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BY FIRE AND SWORD
Written by Peter Reid.
Stock no. 1817527
Published by Constable. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The Rise and Fall of English Supremacy at Arms: 1314-1485. Black boards, silver title to spine. A few colour plates and b/w maps. ISBN: 9781845295264. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine.

ANNALS OF SOUTH GLAMORGAN
Written by Marianne Robertson Spencer.
Stock no. 1317731
Published by Stewart Williams. 1970. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Grey boards, silver title. B/w illustrations. A facsimile of the 1913 edition. Spine bumped with small nick at top front edge. Corners bumped. Some light browning to cover edges. Foxspots to textblock. Damp stained dustwrapper is edge worn with loss - mainly to top of spine and rear panel. Large masking tape repairs on verso of wrapper.

A CHIPPENHAM COLLECTION
Written by Sally Jeffries.
Stock no. 2130061
Published by The Chippenham Civic Society. 1987. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. The past in pictures, advertisements and articles, with some photographs of Chippenham in the 1980s. Uneven browning to covers; creasing to corner tips.

OLD RHONDDA IN PHOTOGRAPHS
Written by Cyril Batstone.
Stock no. 2129776
Published by Stewart Williams. 2nd 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807083. Bumping to spine. Name in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning. Wrapper is faded to spine with edge-creasing.

MOTORING IN THE 30s
Written by Graham Robson.
Stock no. 2129766
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Sandwiched between two exciting periods - the 20s made legendary by the vintage movement and the unforgettable 40s - is the eventful and significant 30s. This book explains why more cars were sold than ever before at a time when the country was supposed to be in a desperate economic state. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 216 pages including index. ISBN: 0850593654. Base of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Spine is slightly cocked. Contents clean. Price-cut yellow pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased. A very nice copy.

CHEPSTOW A POEM
Written by Edward Davies; Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 2129636
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1967. Very good condition.

1011 copies printed. Card wrap booklet. 19 pages. Staples to binding have rusted - some rust marks to spine.

THE EDALJIS A FAMILY IN TURMOIL
Written by Alan Jones.
Stock no. 2129222
Published by Dr. Alan Jones. 1ST 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos.

FIRE ENGINES & FIRE-FIGHTING
Written by David Burgess-Wise.
Stock no. 2129136
Published by Bounty Books. 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780753714744.

BAYLDON'S ART OF VALUING RENTS AND TILLAGES
Written by John Donaldson.
Stock no. 2128928
Published by Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. 6th 1844. Good condition.

6th Edition, revised and corrected. And the Tenant's Right on Entering and Quitting Farms, Explained by several specimens of valuations and remarks on the cultivation pursued on soils in different situations. Adapted to the use of Landlords, Land-Agents, Appraisers, Farmers, and Tenants. 1-2" splits to top and tail of spine. Bumping to corners. Scuff marks to covers. Lengthy/decorative inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and margin marks.

BEDFORDSHIRE AND THE COUNTY OF HUNTINGDON AND PETERBOROUGH (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 2128904
1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Peach cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Some foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with some edge-chips and nicks; minimal loss.

VISITATION OF ENGLAND AND WALES VOLUME 12
Written by Frederick Arthur Crisp.
Stock no. 2128663
1st 1904. Very good condition.

Large format. Vellum spine with gilt title, green-blue cloth. 500 copies. Privately printed. 18 b/w armorial plates. This is Copy No. 382.Spine is browned. Bumping to corners. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges; a few foxspots.

AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN HEREFORDSHIRE (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 2128332
Published by HMSO. Very good condition.

Three volumes. Grey pictorial cloth. Top edges git. Numerous b/w photos and illustrations. 11 x 8.5 inches. Volume I - South West, published 1931. Volume II - East, published 1932 Volume III - South-West, published 1934. Spines have varying degrees of browning and fading. Volume II also has a couple of small tears to cloth at top and tail. Inscription in ink (partially crossed out) to front endpaper of Volume I. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges of all volumes. A couple of plate pages (b/w photos), have neat annotations/notes beneath them in pencil.