THE RIVER RUNNING BY
Written by Joan Fleming-Yates.
Stock no. 1330082
Published by Wedderburn Art Ltd.. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition.

An Historical Journey Through the Monnow Valley. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1905037058. Minimal rubbing to corner tips of covers. Faint indentations to front cover where book has been leant on to write.

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THE OLD INDUSTRIES OF DEAN
Written by David E. Bick.
Stock no. 1330075
Published by The Forest Bookshop. 1989. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0946252208. Corner tips of covers very slightly rubbed. Pencil markings erased from title-page.

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UNCONQUERED: THE STORY OF KENT AND ITS LIEUTENANCY
Written by David McDine.
Stock no. 1830213
Published by The Allan Willett Foundation. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Beacons flared across Kent in Elizabeth I's reign to warn of the Armada's approach. now the beacons celebrate great events like Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. And throughout the centuries the link has been the Lieutenancy, originally responsible for the defence of the Frontline County and now keeping alive the unique Spirit of Kent - still Unconquered. Large format. Dark blue imitation leather cloth boards with silver titles. Colour photos. 249 pages plus list of Lieutenants and Index. ISBN: 9780992834807. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Contained in dark blue imitation leather cloth slipcase which has a few marks and scuffs.

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'TRAVELS OF THE TRAMPS': TWENTY TRAMP FLEETS VOLUME II
Written by N.L. Middlemiss.
Stock no. 1830143
Published by Shield Publications Ltd. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

At one time the backbone of Britain, tramps were engaged in world-wide trading and the bringing in of essential raw materials for British industry and the exporting of coal. This book contains historical over-views of twenty of the largest and most interesting fleets. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 160 pages. ISBN: 1871128064. Base of spine is lightly shelf-worn. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine.

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THE ISLAND GARDEN: ENGLAND'S LANGUAGE OF NATION FROM GILDAS TO MARVELL
Written by Lynn Staley.
Stock no. 1830082
Published by University Of Notre Dame Press. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reformations: Medieval and Early Modern series. Pictorial cardwraps. A few colour & b/w photos. x and 245 pages including index. ISBN: 9780268041403. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, covers lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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ORCOP: THE STORY OF A HEREFORDSHIRE VILLAGE FROM PRE-HISTORY TO PRESENT TIMES
Written by Delphine Coleman.
Stock no. 1830081
Published by Self Publishing Association Ltd.. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The small Herefordshire village of Orcop, with its scattered farms and cottages, is rimmed by a ring of hills which have, for centuries, served to isolate it from the world around. A fascinating amalgram of events and personalities that over the centuries combined to create the Orcop of today. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. 304 pages. ISBN: 1854211943. Top edge of text block is lightly browned with minor foxing. Else a lovely clean copy. Black dustwrapper is scuffed.

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BRITISH BATTLECRUISERS 1905-1920
Written by John Roberts.
Stock no. 1830074
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st thus 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Revised edition. Battlecruisers combined heavy guns and high speed in the largest hulls of their era. Conceived as 'super-cruisers' to hunt down and destroy commerce raiders, their size and gun-power led to their inclusion in the battlefleet as a fast squadron of capital ships. This book traces in detail the development of the first battlecruiser Invincible of 1908, through to the 'Splendid Cats' of the Lion class, and culminating in HMS Hood in 1920, the largest warship in the world for the next twenty years. The origins of the unusual 'light battlecruisers' of the Courageous type are also covered. Large format. Olive green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams throughout, the centre pages are colour plans. Large plan of HMS Queen Mary 1913 contained in envelope at back of book. ISBN: 9781473882355. Top and tail of spine lightly shelf-worn else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel. Folding plans present.

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THE GREAT CANAL
Written by Roderick Grant.
Stock no. 1830030
Published by Gordon & Cremonesi. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An epic tale of the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 156 pages including index. ISBN: 0860330710. Lower corners of boards bumped, light vertical crease to spine. Text block lightly browned. A few foxspots present, mainly to prelims.Dustwrapper has a circular mark left by a label to rear panel with some removal of surface paper.

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WALES 100 YEARS AGO: THE BEAUTY OF OLD WALES ILLUSTRATED
Written by Richard Lovett.
Stock no. 1830024
Published by Bracken Books. 1st thus 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Centennial Travel Series. Originally published in 1892 by The Religious Tract Society. Written by Welshmen, providing first-hand knowledge of the countryside, towns and monuments here depicted. Edited by Richard Lovett. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. ISBN: 0946495521. Boards clean and bright. Minor foxing to text block. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut, a little edge-creased, lightly faded to spine and very slightly scuffed.

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THE STORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE VOLUME TWO
Written by Arthur Clark.
Stock no. 1830023
Published by Monnow Press. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From the Civil War to present times (1974). Maroon boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 215 pages includes index. ISBN: 0950661805. Boards clean. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Light browning to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is rubbed at edges, grubby to rear panel and has a maroon coloured mark to verso facing front board.

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A HISTORY OF ISLINGTON
Written by Mary Cosh.
Stock no. 1329730
Published by Historical Publications Ltd.. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The evolution of the village into a suburb closely related to the City, and then its role as part of the overall metropolis. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 352 pages, including index. B/w photos. ISBN: 0948667974. Foxspots to top edge of textblock. Minimal bumping at edges and slightly creasing to wrapper edges.

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WEYMOUTH & PORTLAND THEN MEETS NOW
Written by Maureen Attwooll.
Stock no. 1329725
Published by Dorset Books. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Looking at the borough's history through maps which date from the Tudor period up to the twentieth century. Oblong format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 143 pages. B/w maps and colour photos. ISBN: 9781871164862. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased.

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