PORTRAIT OF THE SEVERN
Written by J.H.B. Peel.
Stock no. 1831081
Published by Robert Hale. 2nd 1980. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition. The Severn is Britain's longest river. Rising near the summit of Plynlimon, it enters the sea as an estuary ten miles wide. No other British river flows through such varied scenes... the wild heights of Wales, the industrial debris of Ironbridge, the pastoral hillscape of the Malverns, the solitudes of Aust. Green cloth boards, orange title block to spine with gilt title. B/w photos. 205 pages including index. ISBN: 0709184506. Small mark to rear board else a lovely, clean copy. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned to spine.

LINEN HOUSES OF BANBRIDGE
Written by Catherine Cahill; Jack Diamond. Illustrated by Clare Boyce; Elizabeth McCalla.
Stock no. 1831077
1st thus 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Historical and Architectural Study of the Houses of The Linen Merchants of Banbridge, Ireland. Limited Edition of 200. Oblong format. Brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 72 pages including index. This is copy 88 of 200. A few scuff marks to dustwrapper else a lovely copy.

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.

A MUDLARKING YEAR: FINDING TREASURE IN EVERY SEASON
Written by Lara Maiklem.
Stock no. 1831047
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st 2024. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A gentle ode to nature, history and the simple art of looking, searching the foreshore of the Thames through the changing seasons. Guided by Lara's curiosity, warmth and wisdom, it is your invitation to discover hidden objects in the most overlooked part of the city of London, the secrets they reveal and the stories that are patiently waiting to be told. Light grey cloth boards, blue foil title to spine. xx and 335 pages. ISBN: 9781526660756. Top & tail of spine ligthly shelf-worn else a lovely copy. Minor creasing to top & tail of spine of dustwrapper.

SUN, MOON & STONEHENGE: HIGH CULTURE IN ANCIENT BRITAIN
Written by Robin Heath.
Stock no. 1831031
Published by Bluestone Press. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition.

How did the builders of Stonehenge predict eclipses to within a minute of accuracy? Why did they bring stones all the way from West Wales? What is the connection between Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid? Could ancient Britons really predict eclipses to the hour? Limited Edition of 2000 numbered copies. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. xv and 239 pages including index. ISBN: 0952615177. SIGNED by the author, dedicated 'To Polly, with best wishes', to front endpaper on tipped in plate. This is copy 98 of 2,000. Covers lightly scuffed, very minor grubbiness to top edge of text block. contents clean.

THE HISTORY OF CORYTON
Written by Thomas Newman.
Stock no. 1831025
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

History of the tiny Parish of Coryton in North West Devon, from prehistoric times to 1921. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. 6 b/w plates. vii and 216 pages including index. Contains facsimile printout of auction of the Manor of Coryton 1809 to rear. Slight discolouration to top & tail of spine and front board corner. Foxing to endpapers and text block. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned, faded and chipped to spine, a little grubby.

PLAS-YN-RHIW
Written by M. Honora Keating.
Stock no. 1831022
Published by The National Trust. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

Plas yn Rhiw is the only organic National Trust garden in Wales. The original garden was expanded by the trust to include 150 acres (61 ha) of surrounding woodland. Written by the late Miss M. Honora Keating, the youngest of the three Keating sisters who purchased Plas-Yn-Rhiw in 1939, here reproduced by the National Trust without amendment. Blue cardwrap booklet. 15 pages of text plus b/w photos. Reprint. A decent copy.

SOME COTSWOLD COUNTRY HOUSES
Written by James Lees-Milne.
Stock no. 1831018
Published by Dovecote Press. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Personal Selection of 28 houses known by the author in his lifetime. Contains extracts of the diary of Lees-Milne who in the 1930s and 40s travelled around country houses all over the country to try to persuade them to hand over their houses to the National Trust.Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 158 pages. ISBN: 0946159459. Boards clean. Text block lightly browned. A few faint foxspots an grubby marks to prelims. Price-cut green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, lightly edge-rubbed/creased and has a few minor marks.

ENGLISH JOURNEY
Written by J.B. Priestley; Margaret Drabble.
Stock no. 1330858
Published by Folio Society. 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Being a Rambling but Truthful Account of What One Man Saw and Heard and Felt and Thought During a Journey Through England During the Autumn of the Year 1933. Introduced by Margaret Drabble. Black cloth, b/w photos to front cover and contents. 348 pages includes index. A fine copy contained in publishers original slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

THE HISTORY OF ABERYSTWYTH COUNTY SCHOOL (ARDWYN) 1896-1973
Written by Huw Spencer Lloyd.
Stock no. 1830948
Published by Ardwynian Association. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

This book is an attempt to trace the development and the subsequent history of a secondary school founded in the last years of the last century; in common with other Welsh county schools it was a step into the unknown. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 340 pages including subscribers list to rear. ISBN: 0900439807. Cover edges lightly rubbed, spine lightly faded with vertical reading crease. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

A HISTORY OF THE HAY: THE STORY OF HAY-ON-WYE
Written by Geoffrey L. Fairs.
Stock no. 1830947
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Hay-On-Wye, the first international booktown. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xi and 356 pages including index. ISBN: 0900592672. Light shelf-rubbing to top & tail of spine. Text block lightly browned. Light browning to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

RAISING THE DRAGON
Written by Robert Jones; Huw Richards.
Stock no. 1330753
Published by Virgin Books. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Clarion Call to Welsh Rugby. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 250 pages. ISBN: 1852279818. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some slight spotting to textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.