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A REGIONAL HISTORY OF THE RAILWAYS OF GREAT BRITAIN VOLUME XII SOUTH WALES
Written by D.S.M. Barrie.
Stock no. 1327158
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 36 Plates, 11 maps and a folding map to rear. ISBN: 0715379704. Spine slightly bumped. Contents (including folding map) are fine.

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LANDSLIDES IN SOUTH WALES VALLEYS
Written by George Knox.
Stock no. 1827465
Published by The South Wales Institute Of Engineers. 1967. Almost very good condition.

Excerpt from Proceedings, Volume XLIII, nos. 2 and 3, 1927/28 with discussion. Pages 161-281 of said Proceeedings. Greem cardwraps. A few b/w photos and charts. Name in ink to front cover. A few grubby marks to covers. Glued binding is drying out but currently pages are holding although some hinges are weak. A few minor fox spots present.

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DAVID MORGAN 1833-1919: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A MASTER DRAPER IN SOUTH WALES
Written by Aubrey Niel Morgan.
Stock no. 1827463
Published by The Starling Press. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Biography of David Morgan, the founder of David Morgan Limited, department store in Cardiff. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0903434318. Light fading and vertical crease to spine. Text block browned. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and foxed, price-cut to front and rear flap.

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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 RHYMNEY RAILWAY VOLUME 1 THE MAIN LINE FROM CARDIFF
Written by John Hutton.
Stock no. 1827090
Published by Silver Link Publishing. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

A vivid impression of the South Wales Valleys of the late 19th and early 20th centuries when Coal was King. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1857942272. Corners lightly rubbed. Top edge of text block has a minor stain. Contents fine.

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IN SEARCH OF OWAIN GLYNDWR
Written by Chris Barber.
Stock no. 1826981
Published by Blorenge Books. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Owain Glyndwr was born of noble ancestry and the greatest living representative of the royal house of Wales. His uprising began at Glyndyfrdwy, North Wales, in 1400 with his followers proclaiming him Prince of Wales. A man ahead of his time with a political vision of a free Wales, with an independent senate, universities in the south and the north, to train Welshmen to the service of Wales, a Welsh Church independent of England and himself as the ruling prince. By 1410 Owain had become a hunted outlaw after suffering a series of defeats and disappeared into the mists of time to be remembered as a Welsh patriot whose exploits were comparable to those of the mighty King Arthur. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 187273006X. SIGNED with personal dedication to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE GLACIATIONS OF WALES AND ADJACENT AREAS
Written by Colin A. Lewis; Andrew E. Richards.
Stock no. 1826807
Published by Logaston Press. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Colin A. Lewis & Andrew E. Richards. Fifteen leading Geographers and Quaternary scientists have combined in this book to present information on the Quaternary development (and particularly the glaciations) of Wales, the Cheshire-Shropshire lowlands, Severn valley, South West Peninsula, the east coast of Ireland and the Irish Sea and adjoining Celtic Sea basins. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos, maps and diagrams. ISBN: 1904396364. Top corners of covers lightly creased, minor red mark to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

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FOLKLORE AND DIALECT OF THE LOWER WYE VALLEY
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1325937
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1973. Almost very good condition.

1000 copies printed of this edition. Green pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0900278161. Covers are lightly stained. Staples rusty. Crease to lower corner of front cover, also affects the pages. Date in biro to inside front cover. Foxing to textblock.

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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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