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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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COLERIDGE AMONG THE LAKES & MOUNTAINS
Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1827047
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

From his Notebooks, Letters and Poems 1794-1804. Selected and edited by Roger Hudson. Colour pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. A light crease to margin of first few pages (very minor). Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little grubby and lightly faded, one corner bashed.

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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. Card wraps. 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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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 ROYAL GWENT & ST. WOOLOS HOSPITALS
Written by Brian Peeling; et al.
Stock no. 1826976
Published by Old Bakehouse Publications. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A century of service in Newport. B/w photos. Large folding map to rear. ISBN: 1874538085. Boards clean and bright. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Contents clean. Map present to rear. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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NEWPORT RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB 1874-1950 (IMAGES OF SPORT)
Written by Steve Lewis.
Stock no. 1826975
Published by Tempus. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Images of Sport series, part of The Archive Photographs series. B/w photos. Pictorial cardwraps. 128 pages. ISBN: 0752415700. A very nice copy, some light scuffing to rear cover, contents clean.

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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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