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MONMOUTHSHIRE (KING'S ENGLAND)
Written by Arthur Mee.
Stock no. 1826412
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

Red covers black titles. Featuring 120 places and 92 photos in sepia. Top edge red. 177 pages. A few minor marks to boards. Foxing to textblock and endpapers, some foxing to contents. Else contents clean. Musty odour present.

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MEDIAEVAL MONMOUTH
Written by Keith Kissack.
Stock no. 1826405
Published by The Monmouth Historical and Educational Trust. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

Grey card wraps. A few b/w illustrations. Covers unevenly faded, lightly marked to rear cover. Minor foxing to title page and textblock else contents clean.

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THE BOOK OF SOUTH WALES, THE WYE, AND THE COAST
Written by Mr. S.C. Hall; Mrs. S.C. Hall.
Stock no. 1826404
Published by E.P. Publishing Limited. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile of the 1861 edition. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0715812335. Endpapers and textblock a little grubby. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly scuffed.

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THE BOOK OF SOUTH WALES, THE WYE AND THE COAST
Written by Mr. S.C. Hall; Mrs. S.C. Hall; R.A. Harris.
Stock no. 1826270
Published by Charlotte James. 1st thus 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Facsimile of the 1861 edition. Preface by R.A. Harris. Title to book covers is: The Book of the Wye. ISBN: 0906580013. SIGNED by R.A. Harris to preface (who wrote the preface in 1979). Lower board corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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THE RIVER HOBBLER'S APPRENTICE: MEMORIES OF WORKING THE SEVERN AND WYE
Written by Alan Butt.
Stock no. 1826267
Published by The History Press. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

A vivid insight into the forgotten world of the river hobbler, a unique trade and one which he learnt at the end of its days. The river hobbler paid no taxes and made a living by working whatever was available on and around the river. Cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9780752451381. Spine faded to rear edge. Minor crease to vertical edge of prelims. Contents clean.

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THE WYE VALLEY: FROM RIVER MOUTH TO HEREFORD
Written by Edmund J. Mason. Illustrated by John Wilford.
Stock no. 1826266
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A delightful journey up the Wye. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w line-and-wash drawings. ISBN: 0709029640. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Pale foxspots to free front endpaper and a few minor spots to text block. Else contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, lightly edge-worn, scuffed to rear panel, foxing to front flap.

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN SEVERN BRIDGE
Written by Samuel Baldwyn Rogers.
Stock no. 1325708
Published by Merlin Bookshop. Circa 1974. Nearly fine condition.

Facsmile of the 1845 'Memoranda Relative to a Magnificent Toll-Free Stone Bridge Across the River Severn...Between the New Passage in Gloucestershire and the Black-Rock in Monmouthshire. Small card wrap booklet. 8 pages. ISBN: 0904376001. Staples rusty. Some very slightly fading to spine and cover edges.

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THE LORDSHIP, CASTLE & TOWN OF CHEPSTOW, OTHERWISE STRIGUIL
Written by James G. Wood.
Stock no. 1825626
Published by Mullock & Sons Limited. 1st 1910. Almost very good condition.

With an Appendix on the Lordship of Caerleon. Green cloth, white titles. B/w plates. Boards marked and stained, corners bumped, knock to middle of front vertical edge of board. Joints cracked. Browning to endpapers.

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TRAVELS IN GWENT
Written by Alan Roderick. Illustrated by Bozena Roderick.
Stock no. 1825554
Published by Handpost Books. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951521322. Large inscription in ink across the top of the front endpaper, also written over plain white labels. Other than that, a fine copy. Price-cut white dustwrapper is lightly browned to spine and a little scuffed.

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CHEPSTOW ROAD BRIDGES
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1824701
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Limited to 180 copies. Slim card wrap booklet. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906134005. Fading to spine edges. Covers slightly grubby. Contents clean. This is number 28 of 180 numbered copies.

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THE PUBS OF MONMOUTH, CHEPSTOW AND THE WYE VALLEY
Written by Heather Hurley.
Stock no. 1323761
Published by Logaston Press. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

A social history past and present of inns along the welsh borders. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781904396871. SIGNED by author to title-page. Slight rubbing to spine and corners.

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CHEPSTOW AND THE RIVER WYE FROM THE SEVERN TO TINTERN (BRITAIN IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS)
Written by Anne Rainsbury.
Stock no. 2140712
Published by The History Press. 2009. Almost very good condition.

From the Collections of Chepstow Museum. Revised Edition. Pictorial cardwraps. 160 pages. ISBN: 9780752450193. Some light cover corner creasing. Damp staining mark to bottom corners of outer page edges and seeping across margin.

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