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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY
Written by Peter Johnson.
Stock no. 1827607
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 2nd 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition, revised. The restoration of the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and the Ffestiniog Railway at Porthmadog and with it the return of steam trains to Beddgelert and the Aberglaslyn Pass is a momentous achievementin the story of Britain's heritage railways. Here we revisit the railway and bring its intriguing story up to date. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9780860936268. Minor bumping to base of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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TREUDDYN: PAST & PRESENT DDOE A HEDDIW
Written by Philip Lloyd.
Stock no. 1827604
Published by Pwyllgor Mileniwm Truddyn Millennium Committee. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

History of a village in North Wales, Flintshire. Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 187242497X. Spine and spine edges faded else a nice, clean copy.

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CHEPSTOW URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. NEW CATTLE MARKET, STATION ROAD
Written by J.N. Jefferies.
Stock no. 1827469
1st 1921. Very good condition.

Planning for the New Cattle Market. 'General Conditions, Specification, Schedule of Prices, and Form of Tender, for the work required to be done in removing the present cattle market near the shipyard and erecting and completely finishing the New Cattle Market, Station Road, Chepstow, and all other works incidental thereto, for and on behalf of the Chepstow Urban District Council. Large format. Staple bound carwraps. An interesting piece of local history. Uneven browning to covers. Edges of covers lightly rubbed. A few minor marks to contents but generally clean.

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THE VALLEY'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2: THE TIME OF OUR LIVES
Written by C.M. Kelly.
Stock no. 1827467
Published by Valley & Vale. 1st 1997. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. A People's History of the Garw, Llynfi and Ogmore Valleys. ISBN: 189898607X. Slight lean to spine. Edges lightly rubbed. A few minor marks to title page else contents clean.

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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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THE BOOK OF CARDIFF
Written by Christopher J. Evans.
Stock no. 1827462
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Conference Souvenir Cardiff 1937. 'Presented to the delegates at the annual conference of the National Association of Head Teachers'. Edited by Chris. J. Evans. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. B/w photos. Boards grubby & stained, spine lightly faded, shelf-worn at top & tail. Text block browned, some scattered foxing present to contents.

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FAR OFF THINGS
Written by Arthur Machen.
Stock no. 1326910
Published by Three Imposters. 1st thus 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first volume of the author's autobiography, describing his childhood in the Gwent countryside, and his early years as a struggling writer in London. This annotated limited edition (250 copies) is published to mark the authors 150th anniversary. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Green endpapers. 176 pages. B/w photos. Foreword by Catherine Fisher. ISBN: 9781847716552. This is copy no. 134. Minimal bumping to spine. Fading to base of spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at edges.

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A LAUGHARNE MIXTURE
Written by J. Iorwerth Thomas.
Stock no. 1326907
Published by V.G. Lodwick & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Notes on the history of the township of Laugharne. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. Unpaginated. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Small marks to contents. Evidence of removal of a small label to front cover. Light page edge browning/foxing else contents clean.

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THE PARK SLIP EXPLOSION
Written by Neville Granville.
Stock no. 1326905
Published by Neville Granville. 1992. Nearly fine condition.

The Cefn Gwyrdd Series No. 2. B/w cardwraps. 48 pages. The colliery disaster that claimed the lives of 112 men and boys. Minimal rubbing to cover edges.

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THE CHARTIST MOVEMENT IN MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by James Davies.
Stock no. 1326904
Published by The Starling Press. 1st thus 1981. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations and photos. Previously published in 1931 without illustrations. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 51 pages. ISBN: 0903434458. Spine is slightly twisted. Inscription in ink to dedication page (not by the author). Foxing to prelims, endpapers and textblock. Contents clean. Heavy foxing to white dustwrapper.

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THE HAWK AND THE CROW: A QUEST FOR THE PENTANGLE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1326903
Published by Olfran Books. 1st 1993. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. 140 pages. ISBN: 0952042614. Dustwrapper is faded at edges and spine.

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