SOCIETY IN THE NEW REIGN
Written by T.H.S. Escott.
Stock no. 2134951
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. 1st 1904. Good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Spine is browned with chipping and fraying to cloth at top and tail. Corners are worn with some bumping. Small part of a newspaper cutting stuck to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. A few margin marks. Some page edge nicks. Contents are generally still very good.

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ANECDOTES OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF LONDON DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by James Peller Malcolm.
Stock no. 2134926
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees And Orme. 2nd 1810. Fair condition.

Including The Charities, Depravities, Dresses, and Amusements of the Citizens of London During That Period; With a Review of the State of Society In 1807. To which is added a sketch of the domestic architecture and of the various improvements in the Metropolis. Illustrated with 45 engravings. Second Edition. Cloth spine with paper title onlay. Blue boards. Volume II front cover and prelim pages are almost detached, some other pages are loose, where stitching is starting to come undone. Marks and heavy bumping and wear to cover edges. Some foxing and browning. Possibly good candidate for rebinding! At the moment, a reading set only.

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ORIGINAL VIEWS OF LONDON
Written by E. Beresford Chancellor. Illustrated by Thomas Shotter Boys.
Stock no. 2134868
Published by The Architectural Press. 1st 1926. Good condition.

As It Is by Thomas Shotter Boys, 1842. A Reissue of the Complete Set of These Scarce and Valuable Delineations of London With Descriptive Notes to Each Plate and a Short Introduction by Chancellor. List of subscribers. 25 b/w plates. Dark red boards, gilt titles. Large format. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very uneven fading to covers and spine; bumping and some chipping with a bit of loss. Fraying to cloth at top of spine, with tear. Foxing throughout, but contents are generally still very good.

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A TOUR THROUGHOUT SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by J.T. Barber. Illustrated by J.T. Barber.
Stock no. 2134855
Published by T. Cadell and W. Davies. 1803. Fair condition.

Full brown leather, gilt titles and gilt decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers. Folding colour map and 20 sepia plates. Comprehending a General Survey of the Picturesque Scenery, Remains of Antiquity, Historical Events, Peculiar Manners and Commercial Situations of that Interesting Portion of the British Empire. xiii + 359 pages. Front cover is detached, but still present. Front endpapers are also detached, but loosely inserted. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing and browning.

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SCENES OF COMMERCE, BY LAND AND SEA; WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? ANSWERED
Written by Isaac Taylor.
Stock no. 2134853
Published by John Harris. 1839. Good condition.

Upon a plan arranged by The Late Rev. Isaac Taylor, of Ongar, Essex. Third edition. Engravings. Leather spine. Marbled boards. Wear and scuffing to leather spine; small splits to top on either side. Scuffing and wear to covers, with heavy bumping/wear to corners. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning.

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LOOKING AT CARRIAGES
Written by Sallie Walrond.
Stock no. 1822030
Published by Pelham Books. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w photos. Horse-drawn vehicles from 18 different countries. Black boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0720712823. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Light mark to lower corner of front board. Text block lightly browned. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased with creasing to laminate at spine.

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FLORA DOMESTICA: A HISTORY OF BRITISH FLOWER ARRANGING 1500-1930
Written by Mary Rose Blacker.
Stock no. 1822017
Published by The National Trust; Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. 1st USA 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The history of floral decoration from the delicate bouquets of the sixteenth century to the extravagant displays of the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Includes a useful guide to historic plant and flower varieties available today. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0707803802. Top edge of spine lightly worn with tiny nibble. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and scuffed to rear panel.

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WILDINGS 125 YEAR HISTORY 1874-1999
Written by Sheldon James; Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 1822012
Published by The Newport Printing Co.. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Wildings retail store in Newport's Commercial Street. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0907143210. Slight bumping and rubbing of board corners. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears and a few minor marks.

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THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
Written by Hans Wild; James Pope-Hennessy.
Stock no. 2134772
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

yhe story of the Palace of Westminster. B/w photos. Large format. Reprint. Browning to endpapers. Some foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is unevenly browned with a few marks.

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THE JACOBITE REBELLIONS 1689-1745 (MEN-AT-ARMS)
Written by Michael Barthorp. Illustrated by G.A. Embleton.
Stock no. 2134737
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0850454328.

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CHEPSTOW MISCELLANY
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1321079
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. 118 pages. 6 x8.5 inches. Excellent black and white drawings and photos throughout. Spine slightly bumped. Some foxding to spine edges. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper looks as though it has not been trimmed correctly - it is 1cm too tall for the book and the flaps are very large! Wrapper is creased at top edges where it is too tall.

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THE CITY OF NEWPORT THE GATEWAY TO WALES
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 1821925
Published by Rompdown Ltd. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. 317 Pages. ISBN: 9780955164101. Spine slightly cocked, contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at corners and a couple of closed tears (no loss) to top rear panel.

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