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THE FLORA OF BRISTOL
Written by James Walter White.
Stock no. 1324730
Published by Chatford House Press Ltd.. 1972. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Being an Account of all the Flowering Plants, Ferns, and their Allies That Have at Any Time Been Found in the District of the Bristol Coal-Fields. A facsimile of the 1912 edition. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 722 pages. 3 b/w plates and a map. Limited to 400 copies. ISBN: 0950083658. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name plate and small address label to front free-endpaper. Light browning to endpapers. Edge of fold-out map has been slightly misfolded and now has a slightly ragged margin. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss, spine of wrapper is a bit grubby and front flap is creased.

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MATE'S ILLUSTRATED DEVONSHIRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1324519
Published by W. Mate & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1906. Good condition.

A descriptive and historical guide. Large format. Green boards, white titles. B/w photos. Covers scuffed and marked. Corners are bumped. Slight damage to front pastedown at inner margins (looks like the joint may have been glue repaired?). Red ink spots to textblock/page margins.

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BRISTOL AS IT WAS 1879-1874
Written by Reece Winstone.
Stock no. 1824114
Published by Reece Winstone. 2nd 1968. Very good condition.

2nd edition. Orange glazed boards. B/w photos. SIGNED by the author to free front endpaper (no dedication). Boards scuffed with a few marks. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

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BRISTOL IN THE 1880'S
Written by Reece Winstone.
Stock no. 1824112
Published by Reece Winstone. 1st 1962. Almost very good condition.

Yellow pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication) - page 31. Spine is rubbed at top & tail. Edges of covers rubbed and grubby. Front joint starting to pull. Hinges pulled. Binding still tight.

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BRISTOL IN THE 1890'S
Written by Reece Winstone.
Stock no. 1824110
Published by Reece Winstone. 2nd 1965. Very good condition.

Second edition. Lilac glazed boards. B/w photos. SIGNED by the author to free front endpaper (no dedication). Top corners of boards bumped. Boards lightly scuffed. Occasional foxspot. Slight musty odour present.

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THE PORT OF BRISTOL
Written by Andy King.
Stock no. 1824108
Published by Tempus. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Looks at a slice of the Port's long history and industrial heritage (1908-1977). ISBN: 0752427865. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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A REGIONAL HISTORY OF THE RAILWAYS OF GREAT BRITAIN: VOLUME I THE WEST COUNTRY
Written by David St John Thomas.
Stock no. 1824075
Published by David & Charles. 6th 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

6th Edition, completely reset. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Includes fold-out plan to rear. ISBN: 0946537178. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Light corner crease to lower corner of front endpaper. Minor foxing to text block. Map to rear present and initials in biro to rear pastedown (hidden by rear flap of dustwrapper). Pictorial dustwrapperis lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE EXCITING JOURNEY
Written by Norman Dale. Illustrated by Ley Kenyon.
Stock no. 1323267
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

Cream cloth, red title to spine. 153 pages. B/w illustrations, including maps to endpapers. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby. Front endpapers browned. Textblock grubby.

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RAILS TO POOLE HARBOUR
Written by Colin Stone.
Stock no. 2140662
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Locomotion Papers No. 213. ISBN: 0853615535. Some edge-wear to covers; fading to title on spine.

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MAN OF IRON - MAN OF STEEL
Written by Ralph Anstis.
Stock no. 1323133
Published by Albion House. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

The lives of David Mushet and his son Robert. Two of Britain's most outstanding metallurgists who lived in the Forest of Dean. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 095113714X. Browning to outer page edges else a clean copy.

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INNS AND TAVERNS OF CHEPSTOW AND THE LOWER WYE VALLEY PART 3
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 2140174
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1976. Almost very good condition.

Slim pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900278315. Spine is browned with small tear to top. Creasing to covers. Some foxing, mostly to outer page edges.

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BRISTOL'S EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHS
Written by Reece Winstone.
Stock no. 2139668
Published by Reece Winstone. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

Black glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900814322. SIGNED by author on white label that is stuck to verso of front endpaper. Some bumping to corners/spine. Ink numbers to title page. Browning to page edges/margins.

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