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AN EARLY VICTORIAN SEVERN BRIDGE
Written by Samuel Baldwyn Rogers.
Stock no. 1330906
Published by Merlin Bookshop. Circa 1974. Very good 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 are rusty.

ABOUT CHEPSTOW
Written by Ivor Waters; C. Gordon Jolliffe. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1330582
Published by Newport & Monmouthshire Historical Association; The Chepstow Society. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An interesting account of Chepstow with 9 black and white illustrations and pictorial map. Preface by Jolliffe. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. SIGNED by the author by means of a dedication to front free-endpaper. Spine slightly bumped. Some slight rubbing to edges. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge creased and a little browned to spine.

MILITIAMEN AND SAPPERS
Written by Graham Watson.
Stock no. 1830802
Published by J.H. Hooper; E.D. Smeeden; R.J. Pope. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A History of The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia), the senior regiment of Britain's Reserve Army, 1539-1996. Green leatherette covers. B/w photos. 233 pages including index. ISBN: 0952810204. Top edge of text block heavily foxed. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper has laminate covering which is taped to the verso and also on the flaps - the laminate is a little scuffed/grubby.

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.

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.

CHEPSTOW PACKETS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters; Bryan Woodfield.
Stock no. 1329713
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1983. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Limited to 195 copies. 140pp inc.index. Numerous b/w illus. throughout. Pull out map of Chepstow as it was. 9 x 5.75". ISBN: 0906134218. Pale foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased with a faded spine. Odd foxspot. Also includes letter SIGNED by author to a previous owner, which has become creased to edges.

THE PORT OF CHEPSTOW
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters; Bryan Woodfield.
Stock no. 1329712
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st thus 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This revised edition was limited to 300 copies. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906134420. Light wear to spine and corners. Wrapper is edge-creased with some marks; browned to spine.

CHEPSTOW ROAD BRIDGES
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1329710
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

White cardwrap booklet. 500 copies printed. B/w illustrations. 19 pages. ISBN: 0906134099. Light crease to top corners of front cover and first few pages.

CHEPSTOW PARISH RECORDS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1329492
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Limited to 1245 copies. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w illustrations. SIGNED by C. Gordon Jolliffee (writer of foreword) by means of a lengthy inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed.Some light brown marks to gutter of front endpaper. Textblock is slightly foxed. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss to top of spine and is faded to spine.

CHEPSTOW PACKETS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters; Bryan Woodfield.
Stock no. 1329487
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1983. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Limited to 195 copies. 140pp inc.index. Numerous b/w illus. throughout. Pull out map of Chepstow as it was. 9 x 5.75". ISBN: 0906134218. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is slightly edge creased.

ROAD TRANSPORT GWENT
Written by Paul Heaton.
Stock no. 1329143
Published by P.M. Heaton Publishing. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

The first in a series of photographic records dealing with road transport in South Wales and the Border Country. Features firms operating in Gwent, Monmouthshire. Included are fleets involved in a wide range of activities from tippers to steel haulage, furniture removals, livestock transport and heavy haulage. Large format. Green and red pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 112 pages. ISBN: 1872006175. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Pale page browning else contents clean.

CHEPSTOW A POEM
Written by Edward Davies; Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1329117
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1967. Very good condition.

1011 copies printed. Card wrap booklet. 19 pages. Staples are rusty. A few tiny foxspots to textblock.