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YESTERDAYS NEWPORT
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 2139277
Published by Terry Underwood. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Book One Photographs of Old Newport up to and including the Year 1920. A pictorial record describing the way we were, where we lived, worked and played; memories of yesterdays contributed by the people of Newport in Gwent. Brown cloth, gilt. Sepia photos. ISBN: 0907143008. Page edge browning; some marks. Wrapper is edge-creased with closed tear to rear panel; a few nicks.

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THE WAY WE WERE IN NEWPORT
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 2139276
Published by Terry Underwood. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Book Two: Photographs of Old Newport up to and including the Year 1950. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 095079080X. Some bumping and wear to covers. Small inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with a little writing to front flap; a few closed tears and chips; minimal loss.

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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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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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TREVETHIN PONTYPOOL
Written by Vaughan W.T. Rees.
Stock no. 2137878
Published by Hughes and Son Ltd.; Griffin Press. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition.

A Short History of the Parish and its Churches. Colour frontis, b/w photos. Red cloth with black title box to front cover. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some darkening to covers. Small inscriptions in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and marks to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.

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1898-1998 SERVE & OBEY: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF WEST MONMOUTH SCHOOL
Written by Arthur Crane.
Stock no. 1823612
Published by West Monmouth School. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. 129 pages. ISBN: 0953466809. Top edge of text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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LESSONS OF A LIFETIME: MEMORIES OF CHEPSTOW AND THE FOREST OF DEAN
Written by Brian Rendell; Keith Childs.
Stock no. 1823600
Published by Review Graphics. Circa 1983. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Memories centering around Lydney and the Forest of Dean. ISBN: 0951001205. Covers browned, scuffed and lightly creased through use. Text block lightly browned. A well-used book but still sound.

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MILITIAMEN AND SAPPERS
Written by Graham Watson.
Stock no. 2137408
Published by J.H. Hooper; E.D. Smeeden; R.J. Pope. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A History of The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) 1539-1996. Green leatherette covers. B/w photos. ISBN: 0952810204. Bumping to spine and corners. Name and date in ink to top of title page. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is scuffed with edge-creasing; a few tears and chips; minimal loss.

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HANDO'S GWENT VOLUME II
Written by Chris Barber. Illustrated by Fred J. Hando.
Stock no. 2137311
Published by Blorenge Books. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Front cover depicting The Monnow Bridge at Monmouth: back cover depicting Llanfoist Church. Superb b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0951044494. SIGNED by author to title page. A few light marks to outer page edges.

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ABOUT CHEPSTOW
Written by Ivor Waters; C. Gordon Jolliffe. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 2137310
Published by Newport & Monmouthshire Historical Association; The Chepstow Society. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An interesting account of Chepstow with 9 black and white illustrations and pictorial map. Preface by Jolliffe. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chips and nicks; faded to spine and edges.

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COLLIERIES OF WESTERN GWENT
Written by John Cornwell.
Stock no. 2136778
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. No. 3 in the Coalfield Series. B/w photos. ISBN: 0905928083. Some light browning starting to covers.

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