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THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS 24TH FOOT 1689-1937
Written by C.T. Atkinson.
Stock no. 2137737
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. 52 plates of which 23 are colour. Folding maps. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and page margins.

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THE DROVERS' ROADS OF WALES II PEMBROKESHIRE AND THE SOUTH
Written by Shirley Toulson.
Stock no. 2137101
Published by Whittet Books. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos by Caroline Forbes. ISBN: 0905483987. Some light cover corner creasing.

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WYNNS: THE LAST 20 YEARS
Written by John Wynn.
Stock no. 2135767
Published by P.M. Heaton Publishing. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Sequel to Wynns The First 100 Years. Wynns was founded in 1863 to satisfy the demand in South Wales for road transport. Large format. Red glazed boards. B/w and a few colour photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 1872006140. SIGNED by author, with dedication to a previous owner to verso of front endpaper. Pale page edge browning.

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LOOK BACK AT OLD ABERBEEG & LLANHILLETH VOLUME 1
Written by Ray Morris; Malcolm Thomas.
Stock no. 1822465
Published by Old Bakehouse Publications. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Within close proximity of each other, the towns of Llanhilleth and Aberbeeg were once vitally important centres in terms of industrial wellbeing in the western valley of Monmouthshire, South Wales. A portrait of a meaningful and most interesting past. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1874538972. Spine slightly cocked. Boards clean and bright as are the contents. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to spine.

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THE DIARIES OF JOHN BIRD OF CARDIFF
Written by John Bird; Hilary M. Thomas.
Stock no. 1822395
Published by South Wales Record Society; Glamorgan Archive Service. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Clerk to the first Marquess of Bute 1790-1803. John Bird, prominent citizen and life-long resident of Cardiff, wrote his diary in order to keep his employer - the first Marquess of Bute - informed about local events concerning Cardiff Castle and its vast estates in Glamorgan. Edited by Hilary M. Thomas. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Map to endpapers. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0950867632. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, and rubbed at top edges.

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A TOUR THROUGHOUT SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by J.T. Barber. Illustrated by J.T. Barber.
Stock no. 2134855
Published by T. Cadell and W. Davies. 1803. Fair condition.

Full brown leather, gilt titles and gilt decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers. Folding colour map and 20 sepia plates. Comprehending a General Survey of the Picturesque Scenery, Remains of Antiquity, Historical Events, Peculiar Manners and Commercial Situations of that Interesting Portion of the British Empire. xiii + 359 pages. Front cover is detached, but still present. Front endpapers are also detached, but loosely inserted. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing and browning.

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ROAD TRANSPORT SOUTH EAST WALES
Written by Paul Heaton.
Stock no. 1821935
Published by P.M. Heaton Publishing. 1st 2006. Fine condition.

Featuring businesses in South East Wales, two of which started out carrying on household removals before graduation into general haulage operating curtainsider and van traffic. Another has been involved as civil engineers and road surface contractors. Another a major operator of modern eight-wheel tippers, and pioneer in waste management. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1872006221. A lovely copy.

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THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES VOL IV
Written by John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley.
Stock no. 2134499
Published by Vernor & Hood. 1st 1803. Very good condition.

Brown leather spine and corners. Raised bands, gilt title to spine. Marbled boards and endpapers. Includes Devonshire and Dorsetshire. 29 b/w plates. 560 pages + booklist. Spine is faded; a few scuffs. Browning and foxing to covers and pages internally.

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THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES VOL VI
Written by John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley.
Stock no. 2134256
Published by Vernor & Hood. 1st 1805. Very good condition.

Brown leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine, gilt title; marbled boards. Hampshire and Herefordshire. Beauties of England and Wales Series. 28 plates. Spine is faded; a few marks. Browning to cover edges; a few foxspots. Page browning and some foxspots throughout; a few margin marks.

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THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES VOL V
Written by John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley.
Stock no. 2134255
Published by Vernor & Hood. 1st 1803. Very good condition.

Brown leather spine and corners, marbled boards. Raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Contains 736 pages + booklist, index. B/w plates. Durham, Essex and Glocestershire (sic). Part of Beauties of England Series. Leather spine has faded, with a few marks. Browning to cover edges; some foxing. Browning and foxing to pages throughout. A few pages have margin edge loss.

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WYNNS THE FIRST 100 YEARS
Written by John Wynn.
Stock no. 1819938
Published by P.M. Heaton Publishing. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Red glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. The story of the heavy haulage firm based in South Wales. ISBN: 1872006094. SIGNED by the author (gift dedication) to verso of free front endpaper. Very slight fading to spine.

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A CELEBRATION OF THE GRANTING OF THE ROYAL CHARTER TO THE WORSHIPFUL LIVERY COMPANY OF WALES: CWYMNI ANRHYDEDDUS LIFRAI CYMRU
Written by Bryan Marsh.
Stock no. 1819083
Published by The Worshipful Livery Company Of Wales. 1st 2014. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A record of the presentation of a Royal Charter on June 7th, 2014, by the Lord-Lieutenant of South Glamorgan, Dr Peter Beck, to The Worshipful Livery Company of Wales, formerly known as the Welsh Livery Guild. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781903529249.

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