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THE BRECON FOREST TRAMROADS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AN EARLY RAILWAY SYSTEM
Written by Stephen Hughes.
Stock no. 1829128
Published by The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

Did iron railway bridges exist before George Stephenson? This book shows that such bridges were built in South Wales thirty years before the construction of Stephenson's Gaunless Viaduct on the Stockton and Darlington Railway and explains where to see these bridges today. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 367 pages including index. ISBN: 1871184053. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, covers lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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THE ART OF THE FIRST FLEET & OTHER EARLY AUSTRALIAN DRAWINGS
Written by Bernard Smith; Alwyne Wheeler.
Stock no. 1828619
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Smith & Wheeler. In 1788, the First Fleet landed in New South Wales, and European settlement in Australia began. Among those on board the eleven ships of the fleet were artists who recorded their impressions of the land, its indigenous people, its flora and fauna, and incidents or events which they considered significant. This volume contains many little-known works of art from the voyage and from the early years of settlement. Large format. Pale grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0300041187. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded, mainly to front panel.

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SOUTH-WEST WALES A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Vyvyan Rees.
Stock no. 1827991
Published by Faber & Faber. 2nd 1976. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Edition. B/w photos. Part of Dyfed The Old Counties of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0571048102. Minor foxing to text block else a lovely copy. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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FORGOTTEN RAILWAYS: SOUTH WALES
Written by James Page.
Stock no. 1827143
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Tip-in fold-out map to rear. ISBN: 0715377345. SIGNED by the author (with best wishes) to front endpaper. Bookplate to front pastedown is hidden by front flap of dustwrapper. Text block browned. Endpapers lightly foxed. A few marks to contents. Tipped in map present to rear. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut, lightly browned and has some foxing to flaps.

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THE SOUTH WALES MAIN LINE PART FOUR: BRIDGEND (WEST) TO SWANSEA
Written by John Hodge.
Stock no. 1827095
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The western part of the route into Swansea during the 1950s and 60s. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 1905184069. A few minor spots to text block else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor marks and light scuffing.

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THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH WALES 1750 - 1850: AN ESSAY
Written by A.H. John.
Stock no. 1826410
Published by University Of Wales Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The economic development of Sout Wales before the Great War was dominated first by the metallurgical industries and later by coal mining. This book is an analysis of this development in its first phase, which ended soon after the middle of the 19th century. Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Browning to top of spine and lower half of spine. Small split to base of spine. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is browned and grubby with a few minor foxspots, worn at corners. Musty odour present.

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THE BOOK OF SOUTH WALES, THE WYE, AND THE COAST
Written by Mr. S.C. Hall; Mrs. S.C. Hall.
Stock no. 1826404
Published by E.P. Publishing Limited. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile of the 1861 edition. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0715812335. Endpapers and textblock a little grubby. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly scuffed.

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THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL SURVEY OF SOUTH WALES VOLUME THREE PART 3: DEVELOPMENT
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826403
Published by University Press Board. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Deckle-edged. Ex-lib with usual stamps and markings.Foxing to textblock and a few page margins. Plain dustwrapper is foxed, browned to spine and has a library label to base of spine.

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THE SCENERY, ANTIQUITIES AND BIOGRAPHY OF SOUTH WALES
Written by Benjamin Heath Malkin; T.J. Hopkins. Illustrated by J. Laporte.
Stock no. 1826402
Published by S.R. Publishers Ltd.. 1st thus 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A reprint of the 1804 first edition with new foreword by T.J. Hopkins, Archivist at Cardiff Public Libraries. Folding map and b/w engravings. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0854096124. Base of spine lightly shelf-worn. Foxing to textblock and prelims. Else contents clean. Brown pictorial dustwrapper is worn at top of spine, lightly faded to spine, and is just a little scuffed.

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BLACK'S TOURIST'S GUIDE THROUGH THE COUNTIES OF GLOUCESTER, HEREFORD & MONMOUTH
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826389
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1860. Almost very good condition.

Small format. B/w illustrations. Modern brown library binding with gilt title to spine. Ex-lib, Library label to front endpaper. Stamp to verso of frontis, contents clean but browned. Library repairs to hinges using white tape.

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SOUTH GLAMORGAN: A COUNTY HISTORY
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1826108
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Stewart Williams. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807199. Light shelf wear to base of spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and scuffed.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS PAST AND PRESENT No. 26 SOUTH WALES PART 1: GWENT AND ROUTES TO DOWLAIS AND MERTHYR
Written by Don Gatehouse; Geoff Dowling.
Stock no. 1325324
Published by Past and Present Publishing Ltd.. 1996. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Over 260 photographs in colour and b/w. ISBN: 1858950821. Some slight rubbing to cover edges. Pale page edge browning else contents clean.

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