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THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP "CHALLENGER": VOYAGES OVER MANY SEAS, SCENES IN MANY LANDS
Written by W.J.J. Spry.
Stock no. 1208945
Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 5th 1877. Very good condition.

Fifth edition. Full red leather, 5 raised bands and gilt title to spine. Elizabeth College Guernsey gilt crest to both boards. Marbled endpapers and text block. Fold-out map showing the journey of the Challenger. 11 b/w plates and text illustrations. xviii and 388 pages. Boards scuffed and worn at edges. Small chip to top rear edge of spine. Prize plate to front pastedown dated 1878. Front joint just starting to crack. Some foxing mainly to prelims else contents remarkably good for a book of this age!

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VINTAGE BUSES & TRAMS IN SOUTH WALES
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1330529
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

200 vintage b/w photos from early horse buses to motor vehicles. Pale grey boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0900807172. Pale page edge browning throughout. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE CANALS OF SOUTH WALES AND THE BORDER
Written by Charles Hadfield.
Stock no. 1830426
Published by University of Wales. 1960. Very good condition.

The history of the canals of South Wales, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire and the Forest of the Dean and of the horse tramroad system that served them. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 272 pages including index. Reprint same year as first printing. Spine & corners lightly shelf-worn. Contents clean.

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THE FATAL SHORE: A HISTORY OF THE TRANSPORTATION OF CONVICTS TO AUSTRALIA 1787-1868
Written by Robert Hughes.
Stock no. 1830153
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

The epic of Australia's founding. Orange pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Endpapers are maps. A few colour illustrations. xxv and 643 pages including index. Top edge organge. Slight fading to spine (not obvious). Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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THE 'REDBROOK' A DEEP-SEA TRAMP
Written by P.M. Heaton.
Stock no. 1329950
Published by The Starling Press. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Account of the Management and Operation of a South Wales Owned Vessel in the 1960s. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A couple of small, light marks to covers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tear to top edge of front panel (tape repaired on verso). Spine of wrapper is faded.

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ROMAN MOSAICS OF BRITAIN VOLUME IV WESTERN BRITAIN
Written by David S. Neale; Stephen R. Cosh.
Stock no. 1829566
Published by The Society Of Antiquaries Of London. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The 4 volumes of this work (of which this is the fourth and final volume) amounts to a complete illustrated catalogue of every known Roman mosaic in Britain. This volume contains mosaics from the counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Cheshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire and Wales. Large, heavy format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. xvii and 453 pages including index. ISBN: 9780854312948. Boards bright and clean. Minor marks to text block. Contents clean. White dustwrapper has a few minor scuffs.

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ROAD TRANSPORT GWENT
Written by Paul Heaton.
Stock no. 1329143
Published by P.M. Heaton Publishing. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

The first in a series of photographic records dealing with road transport in South Wales and the Border Country. Features firms operating in Gwent, Monmouthshire. Included are fleets involved in a wide range of activities from tippers to steel haulage, furniture removals, livestock transport and heavy haulage. Large format. Green and red pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 112 pages. ISBN: 1872006175. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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THE ART OF THE FIRST FLEET & OTHER EARLY AUSTRALIAN DRAWINGS
Written by Bernard Smith; Alwyne Wheeler.
Stock no. 1828619
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Smith & Wheeler. In 1788, the First Fleet landed in New South Wales, and European settlement in Australia began. Among those on board the eleven ships of the fleet were artists who recorded their impressions of the land, its indigenous people, its flora and fauna, and incidents or events which they considered significant. This volume contains many little-known works of art from the voyage and from the early years of settlement. Large format. Pale grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0300041187. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded, mainly to front panel.

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SOUTH-WEST WALES A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Vyvyan Rees.
Stock no. 1827991
Published by Faber & Faber. 2nd 1976. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Edition. B/w photos. Part of Dyfed The Old Counties of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0571048102. Minor foxing to text block else a lovely copy. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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FORGOTTEN RAILWAYS: SOUTH WALES
Written by James Page.
Stock no. 1827143
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Tip-in fold-out map to rear. ISBN: 0715377345. SIGNED by the author (with best wishes) to front endpaper. Bookplate to front pastedown is hidden by front flap of dustwrapper. Text block browned. Endpapers lightly foxed. A few marks to contents. Tipped in map present to rear. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut, lightly browned and has some foxing to flaps.

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GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME TEN
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1326409
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

5.5 x 8.75 inches. Green covers. Part of a unique series with 75 contributors. B/w illustrations throughout. 224 pages. ISBN: 0900807105. Book plate to front pastedown (filled in with name and address in ink). Partial page browning to endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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THE BOOK OF SOUTH WALES, THE WYE, AND THE COAST
Written by Mr. S.C. Hall; Mrs. S.C. Hall.
Stock no. 1826404
Published by E.P. Publishing Limited. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile of the 1861 edition. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0715812335. Endpapers and textblock a little grubby. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly scuffed.

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