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WANDERINGS AND EXCURSIONS (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Roscoe.
Stock no. 1606432
Published by C. Tilt and Simpkin and Co.. Almost very good condition.

Two volumes: 'Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales, including The Course of the Wye' and 'Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales'. With 48 and 51 plates respectively. Engravings by Radclyffe. Full burgundy leather bindings with gilt titles and decoration. Small bookplates to front pastedowns. Some scuffing to leather, with a little surface loss on board edges of the North Wales volume. Plate for Brecon Church (p.262, South Wales) is detached, and plate at p.260 is partially detached. Partial cracking to front joint of South Wales volume. All plates present.

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THE HISTORICAL ANTIQUITIES OF HERTFORDSHIRE
Written by Henry Chauncy.
Stock no. 1712811
Published by Ben Griffin. 1st 1700. Good condition.

Large format. Full leather binding with raised bands to spine and gilt title and decoration to spine, gilt borders to covers. Only 500 copies printed. Reference book states 66 engravings including 2 maps, no list of plates in volume. Subtitle: "with the Original of Counties, Hundreds or Wapentakes, Boroughs, Corporations, Towns, Parishes, Villages and Hamlets. The Foundation and Origin of Monasteries, Churches, Advowsons, Tythes, Rectories, Impropriations and Vicarages in General. Describing the County..." 1 or 3 plates missing, depending on your research, a missing plate is North Prospect of Town of Hertford. Leather edges worn with small split at top of spine. Front endpaper almost detached, but otherwise binding sound but front and rear joints showing. Previous owners notes to first blank page which has a corner loss. 1 plate has a little margin loss, 2 plates have closed tears. Some page browning particularly to pages at rear of book.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XVI 1841
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710405
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1841. Very good condition.

Library Binding. July to December 1841. iv 700 pages, b/w illustrations. Includes: The Broadway Chapel, Westminster; Fire at Astley's Theatre; Timber Houses; Loss of life when a boat being launched at Rotherham overturned with 150 people on board; Landslip at Sidmouth; new Lighthouse on the Godwin sands; Restoration of Chepstow Church; Trial of the performance of propeller driven versus paddle driven steamer; proposed new suspension bridge from Hungerford market to Lambeth; notes on Ross's expedition to the South pole with ships Erebus and Terror (note later lost in the search for the North west passage); Abbatial Grange near Yeovil; Triangular Lodge at Rushton, Northamptonshire; Population Britain 26,856,028; Huge fire at South Molton in Devon destroyed 107 houses; Derby town hall destroyed by fire; fire in the Tower of London; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events, obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XV 1841
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710404
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1841. Very good condition.

Library Binding. January to June 1841. iv 698 pages, b/w illustrations. Includes: Repairs of the Temple Church , London; New schoolhouse at Garsington, Oxfordshire; The appointment of Regimental Schoolmistresses; Repair of Whitby Abbey; Roman find at Risingham, Northumberland; Three churches in Dundee destroyed by fire; Serious flooding on the Thames; Conway Castle; trial of the Earl of Cardigan for shooting someone in a duel; St. Paul's Cray church, Kent; proposed school at Eversholt; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events,obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XIII 1840
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710403
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1840. Good condition.

Library binding. January to June 1840. iv 695 pages, b/w illustrations Includes: The Royal Palace of Greenwich; Dialect of Dorsetshire; Topography of Southport; Ancien ship at Mount's Bay; Shottesbrooke Church, Berkshire; Landslip at Lyme Regis; Penny Postage commenced; Trial of the Newport Chartist Rebels; marriage of Victoria and Albert; Carved Ceiling at Black Boy Inn, Chelmsford; First Stone laid of St. Thomas's Hospital; The New Postage system; Estimates for the erection of Nelson's Column; Huge fire at York Minster; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events,obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers. 2 pages 225 & 226 are missing and replaced with loosely inserted photocopies.

