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PATTERNS OF POWER IN EARLY WALES
Written by Wendy Davies.
Stock no. 1831584
Published by Oxford University Press; Clarendon Press. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book is an exploration of the nature of power in early medieval Wales. Wendy Davies examines the distribution of power, territorial and social, and traces the ways in which contemporaries defined this fundamental concept. O'Donnell Lectures delivered in the University of Oxford 1983. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 103 pages. ISBN: 0198201532. Hinge between half-title page and title page is pulled at top half but binding is tight. Contents clean. Green dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

GEIRLYFR SAESONEG A CHYMRAEG. AN ENGLISH AND WELSH DICTIONARY; ALSO AN ANALYSIS OF THE ORTHOGRAPHY OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE
Written by Thomas Edwards.
Stock no. 1831583
Published by P.M. Evans. 1st 1850. Almost very good condition.

Three-quarters burgundy leather (spine & corners), boards are dark burgundy cloth. All edges mottled red. xlv and 542 pages. Leather spine is rubbed and faded. Boards scuffed. Leather corners worn at edges. Rear board has fading to lower third. Bookplate for 'Jas Jones H.M. Customs, London' and dated 1873 in ink has been unsuccessfully removed from front pastedown. Relevant newspaper cuttings glued to front endpapers and prelims as well as some annotation. Name in ink to title page. Title page has surface paper damage to top margin with small closed tear. Some foxing throughout and a few grubby marks. Binding is tight.

THE TOWN OF CHEPSTOW: PART 10 INDEX
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1331417
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1975. Almost very good condition.

Number 23 in The Chepstow Society's Pamphlet Series. Red card wraps. Index only. ISBN: 0900278277. Creasing to cover edges, with some chipping and small tears. Foxing to outer page edges.

AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE SNOWDON MOUNTAIN RAILWAY
Written by Peter Johnson.
Stock no. 1831508
Published by Oxford Publishing Co; Ian Allan. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Snowdon Mountain Railway is unique amongst Britain's railways, quite literally a Swiss mountain rack railway translated to the grandeur of Snowdonia to ascend Wales' highest peak, Snowdon. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 128 pages including index. ISBN: 9780860936312. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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.

KING AND COUNTRY: ENGLAND AND WALES IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
Written by Ralph A. Griffiths.
Stock no. 1831479
Published by The Hambledon Press. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A selection of essays and papers from Ralph A. Griffiths, published variously in Wales, England, France and North America between 1964 and 1990. It explores themes in the history of England and Wales in the Fifteenth Centuryand the dominions of the English crown beyond. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 408 pages including index. ISBN: 1852850183. Boards and contents clean. Browning to pastedowns and page edges. Green dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE BOOK OF LLANDAF AND THE NORMAN CHURCH IN WALES
Written by John Reuben Davies.
Stock no. 1831478
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Studies in Celtic History XXI. This book explores the ecclesiastical and political transformation of south-east Wales in the later eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Blue boards, gilt title to spine and blue title to front. xii and 242 pages including index. ISBN: 1843830248. A few light scuffs to boards else a lovely copy.

BRYCHEINIOG VOLUME XI: THE HOUSES OF BRECONSHIRE PART III. THE BRECON DISTRICT
Written by S.R. Jones; J.T. Smith.
Stock no. 1831472
Published by The Brecknock Society. 1st 1965. Almost very good condition.

Based on field-work undertaken in connection with a course for teachers, the aim of which was to provide material for the study of local history and to do this by arousing an interest in the buildings of the countryside and a visual awareness of them. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos & drawings. 148 pages. Covers marked, spine faded, neat name in ink across top edge of front cover. Some creasing to rear cover and corner tips of contents. Some pencil annotation and a few minor marks to contents.

A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE: THE HUNDRED OF CALDICOT PART 2
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1831424
Published by Merton Priory Press. 1st thus 1994. 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 4 Part 2. Facsimile of the 1932 edition. Large format. Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0952000954. Boards and contents clean. Light blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE: THE HUNDRED OF TRELECH
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1831422
Published by Academy Books. 1st thus 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Volume 2 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 1913 edition. ISBN: 1873361165. Boards clean. Tiny closed tear (no loss) to vertical edge of free front endpaper else contents clean. Light blue pictorial dustwrapper is clean. A lovely copy.