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THE NORTH WALES QUARRY HOSPITALS AND THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE QUARRYMEN
Written by Edward Davies.
Stock no. 1827792
Published by Gwynedd Archive Services. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The quarry hospitals of Dinorwig, Bethesda and Ffestiniog. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 311 pages. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0901337838. Minor bump to top of spine. Minor mark to rear board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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BEAKER POTTERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D.L. Clarke.
Stock no. 1827744
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Gulbenkian Archaeological Series. Volume 1 outlines the basis of classification and discusses the analysis of the material. Volume 2 contains line drawings of all known surviving complete examples of British Beaker pottery drawn at one-third size, detailed inventories of all known examples giving their finding-place, description, dimension and present whereabouts. Large format. Brown cloth boards, Gilt title on black title label to spine. B/w illustrations. Top edges brown. A heavy set. ISBN: 0521072492. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are a little grubby to rear panels.

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SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF CAISTER CASTLE
Written by Dawson W. Turner.
Stock no. 1827724
Published by Whittaker & Co.. 1st 1842. Almost very good condition.

Full title is: Sketch of the History of Caister Castle, Near Yarmouth; Including Biographical Notices of Sir John Fastolfe and of Different Individuals of the Paston Family. Edited by Dawson Turner. Cloth boards with blind tooling and borders to both sides. Gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Pedigree of Paston family folds-out to rear. Spine browned, worn & frayed at top & tail. Boards a little marked. Some scattered foxing mainly to margins.

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THE POLITICS OF THE BRITISH ARMY
Written by Hew Strachan.
Stock no. 1327421
Published by Oxford University Press; The Clarendon Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. 311 pages. ISBN: 0198206704. Spine slightly bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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CIVIL WAR AND RESTORATION IN THE THREE STUART KINGDOMS
Written by Jane Ohlmeyer.
Stock no. 1327360
Published by Four Courts Press. 2nd 2001. Very good condition.

The Career of Randal MacDonnell, Marquis of Antrim. Four Courts History Classics series. Second edition. Cardwraps. 363 pages. ISBN: 1851826262. Slight creasing to covers and slight fading to spine. Remains of a label to rear cover.

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HISTORIC HASTINGS
Written by J. Manwaring Baines.
Stock no. 1827703
Published by Cinque Port Press Ltd.. 1st thus 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Amended and revised edition. Red boards, gilt titles. 438 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0948869003. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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HISTORY OF BRITISH AVIATION 1908-1914
Written by R. Dallas Brett.
Stock no. 1827687
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

'Although there have been many publications dealing with various incidents of early aviation and individual experiences of early aviators, Mr Dallas Brett is the first author to review the whole tangled mass of data and to present a comprehensive picture of the whole exicitng early years of aviation. In this book is given a coherent story of Great Britain's part in the conquest of the air by the human race.' Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine, blind title to front. B/w photos. xxiv and 388 pages including index. Top corners of boards bumped. Lower corners lightly worn. Horizontal edges of boards lightly faded. Endpapers & text block browned. Contents clean. Scarce dustwrapper is grubby and marked, Closed tear (no loss) to top front panel.

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THE DISTRICT CONTROLLER'S VIEW No.12 THE MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN JOINT RAILWAY
Written by W.S. Becket.
Stock no. 1327226
Published by Xpress Publising. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. B.R. 1950s Steam Operating. Train and Traffic Operations over the M&GN during the 1950s. Full Working Timetable (Passenger & Goods). Engine Diagrams, Carriage Workings and Locomotive Allocations 1950-60. ISBN: 9781901056372. Minimal rubbing to corners else a fine copy (pencil price/stock markings to first page).

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THE DISTRICT CONTROLLER'S VIEW No.7 YORK - NEWCASTLE
Written by Michael Millar.
Stock no. 1327224
Published by Xpress Publising. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. B.R. 1950s Steam Operating. Train and Traffic Operations over the North Eastern main line during the 1950s. Working Timetable (Passenger & Goods). Engine Workings - Engine Allocation and Movements 1950-60. ISBN: 1901056147. Slight rubbing to corners else a fine copy (pencil price and stock number to top margin of first page).

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DUBLIN BE PROUD
Written by Pat Liddy. Illustrated by Pat Liddy.
Stock no. 1327177
Published by Chadworth Limited. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In celebration of Dublin's Millennium Year 1988. Large format. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 196 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951251015. Spine and corners bumped. Some light marks to covers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased with a couple of small tears.

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THE SEVEN BISHOPS OF MONMOUTH
Written by Arthur Edwards.
Stock no. 1327159
Published by Arthur Edwards. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

In celebration of the 75th birthday of the diocese of Monmouth. White card wraps. B/w illustrations. Covers slightly edge rubbed and grubby. Contents fine.

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MERLIN'S MAN
Written by Lansdale Humphreys.
Stock no. 1327157
Published by P.M. Heaton Publishing. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Love, War and Adventure in the Life of a Welsh Seafarer (Richard Humphreys). Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 187200606X. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper has a light mark (label residue?) to front panel and is very slightly edge creased.

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