Published by Stewart Williams. 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A facsimile of the 1881 edition. B/w illustrations. Some light browning to top and tail of spine. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks; unevenly browned.

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