(Album). [POSTCARD ALBUM]. c.[1908-1924].
Sq. Sm. 4to. Circa 196 vintage postcards, comprising:- 30 Franco British Exhibition (1908); 54 British Empire Exhibition (1924); 112 Cardiff & the South Wales valleys. Loosely inserted in purpose made plastic sleeves, in modern red laminated binder with silver ‘Photos’ to upper board.
£125.00 [ref: 290914]

(Beauties of England and Wales). THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES; Or Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical and Descriptive of Each County. By Rev. J. Evans. Volume XVIII South Wales. Printed For J. Harris; Longman and Co. ... 1815.
1st Ed. viii + 917pp. + [xxv] + [xxviii] + Errata + [xiv]. 32 engraved plates including additional vignette title page. Presentation Bookplate ‘Presented to the Library Christ’s Hospital Horsham by E.A.R. Ewen C.H. 1865-70 June 1926’, some browning, contemporary double gilt rule edged calf boards, extremities rubbed, some marking and scuffing, rebacked in plain calf.
£100.00 [ref: 291396]

(Beauties of England and Wales). THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES; Or Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical and Descriptive of Each County. By Rev. J. Evans. Volume XVII Part I. North Wales. Printed For J. Harris; Vernor, Hood and Sharpe ... 1814.
1st Ed. [iv] + 959pp. + [xi]. 30 engraved plates including additional vignette title page. Presentation Bookplate ‘Presented to the Library Christ’s Hospital Horsham by E.A.R. Ewen C.H. 1865-70 June 1926’, sporadic foxing, light marginal waterstain, contemporary double gilt rule edged calf boards, extremities rubbed, some marking and darkening, rebacked in plain calf.
£75.00 [ref: 291395]

(Bevan). Llewellyn, David. NYE: THE BELOVED PATRICIAN. Glimpses of the greatness of Aneurin Bevan. Printed and Published by Western Mail & Echo Ltd., Cardiff N.d. c.[1960].
Thin square 8vo. 32pp. Many ills. Original wrapps., minor wear.
Aneurin "Nye" Bevan (1897–1960) Welsh hero.
£15.00 [ref: 293775]

(Howel Dda). THE LAWS OF HOWEL DDA. A Facsimile Reprint of Llanstephan Ms. 116 in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. Edited by Timothy Lewis. Published for the Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales by Henry Sotheran & Co. 1912.
Royal 8vo. xviii + 121pp. + [i]. Frontis. Some sporadic spotting, gilt lettered green cloth with gilt armorial device and blind ruling to upper board, t.e.g. rest uncut.
University of Wales, Welsh Texts No. I. One of a Limited Edition of 529 Copies.
£25.00 [ref: 276267]

(Jones), Davies, Edwin (Editor). THEOPHILUS JONES, F.S.A., Historian: His Life, Letters & Literary Remains. Brecon: Published by Davies & Co. 1905.
1st Ed. [xii] + 158pp. including 6pp. Subscribers list. Port. frontis., 4 plates. Hinges cracking but firm, f.e.ps. lightly browned, from the library of John Grant with pencil signature, sl. staining to top edge of lower pastedown, original gilt lettered red cloth, minor soiling, bevelled edges, corners sl. bumped, upper board faded and dampstained with some waterspotting, spine faded and sl. bumped at head and tail with water stain at head intruding across onto head of lower board.
Theophilus Jones (1758–1812) Welsh lawyer, known as the historian of Brecknockshire, producing his great county history first in 1805-8.
£35.00 [ref: 293444]

(Morris). Waters, Ivor. THE UNFORTUNATE VALENTINE MORRIS. Chepstow Society, Chepstow 1964.
1st Ed. Slim 8vo. xii + 96pp. Port. frontis., vignette title page, 15 plates. Good in d/w.
Ivor Waters (1907-1992) initial proposer and then General Secretary of the Chepstow Society, was an assiduous local historian as well as a poet. Author’s Presentation Copy, inscribed - ‘Arthur Clark, from Ivor Waters Sep. 1964.’ Valentine Morris (1727–1789) British landowner and politician, responsible for developing the picturesque woodland walks at Piercefield in the Wye Valley, and the Governor of St. Vincent from 1772 to 1779.
£25.00 [ref: 281152]

(Pennant, Thomas). A TOUR IN WALES MDCXXIII. Henry Hughes 1778-84.
Mixed Ed. 2 vols. Sm. 4to. T.p. + vi + [i] + 455pp. + [i] Errrata + Index [viii] + [ii] Adverts. + T.p. + T.p. + ii + [i] + 183pp. + [i] blank + Corrections and Additions pp.([185]-197) + [i] erratum + [i] advert + pp.(184-487). + Index [vi] + [ii] + 7pp. Supplement. 3 engraved title pages, 53 copper plates including some folding, several woodcuts, 2 vignettes, 10 supplemental plates. Plate iv volume 2 with sm burn hole, light sporadic browning, contemporary speckled calf boards with gilt rule to edges, corners scuffed, rebacked with much of intricately tooled gilt spines laid down, some marking and minor loss to boards.
Ex.-libris Richard Gregory Esq. of Coole, near Gort, Ireland, Captain of the Coldstream Guards. Ex.-libris John Waldie. Volume 1 ESTC No: T133752 ‘Anonymous. By Thomas Pent. The titlepages are engraved ... Ten supplemental plates with seven explanatory pages of letterpress were published to accompany the first part of volume 2, [present in our copy]. Pent's tour in Wales actually took place in 1773. Volume 2: ESTC T213985. ‘Anonymous. By Thomas Pent. The titlepages are engraved. Vol. 2 has an additional titlepage, engraved, reading: 'The journey to Snowdon' with the imprint: London: printed by Henry Hughes, 1781.’ The journey to Snowdon' was also separately issued in 1781 (ESTC N498600), then reissued as part of volume 2 of the first edition. Pennant was accompanied on his travels by John Lloyd (1733-93), the text of his volumes was well-written and clearly illustrated (the drawings were by his servant Moses Griffith), which make them, among detailed surveys, the best as well as the earliest of their kind.
£350.00 [ref: 287772]

(Radnor). [THE RADNOR BOROUGHS CONSTITUENCY]. Radnor District Radnor. [1832]. Sm. folio. pp.(187-204). Drop title. Folding map of Radnor, Knighton, Knucklas, and Presteigne with colour boundaries. [Lacking pp.191-2]. 141. [Bound with] Radnor District of Boroughs. Radnor. Ordnance Survey Office 1868. Folio. pp.(433-436). Map of New Radnor, Cefnllys, Knighton and Knucklas, Presteigne, and Rhayader with colour boundaries.
Some browning, together bound in half brown buckram with green marbled boards, gilt lettered leatherette label to upper board.
£50.00 [ref: 271300]

(Talgarth Chamber of Trade). TALGARTH Official Guide. Issued Under the Auspices of ... New Centurion Publishing Co. Derby ... Cheltenham N.d. c.[1950].
1st Ed. Sm. thin 8vo. Ills., map. Light age toning, original wrapps., some browning.
£15.00 [ref: 293452]