SWORD AND PLOUGHSHARE: THE STORY OF THE DE BOHUNS AND CALDICOT
Written by T.T. Birbeck.
Stock no. 1828855
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The early history of Caldicot and surrounding community. Limited to 600 copies. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 180 pages. ISBN: 0900278153. Three pale foxspots to top front edge of spine. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly worn at horizontal edges.

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INNS AND TAVERNS OF THE CHEPSTOW DISTRICT
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by T.T. Birbeck.
Stock no. 1828854
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. 8 b/w illustrations plus plan of Chepstow Inns. 103 pages including index. 8.5 x 5.5". SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Top corner of boards bumped. top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block & endpapers browned with some foxing. Grubby finger marks to page 14. The list of Chepstow Inns and their Landlords has some marked with a biro 'x' next to the name. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded and edge-worn.

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SWORD AND PLOUGHSHARE: THE STORY OF THE DE BOHUNS AND CALDICOT
Written by T.T. Birbeck.
Stock no. 1828853
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The early history of Caldicot and surrounding community. Limited to 600 copies. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 180 pages. ISBN: 0900278153. Minor mark to rear board. Base of spine lightly shelf worn. Pale foxing to endpapers. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, has some foxing to verso and flaps, lightly worn at horizontal edges with a few tiny closed tears (no loss).

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MEMOIRS OF MONMOUTH-SHIRE 1708
Written by Nathan Rogers. Illustrated by Linda Waters.
Stock no. 1828852
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st thus 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1708, this edition limited to 100 copies 1978. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 95 pages. ISBN: 0906134021. Minor foxing to text block else a lovely copy. White pictorial dustwrapper with green titles is lightly edge-rubbed.

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HENRY MARTEN AND THE LONG PARLIAMENT
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828850
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first English republican and a leading opponent of Charles I and later of Oliver Cromwell. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 79 pages. ISBN: 0900278188. Heavy knock to top front board corner which is impacting the top corner of contents (very minor). Pencil erasure mark to top of front endpaper. Previous owner's address label to front pastedown. Contents clean. Green & white dustwrapper is grubby & scuffed, rubbed at corners, top front corner repaired with a white label to front and masking tape to rear.

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LADY CHARLOTTE GUEST: THE EXCEPTIONAL LIFE OF A FEMALE INDUSTRIALIST
Written by Victoria Owens.
Stock no. 1828606
Published by Pen & Sword. 1st 2020. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When impoverished artistocrat Lady Charlotte Bertie married wealthy Welsh ironmaster John Guest of Dowlais in 1833, her relatives looked on with dismay. Charlotte championed Welsh culture and translated the Mabinogion into English. She also taught herself John's business from the inside. When John died in 1852, she replaced him as head of the ironworks. This book traces the ardent, creative years of her first marriage, explores her determination - widowed - to preserve John's legacy, and observes her growing devotion to the scholarly Charles Schreiber, her sons' tutor. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. x and 214 pages including index. ISBN: 9781526768810. Lower corners of boards bumped else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at bumped corners.

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GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME FIVE
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1328343
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Contributions by well-known historians and experts in various fields. Red cloth with gilt titles. B/w photos. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light damp(?) spotting to top edge of front cover. Endpapers lightly browned. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, small tear to lower edge of rear panel.

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HISTORY OF MERIONETH VOLUME II: THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by J. Beverley Smith; Llinos Beverley Smith.
Stock no. 1828483
Published by University of Wales; The Merioneth Historical And Record Society. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This second volume provides a study of the lands which were brought together to form the medieval county of Merioneth in 1284. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis depicting principal arms borne by Merioneth families. B/w photos. xxiv and 751 pages including index. ISBN: 070831709X. Includes a letter from the author to Ron Brunskill (authority on architectural history). Top & tail of spine shelf wron, a few minor marks to boards. Text block & front pastedown slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few closed tears and a little scuffed.

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MEMOIRS OF MONMOUTH-SHIRE 1708
Written by Nathan Rogers. Illustrated by Linda Waters.
Stock no. 1328194
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st thus 1983. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited to 200 copies. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906134021. Slight rubbing to wrapper edges and a small tear to top edge of rear panel.

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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE WELSH UPLANDS
Written by David Browne; Stephen Hughes.
Stock no. 1828431
Published by The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. 1st 2003. Almost very good condition.

Edited by Browne & Hughes. This book illustrates how important the uplands archaeology of Wales is as a resource for understanding the rich history of the country and for the future development of its society and economy. Pictorial card wraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 1871184266. Front joint broken and therefore separated from contents. Else contents are tight and clean.

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THE GARDEN OF WALES
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1328144
Published by Stewart Williams. 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Vale Series Vol III. B/w photographs of The Vale of Glamorgan. Burgundy boards with gilt title to spine. Second impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pale browning to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge rubbed.

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THE SUBMERGED CAVE
Written by M. Frow.
Stock no. 1328016
Published by Hutchinson's Books for Young People. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A complete story of the Intelligence Corps. Blue cloth, cream titles. 208 pages. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, some rubbing to cover edges. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with loss (mainly at spine), rear panel and spine are grubby.

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