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THE HORN OF MERLYNS
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 816608
Published by Collins. 3rd 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Some marks to covers. Corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper is faded to spine with chips and grubby marks.

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PETER AND HIS PALS
Written by Lilian Cheesman.
Stock no. 444130
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth with dark green titles. Colour frontis + 5 colour plates. Wrapper chipped and grubby.

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SID'S TALKS
Written by Sid Wright.
Stock no. 816542
Published by E.J. Thurston. 1st 1946. Slightly better than good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The author was managing director of the Herefordshire Fruit Company and contributed articles to the Hereford Times and The Grocer. This is a collection of those articles. Limited edition. B/w photos. Copy no. 163. SIGNED by author. Covers discoloured at edges. Contents near fine. Wrapper grubby and torn with 3 inch loss to base of spine.

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MONOGRAPHS & COLLECTIONS I ROMAN SITES
Written by George C. Boon.
Stock no. 816556
Published by Cambrian Archaeological Association. 1978. Nearly fine condition.

Excavations in Wales. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Large folding b/w plans.

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MONOGRAPHS & COLLECTIONS I ROMAN SITES
Written by George C. Boon.
Stock no. 816562
Published by Cambrian Archaeological Association. 1978. Fine condition.

Excavations in Wales. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Large folding b/w plans.

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THE HISTORY OF WALES
Written by B.B. Woodward.
Stock no. 816528
Published by Virtue And Co.. 1854. Almost very good condition.

From the Earliest times to it's final incorporation into the Kingdom of England with notices of its Physical Geography, and Mineralwealth, and of the Religion and Literature, Laws, Customs, manners and Arts of the Welsh. Black leather spine and corners. Gilt title to spine. Marbled edges. 76 b/w plates (including illustrated title page). 608 pages. Book: all plates present. Front joint slightly split. Corners and spine edges worn. REDUCED FROM £150.

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ADVENTURE ABOVE THE CLOUDS
Written by F.V. Monk; H.T. Winter.
Stock no. 816509
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1936. Very good condition.

A summary of mankind's aerial achievements. With Eight Half-tone Plates and Diagrams. Red cloth boards, black titles. 224 pages. Top corner of front cover has a diagonal crease. Bookplate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

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HERALDIC VISITATIONS OF WALES
Written by Samuel Rush Meyrick.
Stock no. 816480
Published by William Rees. 1st 1846. Slightly better than good condition.

Very large format. 14.5 x 11 inches. Two volumes. Gilt titles to spines. Numerous b/w illustrations. Lithograph of drinking horn as frontis to Vol I. B/w frontis to Vol II. List of subscribers in Vol I. Pagination: Vol I xxxii + 340 pages; Vol II 370 pages. Inscriptions in ink to front endpapers. Corners bumed and worn. Top and tail of spines bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly scuffed. Contents very good.

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MUSICAL AND POETICAL RELICKS OF THE WELSH BARDS
Written by Edward Jones.
Stock no. 816482
Published by Edward Jones. 1794. Very good condition.

Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards: Preserved, by Tradition and Authentic Manuscripts, From Very Remote Antiquity; Never Before Published. To the Bardic Tunes are Added Variations for the Harp, Harpsichord, Violin or Flute: With a Select Collection of the Pennillion and Englynion, or, Epigrammatic Stanzas, Poetical Blossoms, and Pastoral Songs of Wales With English Translations. Likewise a General History of the Bards and Druids, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time: With an Account of Their Music and Poetry. To Which is Prefixed a Copious Dissertation on the Musical Instruments of the Aboriginal Britons. A New Edition Doubly Augmented and Improved. Large format. 13.5 x 9.5 inches. Full brown leather binding. Gilt titles, decorations and raised bands to spine. Marbled endpapers. B/w frontis after Loutherbourg. PLus one b/w plate of harps. viii + 183 pages including numerous pages of musical score. List of subscribers at front. Verso of frontis foxed. Some marks and browning to contents else generally clean. Board edges rubbed but overall a handsome copy.

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PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS
Written by George H. Dunteman.
Stock no. 629711
Published by Sage Publications. 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Series: Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences. Card wraps. ISBN: 0803931042.

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BRITISH LARKS, PIPITS AND WAGTAILS (NN 78)
Written by Eric Simms.
Stock no. 629695
Published by Harper Collins. 1st thus 1992. Nearly fine condition.

New Naturalist Series No. 78. Cardwrap edition. B/w diagrams and photos. 320 pages. ISBN: 0002198703. Very light creasing to corners.

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THE ANCIENT CUSTOMS OF THE CITY OF HEREFORD
Written by Richard Johnson.
Stock no. 816426
Published by J.B. Nichols and Son; E.K. Jakeman. 1st 1868. Very good condition.

Brown cloth. Gilt title to spine. Full-colour half-title page. viii + 176 pages + 1 page Town Council list + 1 page list of Mayors + 1 page notes. 4 newspaper columns of obtuaries of Mr. Alderman Anthony pasted on first two blank pages. A small amount of ink annotation to text.

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