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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GARDENING
Written by Anthony Huxley.
Stock no. 1818233
Published by Paddington Press. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0709203225. Light discolouration of green boards across edges. Text block a little grubby and browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few closed edge tears (no loss), creasing across top edge and faded to spine.

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CHANGING CHEPSTOW
Written by Mercedes Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1318349
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1977. Very good condition.

Revised Edition. A collection of drawings by the author giving a glimpse of the many interesting aspects of Chepstow town. Blue card wrap booklet. 47 pages. ISBN: 0900278390. Spine slightly faded, staples rusty. Corners slightly bumped. Contents clean.

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CHEPSTOW AND THE CHARTISTS
Written by Eric Wiles.
Stock no. 1318348
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

White card wrap booklet. 12 page booklet. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0900278447. Staples rusty.

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HEROES AND HEROINES
Written by Eleanor Farjeon; Herbert Farjeon. Illustrated by Rosalind Thornycroft.
Stock no. 1318294
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. History in rhyme. Spine and corners bumped and worn. 1" loss to base of spine and very slight loss at top. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing and some fingering to contents. Dustwrapper is worn with loss at edges, grubby and foxed.

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PORSCHE 911 THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY 1977 TO 1987
Written by Brian Long.
Stock no. 1317992
Published by Veloce Publishing. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Volume 3 in the series. Large format. Dark grey boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 190370636X. Spine and corners bumped. Small, light damp stain to lower inner margins of endpapers. Light fingermarks to rear free-endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is also lightly damp stained at lower edges (visible only on verso) and slightly edge rubbed. Small tears at lower folds tape repaired on verso.

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PORSCHE 911 THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY 1997 TO 2004
Written by Brian Long.
Stock no. 1317991
Published by Veloce Publishing. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Volume 5 in the series. The definitive history of the Porsche 911 and 192. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos throughout. 207 pages including index. ISBN: 1904788424. Minimal bumping to spine. Minor grubby marks to top of text block else contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge rubbed.

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THE MAKING OF A NATIONAL MUSEUM PART III
Written by Douglas A. Bassett.
Stock no. 1317967
Published by The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. Very good condition.

White card wraps. B/w photos. The National Museum of Wales. Reprinted from The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion 1984. Includes a compliements slip from National Museum of Wales SIGNED by the author. Slight rubbing to spine and corners of covers slightly turned.

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FLYING AN EPITOME AND A FORECAST
Written by Claude Grahame-White.
Stock no. 2131577
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

An un-technical work designed to provide the ordinary lay-reader with a straightforward account of the history of human flight. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. Spine is browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges; foxing; also to page margins. Wrapper is very badly damaged; torn with half of spine MISSING: other pieces are taped back together on a white sheet of paper (now browned); tape marks etc.

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GREAT ZULU BATTLES 1838-1906
Written by Ian Knight.
Stock no. 2131429
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps and plates. ISBN: 1854093908.

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CITIZEN AIRMEN A HISTORY OF THE AIR FORCE RESERVE 1946-1994
Written by Gerald T. Cantwell.
Stock no. 2131361
Published by Air Force History & Museums Program. Circa 1997. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards; silver title to spine. B/w photos. Looks at the U.S Air Force Reserves. ISBN: 0160492696. Wrapper is edge-creased with 1" closed tear.

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THE MAPPING OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by D.P.M. Michael.
Stock no. 2131080
Published by Regional Publications. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition.

A descriptive catalogue of pre-Victorian Maps of the County From Saxton in 1577 with details of British Atlases published during that period. Card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. A valuable reference work. ISBN: 0906570182.

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THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN 100 OBJECTS
Written by Gary Sheffield.
Stock no. 2131034
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. White pictorial covers. B/w photos. Colour photos. The Story of the Great War Told Through the Objects That Shaped It. ISBN: 9781780973968. Bumping to top and tail of spine and a couple of corners.

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