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THE EBB AND FLOW
Written by David Edwards.
Stock no. 1831153
Published by Indepenpress Publishing Limited.
1st
2012.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Set in North Wales during the stirring Georgian period, The Ebb and Flow is a sweeping saga of power and corruption, friendship and loyalty, love and hate. Owen Tudur, the trusty Welsh steward to Sir John Littleton-Jones struggles with his increasingly divided loyalties and troubled conscience. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. 168 pages. ISBN: 9781780033105. SIGNED by the author (with place and date) to title page. Very few spots to text block. A few minor corner creases. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- LITERATURE
- GEORGIAN
- HISTORICAL STORY
CARE AND TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL IN NORTH WALES 1800-2000
Written by Pamela Michael.
Stock no. 1330970
Published by University Of Wales Press.
1st
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The first detailed history of an asylum in Wales and an important contribution to the sociology of mental illness. Cardwraps. 252 pages including index. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 9780708317402. Slight rubbing to cover edges. A few foxspots to textblock.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- DENBIGHSHIRE
- SOCIAL HISTORY
- MENTAL HEALTH
NEW GEOGRAPHIES OF LANGUAGE
Written by Rhys Jones; Huw Lewis.
Stock no. 1330969
Published by Palgrave Macmillan.
1st
2019.
Very good condition.
Language, Culture and Politics in Wales. Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities series. Blue boards. 377 pages including index. ISBN: 9781137426109. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light marks to front endpapers. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GEOGRAPHY
- DIALECTS
THE MAPPING OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by D.P.M. Michael.
Stock no. 1330933
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. Large format, card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. A valuable reference work. ISBN: 0906570182. Some fading to spine and spine edges. Light foxing to inside covers and textblock. Small crease to lower corner of rear cover.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- MAPS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
A GOWER FAMILY: THE LUCASES OF STOUTHALL AND RHOSILI RECTORY
Written by Robert Lucas.
Stock no. 1831106
Published by The Book Guild Ltd..
1st
1986.
Very good condition.
The Lucas family have been part of Gower History for 500 years. Robert Lucas reassesses the legends and traces his forbears from Yeoman origins, through the Palladian grace of the 18th Century to more recent frugal days at the lonely parsonage at Rhosili. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 182 pages. ISBN: 0863321267. Spine is sunned. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- GOWER
- HISTORY
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.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL)
- RIVERS
- PORTRAIT SERIES
- WALES
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.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- WYE VALLEY
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- BRIDGES
THE BARRY LOCOMOTIVE PHENOMENON
Written by Francis Blake; Peter Nicholson.
Stock no. 1831027
Published by Haynes Publishing Group.
1st
1987.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive and entertaining account of how almost three hundred ex-BR (and almost wholly steam) locomotives ended their working lives at this South Wales seaside town facing the cutter's torch but how over two hundred of them escaped what seemed an inevitable fate. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0860934101. A few minor marks to rear board. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.
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.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GWYNEDD
- HISTORY
- GARDENS
MY LIFE IN RUGBY
Written by Terry Holmes.
Stock no. 1330874
Published by Macmillan London Limited.
1st
1988.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Holmes speaks of the triumphs and tragedies of his magnificent career. Peach boards, gilt title to spine. 181 pages including index. B/w photos. ISBN: 0333402294. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is a tiny bit sunned to spine.
EVERYWHERE FOR WALES
Written by Phil Bennett; Martyn Williams.
Stock no. 1330838
Published by Stanley Paul.
1st
1981.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, silver title to spine. 175 pages. B/w photos. The autobiography of a truly great Welsh Rugby player. ISBN: 0091463106. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small white mark to top edge of front cover. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and lightly sunned to spine.
STANDING OFF
Written by Gareth Davies.
Stock no. 1330837
Published by MacDonald; Queen Anne Press.
1st
1986.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, gilt title to spine. 176 pages. B/w photos. Autobiography of a gifted Welsh Rugby player. ISBN: 0356121577. Very slight shelf wear to spine and corners. Some light marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and lightly sunned to spine.