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SOUTH GLAMORGAN: A COUNTY HISTORY
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1826108
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Stewart Williams. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807199. Light shelf wear to base of spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and scuffed.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES
Written by D. Emrys Evans.
Stock no. 1325627
Published by University of Wales. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

This historical sketch throws much light on the character and problems of a university. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss and heavily foxed.

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READING: OUR TOWN 1950-2001
Written by Harold Hill.
Stock no. 1826073
Published by Breedon Books Publishing Co.. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An illustrated record of the massive redevelopment that transformed Reading over the 50 years. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 185983275X. A few light 'spots' to front pastedown else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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WEEK ST. MARY VILLAGE: A COMMUNITY AT LARGE
Written by David M. Martin.
Stock no. 1826055
Published by David Martin. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

The village of Week St. Mary, in North Cornwall, has a rich and varied history reaching back some 2,000 years. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780955721908. A lovely copy.

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RAILWAY MOTOR BUSES AND BUS SERVICES IN THE BRITISH ISLES 1902-1933 VOLUME ONE
Written by John Cummings.
Stock no. 1826040
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860930114. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Small pencil erasure mark and couple of tiny pen marks to top of front endpaper. Light foxing to half-title page. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut orange pictorial dustwrapper has previous bookseller's price label to lower front flap, is lightly brronwed and lightly rubbed at edges.

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THE ORNAMENTAL WILDERNESS IN THE ENGLISH GARDEN
Written by James Bartos.
Stock no. 1826037
Published by Unicorn. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition.

A survey of the designed landscapes of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781914414350. Minor rubbing to corners else a lovely copy.

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THE BOOK OF KINGSTON
Written by Shaan Butters.
Stock no. 1826035
Published by Baron Birch. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. The story of Kingston in Surrey. ISBN: 0860235629. Light scuffing to boards. Slight grubbiness to text block. Contents clean. Number 346 of a Limited Edition.

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BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE: THE 1914 CAMPAIGN
Written by Andrew Rawson.
Stock no. 1825690
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book concentrates on the British Expeditionary Force's defensive actions during the retreat from Mons through to the advance to the River Aisne, then the first days of trench warfare and its move north to Ypres, where is endured three long weeks of German attacks. Includes many b/w maps. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 9781473823839. Top of spine bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper has corresponding crease to top of spine (minor).

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AA COMMAND: BRITAIN'S ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Colin Dobinson.
Stock no. 1825678
Published by Methuen. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Britain's Anti-Aircraft Defences of the Second World War. B/w tables, photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0413765407. A lovely copy with no significant faults.

Price: £105.00 £75.00.

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SUDBROOK PULP MILL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1825640
Published by The Wiggins Teape Group. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. brown patterned boards. B/w photos. Boards browned and rubbed at corners. Contents clean. Includes a letter regarding the opening of the Mill.

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A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE HUNDRED OF CALDICOT (PART I OF VOLUME IV)
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1825630
Published by Mitchell Hughes and Clarke. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition.

Very large format. Cloth spine. Paper boards with black titles. Part I of Volume IV. From the coming of the Normans into Wales down to the present time. Containing the following parishes and hamlets in the hundred of Caldicot: Chepstow, St. Arvans, Penterry, Mounton, Mathern, St. Pierre, Runstone, Portskewet, Sudbrook, Caldicot, Ifton, Caerwent, The Chace or Forest of Wentwood. Boards rubbed and worn at corners, boards marked, spine grubby. Name in ink to front pastedown. Front joint starting to crack but binding is tight. Scattered foxspots (pale) throughout and a few instances of grubby fingermarks to margins. Newspaper cutting pasted to rear pastedown. Some pencil annotation.

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A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE HUNDRED OF CALDICOT (PART III OF VOLUME IV)
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1825629
Published by Mitchell Hughes and Clarke. 1st 1933. Very good condition.

Very large format. Cloth spine. Paper boards with black titles. Part III of Volume IV. From the coming of the Normans into Wales down to the present time. Containing Title, Indices of Names and Places, Addenda and Corrigenda (Together with 5 plates to be intserted in Parts I and II). Colour folding map frontis showing the Hundred of Caldicot. Boards waterstained, marked and browned. Score mark to rear board and slight surface paper damage to top rear corner. Boards slightly bowed. A few fingermarks and foxspots to contents. Frontis map is beautifully clean and bright.

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