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THE GUITAR REVIEW: VOLUME ONE ISSUES 1-6 1946-1948
Written by Vladimir Bobri; Gregory D'Alessio.
Stock no. 1824729
Published by The Society Of The Classic Guitar. 1st thus 1975. Slightly better than very good condition.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine and elaborate gilt decoration to front. Introduction by Bobri, foreword by D'Alessio. Contains the entire editorial contents of issues 1 through 6 of The Guitar Review, which appeared in 1946, 1947, and 1948. Advertising pages of the original editions have been omitted. Music scores and b/w illustrations. Boards bright. Text block browned. Contents clean.

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A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE: HUNDRED OF CALDICOT (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1824724
Published by Mitchell Hughes and Clarke. 1st 1929. Slightly better than very good condition.

Three volumes. Very large format. Beige cloth spine. Light grey boards. Parts I, II and III of volume IV. B/w illustrations. Boards lightly browned, cloth spines very slightly grubby. Foxing to text blocks. Tape marks at gutter edge of title page and first page of volume I. A few foxspots present. Volume I is first edition 1929, volume II is first edition 1932, volume III is first edition 1933. A very handsome set.

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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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INVERARAY AND THE DUKES OF ARGYLL
Written by Ian G. Lindsay; Mary Cosh.
Stock no. 1824682
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the building of Inveraray, a West Highland capital, by the 3rd and 5th Dukes of Argyll. Large format. Grey mottled boards, Blue title label with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0852241879. Spine faded, uneven fading to boards and a few marks. Text block browned and has some foxing. Bookplate to front endpaper and inscription partially crossed out in ink. Contents clean. Pale blue pictorial dustwrapper is browned and a little grubby.

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A HISTORY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
Written by Margaret Potter; Alexander Potter. Illustrated by Margaret Potter; Alexander Potter.
Stock no. 1324316
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1946. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial paperwraps with brown border and red title to front. Colour lithographs and b/w drawings. Puffin Picture Book No. 37. Slight rubbing to cover edges and slight fading to spine. Some page corners slightly creased. Contents clean.

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THE MAPPING OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by D.P.M. Michael.
Stock no. 1324177
Published by Regional Publications. 1st 1985. Very good 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. Slight browning to spine and cover edges. Contents clean.

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CRUEL CHILDREN IN POPULAR TEXTS AND CULTURES
Written by Monica Flegel; Christopher Parkes.
Stock no. 1324173
Published by Palgrave Macmillan. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition.

Critical Approaches to Children's Literature series. Cardwraps. 312 pages. Printed by Printforce. ISBN: 9783030101794. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Barcode label stuck to rear cover. Contents fine.

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THE MOTOR CYCLING CLUB
Written by Peter Garnier.
Stock no. 1824430
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of Britain's oldest sporting club for motor cycles and cars, founded in 1901. Black cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. 221 pages pages includes index. ISBN: 0715393111. Light bump to top of spine.

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BLACK TOM ARNOLD OF RUGBY: THE MYTH AND THE MAN
Written by Terence Copley.
Stock no. 1824429
Published by Continuum. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Terency Copley's lively and provoking biography of Thomas Arnold combines a study of his life with an examination of his influence as an educator, a theologian and a churchman. Black boards, red title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0826457231. Black dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE QUEENS OF ARAGON: THEIR LIVES AND TIMES
Written by E.L. Miron.
Stock no. 1824398
Published by Stanley Paul & Co. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

Queens of the medieaval kingdom of Aragon. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and gilt crest to front. Bevelled board edges. Top edge gilt, lower edge untrimmed. B/w plates. 336 pages including index, 48 pages of publisher adverts to rear. Boards marked. Coffee (?) stains to top edge of prelims (not too bad). Endpapers browned. A few foxspots to contents, a few grubby marks. Text block browned. Front hinge starting to split but binding is tight. All plates present.

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OVER HERE: THE AMERICAN CAR IN ENGLAND IN THE 1960S VOLUME1
Written by Steve Miles.
Stock no. 1824393
Published by Sgm Publishing. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A collection of photographs of American cars taken on the streets of London between 1964 and 1970. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 159 pages. ISBN: 0954562445. Top & tail of spine lightly worn. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top of spine.

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"INVICTA" WITH THE FIRST BATTALION THE QUEEN'S OWN ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT IN THE GREAT WAR
Written by C.V. Molony.
Stock no. 1824297
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Compiled from the war diary and accounts of eye-witnesses, by Major C.V. Molony, a former Officer of the 1st Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, and is intended to chronicle as much detail as possble of the 1st Battalion during the war of 1914-1918. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustratons and maps. Folding colour map of Western Front to rear. Boards scuffed and a little faded. Endpapers browned. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Contents clean.

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