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WE REMEMBER IT WELL
Written by Joan Collins.
Stock no. 1610506
Published by Penarth Past Oral History Group. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

A Patchwork of Personal Recollections of Penarth. Glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1872808360. Some uneven fading to boards. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper.

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THE RIVER SCENERY AT THE HEAD OF THE VALE OF NEATH
Written by F.J. North.
Stock no. 2124796
Published by National Museum of Wales. 3rd 1949. Very good condition.

Third Edition revised and enlarged. Grey cardwraps. B/w photos. 110 pages including index plus 31 plates. Some wear to spine. Creasing to a few corners. White correction fluid to top of first (blank) page.

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CAERWENT PARISH CHURCH PAGES FROM ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2124686
Published by Caerwent Historic Trust. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Has facsimile pages from 1885 (6 pages) 1902 (2 pages) 1917 (4 pages). Also includes A Pre-Norman Cross from Caerwent and its Context by Mark Redknap (From Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol X and A Stone Axe Head from St. Brides By C.B. Burgess. A few marks to rear cover. Loose pages, bound together by plastic page binder.

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WARTIME MEMORIES: THE HOME FRONT IN CHEPSTOW 1939-1945
No author listed.
Stock no. 2124663
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900278471. A few indentation marks to covers, where book has been used to lean on while writing. Contents are excellent.

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OLD MONMOUTHSHIRE AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT
Written by Adolphe George Jones.
Stock no. 2124659
Published by Oakmagic Publications. 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Abridged edition. This account of the towns and villages of Monmouthshire was first published in 1906 and provides a vivid picture of this famous Border county as it was at the turn of the century. Green Cardwraps. Stapled booklet. 113 pages. ISBN: 1904330681. Light creasing to front cover edge. A few light foxspots.

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WARTIME MEMORIES: THE HOME FRONT IN CHEPSTOW 1939-1945
No author listed.
Stock no. 1815788
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900278471. Front cover a little grubby.

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MEMOIRS OF MONMOUTH-SHIRE 1708
Written by Nathan Rogers. Illustrated by Linda Waters.
Stock no. 1815780
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st thus 1983. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The text is copied from the 1708 edition. The only change is the modernization of the old long 's'. Misprints from the first edition have not been corrected, except those noted on an errata slip. This volume is a reprint of the 4th edition (Chepstow, 1978). Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906134021. Previous owner's small name & address label stuck across front flap of dustwrapper and front pastedown. Rear panel of dustwrapper has a few tiny closed edge tears.

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THE GEORGE AND THE GATE
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1815776
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. Centenary edition that includes Waters previous titles of: 'Margaret Clayton' and 'Chepstow Town Gate'. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900278463. Previous owner's small name & address label stuck to inside front cover.

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VINTAGE BUSES & TRAMS IN SOUTH WALES
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 2124604
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

200 vintage b/w photos from early horse buses to motor vehicles. ISBN: 0900807172. Some browning to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with fading to spine and a couple of edges.

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30 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN PASSENGER ROAD TRANSPORT
Written by Walter Dowding.
Stock no. 1815612
Published by Red & White. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

A history of the Red & White Group of Omnibus companies 1919-1949. Red cloth, gilt title to front cover. B/w photos. Small ownership label to front endpaper. Musty odour present.

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INNS AND TAVERNS OF CHEPSTOW AND THE LOWER WYE VALLEY
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1609703
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited to 250 copies. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. An expanded and largely rewritten version of the 1949 edition. vii and 147 pages and fold-out map to rear. ISBN: 0900278358. A little spotting to front board. SIGNED by author and illustrator on title page. Wrapper is faded to spine and edges; light foxing.

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THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY FROM GWENT
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1609698
Published by Ivor Waters. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Yellow card wraps. Poetry by the Chepstow historian. ISBN: 0950007978. SIGNED by author on title page (no dedication). Staples rusted.

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