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THE BOTANIST. THE BOTANICAL DIARY OF ELEANOR VACHELL (1879-1948)
Written by Eleanor Vachell; Michelle Forty; Tim Rich.
Stock no. 1828966
Published by National Museum of Wales. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

Eleanor Vachell was an outstanding amateur botanist of independent private means. This diary predominantly tells the story fo her botanical adventures with her friends during her quest to paint every British plant in the wild. Transcribed and edited from the original diary by Michelle Forty and Tim Rich. Large format. Cardwraps. 227 pages including index. ISBN: 0720005655. Laminate starting to peel back from vertical edge of front cover. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Covers and contetns lightly bowed. Contents are clean.

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INDEX OF COLLECTORS IN THE WELSH NATIONAL HERBARIUM
Written by S.G. Harrison.
Stock no. 1828958
Published by National Museum of Wales. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

This list of collectors whose specimens are represented in the Welsh National Herbarium is intended to provide details of sources for the specimens on herbarium sheets, in boxes or packets, or in bound volumes (the old-fashioned hortus siccus). It does not include most of the cultivated material, carpological and seed collections, timbers, slides, economic and spiritual collections, and miscellaneous curiosities. Brown cardwraps. 140 pages. ISBN: 0720002958. Covers unevenly faded. Rear cover a little grubby. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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WELSH FERNS: CLUBMOSSES QUILLWORTS & HORSETAILS
Written by G Hutchinson; B.A. Thomas.
Stock no. 1828947
Published by National Museum of Wales. 7th 1996. Very good condition.

7th edition. A descriptive handbook. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations and distribution maps. 265 pages including index. ISBN: 0720004357. Covers lightly scuffed, spine lightly creased through reading use. Name & postcode in ink to title page. Contents clean.

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CLOCK AND WATCH MAKERS IN WALES
Written by Iorwerth C. Peate.
Stock no. 1828869
Published by National Museum of Wales. 2nd 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second edition. An introduction to the study of clock and watch making in Wales, and in particular a guide to makers of clocks and watches in the Principality down to 1900. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos to rear. vi and 107 pages plus plates at rear. Boards clean. Endpapers & text block browned with minor foxing present. Contents otherwise clean. Cream dustwrapper is faded at edges, browned to spine and just a little grubby.

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MONMOUTHSHIRE HOUSES PART I MEDIEVAL HOUSES
Written by Cyril Fox; Lord Raglan.
Stock no. 1828856
Published by National Museum of Wales. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Study of Building Techniques and Smaller House-plans in the Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. B/w architectural drawings. 114 pages including index plus photos to rear. Light rubbing to board edges. Browning and foxing to endpapers and text block. A few scattered foxspots. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with a few small closed tears and a tiny chip.

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ENWAU CYMRAEG AR BLANHIGION WELSH NAMES OF PLANTS
Written by Dafydd Davies; Arthur Jones.
Stock no. 1327217
Published by National Museum of Wales. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Green cardwraps. 186 pages. English (and Latin) plant names along with the Welsh translations. ISBN: 0720004187. Light creases to corners and a bump to the top of the spine. Contents fine.

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WELSH FERNS CLUBMOSSES QUILLWORTS & HORSETAILS
Written by H.A. Hyde; A.E. Wade; S.G. Harrison.
Stock no. 1326537
Published by National Museum of Wales. 6th 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

6th edition. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A descriptive handbook. ISBN: 0720002109. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Light marks to covers. Pale page edge browning. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and top edges and slightly edge worn, small tear repaired to verso.

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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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AGRICULTURAL TRANSPORT IN WALES
Written by John Geraint Jenkins.
Stock no. 822733
Published by National Museum of Wales. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A catalogue and handbook describing the agricultural transport collection at the Welsh Folk Museum. Green boards. B/w photos and diagrams. 107 pages plus plates. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Contents fine. Corners bumped. Wrapper price-cut, a little edge-chipped and repaired with tape.

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EXCAVATIONS AT DINORBEN 1965-9
Written by Hubert N. Savory.
Stock no. 814092
Published by National Museum of Wales. 1st 1971. As new condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0720000483. Wrapper lightly marked.

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