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LITTLE SONGS OF LONG AGO
Written by Alfred Moffat. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 508200
Published by Augener Ltd.. Circa 1915. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Dark yellow cloth, oval pictorial onlay to front cover. Delightful colour illustrations. Traditional nursery rhymes with music. REDUCED from £160. Damp mark to corners of cloth covers. Contents bright and clean. Pictorial wrapper is torn and creased, with some loss, mainly to rear corner edges.

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THE HISTORY OF DUMBARTONSHIRE
Written by Joseph Irving.
Stock no. 553879
Published by J. Irving. 1st 1857. Good condition.

Three-quarters brown calf binding, gilt title to spine, Purple boards, marbled edges. Folding map. Map torn with no loss else contents very good indeed. Corners worn.

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POEMS
Written by Edward Lysaght.
Stock no. 555894
Published by Gilbert And Hodges. 1st 1811. Very good condition.

Full burgundy morocco binding. Gilt title, decorations and raised bands to spine. Gilt borders to covers. Marbled endpapers. Portrait frontis. Front joint cracked. Light page-edge browning. Corners rubbed.

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AN HISTORICAL TOUR IN MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by William Coxe. Illustrated by R.C. Hoare.
Stock no. 556822
Published by T. Cadell. 1st 1801. Slightly better than good condition.

Two volumes. Full brown calf binding, red title labels to spine. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations. Magnificently rebound. Foxing throughout. Contents page creased in one volume. Lacks East View of Llanthony Abbey and the Plan of Monmouth.

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OLD KARNARVON A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE TOWN OF CARNARVON WITH NOTICES OF THE PARISH CHURCHES OF LLANBEBLIG & LLANFAGLAN
Written by William Henry Jones.
Stock no. 557152
Published by H. Humphreys. 1st 1889. Very good condition.

Small format. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Black decoration and title to front cover. Frontis is a copy of the 1610 map of Carnarvon. 186 pages plus 6 page booklist. Bookplate of R.J.Thomas to front pastedown. Corners bumped. REDUCED FROM £225.

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CALENDARS OF GWYNEDD OR CHRONOLOGICAL LISTS OF LORDS-LIEUTENANT, CUSTODES ROTULORUM, SHERIFFS AND KNIGHTS OF THE SHIRE FOR THE COUNTIES OF ANGLESEY, CAERNARVON AND MERIONETH
Written by Edward Breese.
Stock no. 557491
Published by John Camden Hotten. 1st 1873. Very good condition.

Large format. Burgundy cloth, gilt titles. Heraldic emblem and leek design to front cover. 161 pages. Large folding colour frontis. Chronological Lists of Lords-Lieutenant, Custodes Rotulorum, Sheriffs and Knights of the Shire for the Counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon and Merioneth and of the members for the boroughs of caernarvon and beaumaris. To which are added lists of the lords Presidents of Wales and the constables of the castles of Beaumris, Caernarvon, Conway, and Harlech. Contents very good indeed. A few foxspots throughout. Spine browned. Covers lightly rubbed. REDUCED FROM £120.

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A DICTIONARY IN ENGLISH AND WELSH
Written by William Salesbury.
Stock no. 557680
Circa 1871. Good condition.

Three-quarter burgundy morocco binding. A Welsh-English Dictionary. This is a reprint (1871) of the 1547 edition An inscription in ink on the front endpaper says "This edition was printed from a copy of the first edition in my possession. D.S.E." The copy has been dated by reference to the British Library and the lithographer Whiteman & Bass. Contents VG, corners rubbed.

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A SERIES OF ADVENTURES IN THE COURSE OF A VOYAGE UP THE RED SEA
Written by Eyles Irwin.
Stock no. 559002
Published by J. Dodsley. 1787. Very good condition.

Vol I only. 2 b/w plates. One map and a View of the Town of Yambo. Half of folding map missing. Some browning throughout. Corner of title page worn with loss. Modern rebind in dark brown morocco with gilt title to spine.

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IN THE HEART OF AFRICA
Written by Adolphus Frederick.
Stock no. 559232
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1910. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w photos. 2 folding maps. All plates and maps present. Name in ink to front endpaper. Contents very but spine faded. Covers a little marked and corners rubbed. A decent copy of this scarce book.

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THE POETICAL WORKS OF LEWIS GLYN COTHI (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Lewis Glyn Cothi.
Stock no. 560003
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1837. Slightly better than good condition.

Two volumes. Dark green cloth. Text in Welsh. Rebacked in matching cloth with grey title labels to spine. Corners worn. Covers a little marked. Inscriptions in ink to endpapers. Reduced from £150.

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THE LAKES OF SCOTLAND A SERIES OF VIEWS
Written by John M. Leighton. Illustrated by John Fleming.
Stock no. 560420
Published by Joseph Swan. 1st 1834. Good condition.

Large format. Three-quarter burgundy morocco binding. Green embossed leaf patter to covers. Gilt titles and decoration to spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. 52 b/w engravings. All plates present. Corners worn. Top of spine slightly chipped. Small split to spine. Boards unevenly faded. Front joint broken, rear joint almost broken, backstrip almost detached. One page bound out of order (page 85 follows page 92).

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THE WORLD DISPLAYED OR A CURIOUS COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS VOL VIII
No author listed.
Stock no. 560449
Published by T. Carnan. 1762. Fair condition.

Small format. Full brown calf binding. 9 b/w plates. This volume is concerned with India. 3rd edition. Contents browned but very good with all plates presemt. Spine badly worn with slight loss at top and tail. Corners rubbed.

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