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ORCHIDS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND: A FIELD AND SITE GUIDE
Written by Anne Harrap; Siman Harrap.
Stock no. 1828160
Published by A. & C. Black. 2nd 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition. Complete coverage of all 56 species of wild orchid found in Britain and Ireland. Colour photos throughout. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781408105719. A lovely copy.

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THE KNIGHTS OF ISLAM: THE WARS OF THE MAMLUKS
Written by James Waterson.
Stock no. 1828159
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book sheds light on the deadly conflict between Christendom and Islam; analyses the Mamluk-Mongol War and the reasons for the Mamluks' eventual victory; explores the distinctive military society of the Mamluks. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781853677342. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a crease to lower front edge, has teh remains of a price-label to rear panel and is scuffed.

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ALTON PANCRAS: PEOPLE AND HOUSES 1841-2006
Written by Colin Dean. Illustrated by Mike Squires.
Stock no. 1327844
Published by Alton Pancras History Project. 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

White spiral bound cardwraps. B/w photos. 102 numbered pages (includes index and a couple of blank pages to rear). Textblock is slightly fingered. A near fine copy.

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A BOY IN TETBURY
Written by Frank Peters.
Stock no. 1327843
Published by John Peters, The Woodcock Press. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

A Cotswold boyhood. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 218 pages. ISBN: 0954233409.

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A HISTORY OF BRITISH NATIVE PONIES: FROM THE BRONZE AGE TO THE PRESENT DAY
Written by Anthony A. Dent; Daphne Machin Goodall.
Stock no. 1828158
Published by J.A. Allen. 1st thus 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published under the title The Foals of Epona in 1962. Reproduced from the original by J.A. Allen. A scholarly history of British Native ponies starting from the Iron Age, when the cult of the celtic goddess Epona, patroness of horse-breeders was widely diffussed in north-west Europe and was spread still wider by the Roman Empire. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations. ISBN: 0851314368. Pale foxing to boards. Text block browned. A few foxspots to contents, mainly to prelims. Pictorial dustwrapper has the remains of a label to front panel and is grubby to rear panel.

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MONMOUTHSHIRE EDUCATION: 1889 - 1974
Written by Trevor Morgan.
Stock no. 1327842
Published by Cwmbran Community Press Ltd.. 1988. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Light spotting and creasing to spine. Textblock slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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THE 'AZARDS O' CHIMUCK SZWIPPIN
Written by Keith Morgan. Illustrated by Doug Eaton.
Stock no. 1327841
Published by The Forest Bookshop. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green card wraps. B/w illustrations. The humourous and romantic character of the Forester. Poems mainly in the Forest of Dean dialect. ISBN: 0950592625. SIGNED by the author to half title-page. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed.

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FAUNA AND FLORA OF HAILEYBURY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828157
Published by Haileybury Naural Science Society. 3rd 1926. Very good condition.

Third Issue. Grey cloth boards, black title to front. No title to spine. Lists of Fauna and Flora found in Haileybury, Hertfordshire. 62 pages. A little fraying of cloth to board edges. Contents clean.

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CHEPSTOW TOWN GATE
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1327840
Published by Chepstow Town Council. 1986. Very good condition.

Card wrap booklet. ISBN: 0951125508. Spotting to spine edge of rear cover. Contents fine.

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BRUNEL'S TUBULAR SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER WYE
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1327839
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wrap booklet. 500 printed. B/w photos. Reprint of the 1856 pamphlet with additional illustrations and notes. ISBN: 090027834X. Some light foxing to rear cover. Light vertical crease to the margin of the fold-out plate at the back of the book. Contents fine.

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CHEPSTOW ROAD BRIDGES
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1327837
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

White cardwrap booklet. 500 copies printed. B/w illustrations. 19 pages. ISBN: 0906134099. Light crease to top corners of front cover and first few pages.

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THE ORIGIN OF CHEPSTOW RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
Written by Bernard Jarvis.
Stock no. 1327835
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

White card wraps. ISBN: 0900278420. Staple are rusty causing small brown marks inside covers. Contents otherwise fine.

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