ABBEYS
Written by M.R. James.
Stock no. 1831565
Published by GWR. 1926. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An authoritative and beautifully written survey of the medieval monastic houses of Great Britain, authored by the renowned scholar and medievalist M. R. James. Black cloth spine, gilt titles. Red boards. B/w photos, plans and illustrations. 7 colour plates and a Map in pocket on rear board. x and 153 pages. Second impression. Top & tail of spine and board corners lightly worn. Text block browned. Some foxing present, mainly to endpapers, prelims and text block. Map present in rear pocket. Plain dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and chipped at top & tail of spine and corners. Strong cigarette odour present.

CASTLES
Written by Charles Oman.
Stock no. 1831564
Published by GWR. 1st 1926. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oman covers the castles of the Thames Valley, the West Country, the West Midlands, the Welsh Marches and Wales itself, some eighty in all, both intact and ruined. He explains the origins of castles, their purpose, use and roles in history. Black cloth spine, gilt title. Burgundy boards with gilt title to front board. 2 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. Fold-out map of Great Western Railway showing Cathedrals, Castles, & Abbeys of England and Wales in pocket to rear pastedown. xii and 229 pages plus index. Corners of boards lightly rubbed and worn. A few minor marks to boards. Text block browned, endpapers and page edges browned. Else contents clean. Map present in rear pocket. Two dustwrappers are present - one plain, one decorative, both have chips to corners and top & tail of spine. Strong cigarette odour present.

SCOTLAND IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Cosmo Innes.
Stock no. 1831563
Published by Edmonston And Douglas. 1860. Almost very good condition.

Sketches of early Scotch history and social progress. Originally read in the shape of Lectures to a University class. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front board. One colour map and two b/w maps. xliii and 368 pages including index. Spine sunned/faded and worn at top & tail. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Previous owner's contemporary bookplate to front pastedown. Hinges pulled. A few margin marks, foxspots to maps. Three maps present. A decent copy for a book of its age!

THE STORY OF BRISTOL WATERWORKS COMPANY 1939-1991
Written by Alan Hodgson.
Stock no. 1831539
Published by The Bristol Waterworks Company. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 137 pages including index. A lovely copy with just a few signs of wear.

THE VOICES OF MOREBATH: REFORMATION AND REBELLION IN AN ENGLISH VILLAGE
Written by Eamon Duffy.
Stock no. 1831523
Published by Yale University Press. Circa 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book chronicles the coming of the English Reformation to a small village in sixteenth-century Devonshire. Duffy tells the story of Morebath through the eyes of its boisterous vicar, Sir Christopher Trychay, who kept exceptionally detailed records during his fifty-four year career in the village. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Colour photos. xv and 232 pages including index. ISBN: 0300091850. Second printing. A clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a narrow band of fading to vertical front edge of spine, lightly scuffed to rear panel.

ROMAN GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Tim Copeland.
Stock no. 1831505
Published by The History Press. 2015. Nearly fine condition.

An examination of the area now known as Gloucestershire in the later Iron Age and Roman periods. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour illustrations. 191 pages including index. ISBN: 9780752457833. Reprint. A lovely copy.

THE TRAPRAIN LAW ENVIRONS PROJECT: FIELDWORK AND EXCAVATIONS 2000-2004
Written by Colin Haselgrove.
Stock no. 1831495
Published by Society Of Antiquaries Of Scotland. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This volume presents the results of fieldwork on the East Lothian coastal plain in south-east Scotland investigating the nature later prehistoric settlement around the hillfort of Traprain Law. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver titles. Colour pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations and photos. xxvii and 279 pages. ISBN: 9780903903486. A lovely, clean copy.

A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE: THE HUNDRED OF NEWPORT
Written by Joseph Bradney; Madeleine Gray.
Stock no. 1831487
Published by South Wales Record Society. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

From the Coming of the Normans into Wales Down to the Present Time, volume 5. Edited from Bradney's MSS by Madeleine Gray. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiii and 270 pages including index. ISBN: 0950867675. Boards and contents clean. Pale green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, lightly scuffed, and is lightly sunned/faded to spine. Overall, a very nice copy.

A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE THE HUNDRED OF USK (PART 2)
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1831486
Published by Merton Priory Press. 1st thus 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Volume 3 Part 2 of A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales Down to the Present Time. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Facsimile of the 1923 edition. 113-320 pages. ISBN: 0952000938. Light bump to tail of spine. Boards and contents clean. Pale blue pictorial dustwrapper is lighly scuffed and creased to tail of spine and lower edge of rear panel. Overall a very nice copy.

A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE: THE HUNDRED OF CALDICOT (PART 1)
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1831485
Published by Merton Priory Press. 1st thus 1994. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Volume 4 Part 1 of A History of Monmouthshire. From the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the present time. Facsimile of the 1933 edition. Large format. Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 148 pages. ISBN: 0952000946. Previous bookseller's small address label to rear pastedown else contents clean. Pale blue dustwrapper is lightly scuffed/grubby and lightly edge-creased. Overall a very nice copy.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF LONDON
Written by Geoffrey Palmer; Noel Lloyd. Illustrated by Roger Harris.
Stock no. 1331355
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.; Frederick Warne & Co. Inc.. 1st 1973. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 50. 15 colour and 83 b/w photos. Small format. Red boards. ISBN: 0723215154. A super copy in a nice wrapper which is ever so slightly edge creased.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF THE COTSWOLDS AND SHAKESPEARE COUNTRY
Written by Geoffrey Palmer; Noel Lloyd.
Stock no. 1331348
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 73. 8 colour plates and 49 b/w photos. Small format. Orange boards. ISBN: 0723215766. Light fading to spine and cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly browned (as usual) and title to spine is slightly faded.