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OLD AND NEW CHESTERFIELD ETC.
Written by Tatler; John Richard Walbran; Grant W. Macdonald; Alfred Wallis; J.J. Sheahan; John George Bishop; et al.
Stock no. 2112523
Almost very good condition.

This is EIGHT volumes collected and bound into one book. Titles are: Old and New Chesterfield; A Guide to Ripon, Fountains Abbey, Aldborough, Brimham Rocks, Newby Hall, Hackfall, Tanfield and Several Places of Interest in Their Vicinity; A Brief Account of the Parish of Holbeach and Its Church of All Saints; Bemroses' Guide to Matlock, Bakewell, Chatsworth; Haddon Hall etc.; Hand-Book to Beverley; The Practical Guide to the City of York; The Brighton Pavilion and Its Royal Associations; The Abbey of Saint Alban. Black leather spine and corners. Uneven browning and mottling to covers. Wear to cover edges and corners. Ink stamps to a few pages. Some foxing and browning. Some pages have been cut down severely at margins - but text all appears to be present.

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GUTO'R GLYN
Written by R. Gerallt Jones. Illustrated by Nicholas Parry.
Stock no. 2111306
Published by Tern Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

The Poets of the Princes Series, Volume I. Edited and translated by Jones. Brown leather spine. Limited edition to 100 copies, printed on hand-made paper. With etchings by Parry. A few marks to covers. Corners are bumped, with light wear. This is copy no. 56. SIGNED by translator and illustrator. A few margin marks. Page edges are uncut.

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A TOUR IN WALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 2109474
1778. Almost very good condition.

Volume TWO ONLY! The Tour in North Wales MDCCLXXIII. Leather binding. Many fold-out illustrations. Printed by Henry Hughes. Book appears to have a new, but contemporary looking leather spine, with raised bands, gilt decorations and red/green boxes. Scuffing and marks to covers, bumping and wear to corners. Ink stamp to front free endpaper. Some page browning and foxing.

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A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE THE HUNDRED OF USK
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 2109439
Published by Mitchell Hughes and Clarke. 1923. Very good condition.

Three volumes, Parts I, II and Index. Large format. 18" x 12". Beige cloth spine. Grey paperboards. Numerous b/w illustrations. Ex-lib. with some markings; remains of labels etc. inside; ink writing to bases of spines. Some browning; foxing to outer page edges. A few corners are heavily bumped.

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THE GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF ENGLAND
No author listed.
Stock no. 1206928
Published by J. Dodsley. 1st 1765. Very good condition.

Dark brown leather covers, more recent grey leather spine with raised bands and gilt titles. Large folding colour map to front. xi + 397 pages + 2 large folding b/w maps. Colour map has a closed tear repaired on verso. New endpapers.

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THE MOSS ROSE PRESS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters; Linda Waters; Bryan Woodfield.
Stock no. 1806809
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1985. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 150 copies. A complete list of the Chepstow Society and Moss Rose Press publications from 1948 to 1985. Green cloth. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906134331. SIGNED by all four authors and illustrators to front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly edge-creased. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE WATERING PLACES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND FASHIONABLE DIRECTORY ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS
No author listed. Illustrated by W.H. Bartlett.
Stock no. 1806586
Published by I.T. Hinton. 1831. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Three-quarters leather binding with gilt title to spine and marbled paper boards. Marbled endpapers. Engraved title page plus 30 engraved plates. Engraving by J.C. Allen. Edges rubbed, corners worn with some loss to leather at sides. Boards rubbed/scuffed. Front joint cracked, broken at bottom edge where leather has worn away from spine. Rear joint is sound. Some foxing present. Plate opposite page 149 is torn almost right across at the lower margin of the plate not affecting the plate itself. A few other plates may have small closed margin tears. Most plates have browning to margins of page. It is possible that there is a page or more missing at the end although the book appears to be complete in itself - the last printed page number is 216 and this ends partway through a sentence. Overall, a good working copy.

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