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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 30
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1326408
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Cream boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402014. Slight black mark to front cover (from binding process). Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly sunned to spine.

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THE WAY WE WERE IN NEWPORT
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 1326393
Published by Terry Underwood. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Book Two: Photographs of Old Newport up to and including the Year 1950. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 095079080X. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Spine bumped. Foxing to prelims and textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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YESTERDAYS NEWPORT
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 1326392
Published by Terry Underwood. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Book One Photographs of Old Newport up to and including the Year 1920. A pictorial record describing the way we were, where we lived, worked and played; memories of yesterdays contributed by the people of Newport in Gwent. Brown cloth, gilt. Sepia photos. ISBN: 0907143008. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Spine slightly bumped. Foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased, tear to top of rear panel.

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THE CHURCHYARD YEWS OF GWENT
Written by J. Daryll Evans.
Stock no. 1326390
Published by Archangel Press. 2nd 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Second Edition. Cardwraps. B/w photos. A fascinating study. 174 pages. ISBN: 9781905037018. Slight rubbing to corners. Contents clean.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES
Written by D. Emrys Evans.
Stock no. 1326389
Published by University of Wales. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

This historical sketch throws much light on the character and problems of a university. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Fading to covers. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock. Contents generally clean. Foxed dustwrapper is well worn with quite a bit of loss to spine and top edges.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 1
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1326358
Published by Stewart Williams. 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A treasury of almost 200 b/w photos. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0900807407. 2nd impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge creased and very slightly browned to rear panel.

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THE BOOK OF WATFORD
Written by J.B. Nunn.
Stock no. 1826988
Published by J B & L V Nunn. 2nd 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. From small and insignificant beginnings Watford grew to have a printing and engineeering impact way beyond that which could be expected of a small market town. This book is a 'portrait' of the town and presents a wide and varied picture of life through past decades. Large format. Green cloth boards wtih gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 0953691810. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded at spine edges and has a few minor grubby marks.

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DINAS POWYS ST ANDREWS MAJOR AND MICHAELSTON-LE-PIT
Written by Chrystal Tilney.
Stock no. 1826974
Published by The Chalford Publishing Company. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

The Archive Photographs series. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0752406582. Covers lightly scuffed and scratched. Contents clean.

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HISTORICAL RECORDS OF BISLEY WITH LYPIATT GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Mary A. Rudd.
Stock no. 1826886
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Originally privately published in 1937 in a limited edition of 250 copies. This edition limited edition of 350 numbered copies. Brown boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 090438716X. Text block lightly browned. Pale foxing to prelims and rear endpapers. White dustwrapper is scuffed and creased, unevenly faded and browned. This is copy 172 of 350.

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COLLETT'S FARTHING NEWSPAPER: THE BOWERCHALKE VILLAGE NEWSPAPER 1878-1924
Written by Rex Sawyer.
Stock no. 1826883
Published by The Hobnob Press. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a newspaper like no other, written and printed every week for over forty years in the remote South Wiltshire village of Bowerchalke by its remarkable vicar, the Revd Edward Collett. Originally published as The Bowerchalke Parish Papers: Collett's Village Newspaper, 1878-1924 in 1989 by Alan Sutton Publishing. A completely revissed and reset edition with additional illustrations. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 166 pages including index. ISBN: 0946418225. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded, is grubby to rear panel and has previous bookseller's label to lower edge.

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A CATALOGUE OF THE MEDIEVAL MUNIMENTS AT BERKLEY CASTLE
Written by Bridget Wells-Furby.
Stock no. 1826863
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

First of two volumes. Gloucestershire Record Series Volume 17. The medieval muniments at Berkeley Castle form one of the largest and and most remarkable accumulations of records relating to the ownership and administration of land. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 574 pages. ISBN: 0900197609. Spine slightly cocked. Contents a little crinkled but clean. Dustwrapper is slightly scuffed.

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THE GREAT AGE OF STEAM ON WINDERMERE
Written by George H. Pattinson.
Stock no. 1326188
Published by The Windermere Nautical Trust. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of Windermere with anecdotes provides a feast for any lovers of fine boats and the steam era. Blue boarsd, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0907796001. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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