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CLOCK AND WATCH MAKERS IN WALES
Written by Iorwerth C. Peate.
Stock no. 1828869
Published by National Museum of Wales.
2nd
1960.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Second edition. An introduction to the study of clock and watch making in Wales, and in particular a guide to makers of clocks and watches in the Principality down to 1900. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos to rear. vi and 107 pages plus plates at rear. Boards clean. Endpapers & text block browned with minor foxing present. Contents otherwise clean. Cream dustwrapper is faded at edges, browned to spine and just a little grubby.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HOROLOGY
- CLOCKS
- WATCHES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
POEMS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828868
Published by Moss Rose Press.
1st
1987.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Limited to 100 copies. Poems 1927-1987 by the Chepstow historian. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 68 pages. ISBN: 0906134382. Spine is slightly cocked. Front hinge is pulled wide but binding is tight (most likely a binding error). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby, a few small marks to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- POETRY
- LIMITED EDITION
REMINISCENCES OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by J.H. Clark.
Stock no. 1828867
Published by County Observer Printing Works.
1st
1908.
Very good condition.
In two sections: Autobiography 116 pages; Reminiscences 197 pages plus errata page plus subscribers list. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. 8 b/w illustrations including frontispiece. Board edges rubbed. Spine is cocked. Text block browned. Black endpapers are grubby. Front hinge pulled but binding tight. Tissue guard to frontis is browned. A few foxspots to contents.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE TALE OF A WYE FISHERMAN
Written by H.A. Gilbert.
Stock no. 1828866
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd..
1st
1929.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The history of the River Wye from a fisherman's point of view, from early times until the abolition of fresh-water netting. Light brown cloth boards, black titles. B/w photos. vii and 160 pages including index, plus 8 page Methuen's general literature list to rear. Pale fading to lower edge of boards with some rubbing of edges. Text block is browned and heavily foxed. Some scattered foxing to contents, mainly to margins. Blue dustwrapper is very browned (discoloured) and grubby, spine is scuffed, top & tail of spine and corners worn with a chip to top of spine.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- ANGLING
- WALES
- WYE VALLEY
- FLY FISHING
- SALMON
CHEPSTOW SHIPS
Written by Grahame Farr.
Stock no. 1828865
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1st
1954.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Limited to 500 copies. B/w illustrations. The decline and fall of the Port of Chepstow, from the height of its prosperity. The shipyards, ferries and sailing vessels of the Port of Chepstow. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. xi and 215 pages including index. A little mottling to edges of boards. Text block browned, some foxing to top edge. Contents clean. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and spotted, lightly faded to spine, edge-worn with a few tears and small chips.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY
- MARITIME
- LIMITED EDITION
INNS AND TAVERNS OF CHEPSTOW AND THE LOWER WYE VALLEY
Written by Ivor Waters.
Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1828864
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1st
1976.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Limited to 250 copies. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. An expanded and largely rewritten version of the 1949 edition. vii and 147 pages and fold-out map to rear. ISBN: 0900278358. SIGNED (best wishes) by author and illustrator to front endpaper. Text block and page margins browned. Blue dustwrapper is faded to spine and has an old residue mark to rear.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY
- INNS
- LIMITED EDITION
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
CHEPSTOW ANNUAL, 1948
Written by Ivor Waters; et al.
Stock no. 1828862
Published by Ivor Waters.
1948.
Very good condition.
Published for Chepstow Labour Party. Pictorial paperwraps. Staple-binding. B/w illustrations. Not paginated. Covers just a little grubby and creased. Lower corner of contents creased. Contents lightly browned else generally clean, perhaps a couple of age related spots to margins. An interesting item.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- POLITICS
CHEPSTOW
Written by Theodore B.Y. Greene.
Stock no. 1828861
Published by The Health Resorts Association.
1908.
Almost very good condition.
The official publication of the district council. Beige cardwraps, staple-bound. 40 pages. B/w photos. Advertisements for the times. Covers browned, grubby and marked. Pages 19-22 (center pages) have come loose from the staples. Staples are rusty and starting to bleed. Contents a little grubby. Page 29 has a large, light greeen stain. An interesting booklet.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- GUIDE BOOKS
RAGLAN CASTLE AND THE CIVIL WAR IN MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by Arthur Clark.
Stock no. 1828860
Published by Newport & Monmouthshire Historical Association.
1st
1953.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of Raglan Castle and of the Civil War in Monmouthshire. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xi and 72 pages. Browing to endpapers, foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with a few closed tears (no loss).
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- CASTLES
- CIVIL WAR (ENGLISH)
- CIVIL WAR
CHEPSTOW: ITS CASTLE AND LORDSHIP
Written by Arthur Clark.
Stock no. 1828859
Published by Newport & Monmouthshire Historical Association.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Dark blue stiff cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 42 pages. Foreword by C. Gordon Joliffe. Minor knock to vertical edge of cardwraps, corners lightly rubbed. Foxing to text block. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- WYE VALLEY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- CASTLES
SCHOOL AND PLAY IN THE PARISH OF VAYNOR: FROM 1650 TO THE PRESENT
Written by Jack Evans; T.J. Harris.
Stock no. 1828858
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited.
1st
1983.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The educational situation as it affected the local children from this revolutionary period in the history of the Parish of Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 112 pages. ISBN: 0905928075. A nice, clean copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- EDUCATION
A GUIDE TO THE TAFF VALLEY FROM QUAKERS' YARD TO ABERFAN
Written by Mary E. Gillham; Clive Thomas; John Perkins.
Stock no. 1828857
Published by Merthyr Tydfil and District Naturalists' Society.
1st
1979.
Very good condition.
Depicting what may still be seen of the Industrial History, Geology, Natural History and Following the courses of the ancient Penydarren Tramway, Glamorgan Canal and the River itself. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Cardwraps. 66 pages. Covers are lightly browned. Grubby margin marks to last page (not bad). Else contents clean.