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An Introduction to the Welsh language, combining a simple grammar, phrase book and dictionary. 51p. index Book
127pp. 30 cm. Paperback Very good condition The courtship of Diana and previous romances of Prince Charles
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, trace of handling to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper edge. 301pp. The authors, two historians, discuss their discoveries in original key documents which had lain neglected for centuries and which unearth the truth about King Arthur and the magical realm of Avalon. Illustrated.
Previous owner's name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A clean tight copy with slightly sunned unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped but very dusty, repaired and with nicks and chipping to edges. 221pp. A dramatic & violent action set in a northern corner of Wales involving Welsh nationalism, political ambition and the mind and character of a young man.
Photographs and notes on areas of Australia. Not dated. Covers are somewhat creased and worn around the edges.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint indenting to front and rear and rubbing to upper edge. Scarce in the UK. 143pp. Biography of the Australian literary hero who wrote both prose and poetry. He was the first articulate voice of the real Australia.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. No dust jacket. 127pp. This book traces the history of narrow gauge and miniature railways, past and present, in text and photographs. It includes other countries including Southern and East Africa and Switzerland.
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 237pp. An account of the music tradition of Wales, rooted in temperance and Nonconformity, music was a form of collective popular culture that was meant to be spiritually uplifting - every valley would be exalted. But not everything worked out quite this way.
London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1889, in-8 piccolo, legatura editoriale in piena tela con impressioni a secco sul piatto anteriore, pp. 64. Con illustrazioni e cartine n.t. "The Royal School Series". Ottime condizioni.
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with small label removal mark to front and no bumping to corners. 48pp. Letters and photographs form the Second World War previously published in the South Wales Evening Post.
With 64 photographs, 28 in colour. 200 pages. It was intended for anyone touring Britain. Useful now to see how things have changed. Index. Dust jacket has loss of cellophane on the front which has darkened that area.
8vo., Second Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Revised version of the first edition of 1988. Ottley, 17542 (recording the first edition).
8vo., with photographs, facsimiles and diagrams in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly spotted else a very good, clean copy. High quality facsimile re-issue of the original edition of 1949. Ottley 5684 (recording the first edition).
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and facsimiles throughout; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
Small neat name label on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, minor foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to edges. 192pp. This is primarily a book for walkers but also appropriate for geologists, botanists, naturalists, historians and even engineers.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 22 plates and a full-page map in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at fold-ins. With striking dustwrapper artwork by R A Maynard in the style of Brian Cook.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, front endpaper map in blue and rear endpaper chart in blue, small neat repair to frontispiece margin; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and lettered in black, gilt back, a bright, clean copy With 2pp series catalogue preceding half-title and 6pp publisher's advertisement at end.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and 3 maps (two double-page) in the text; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with one small tear. Issued in Hale's well-known 'Portrait' series
Oblong 4to., Second Edition, with numerous full-page postcards throughout, wanting front free endpaper; pictorial boards, a very good, clean copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.
8vo, 304 pages, illustrations. eng
Biography of George IV, with eight illustrations. 301 pages. Index. ex-libris label on front pastedown, two creases on front free endpaper, spine faded and browned, covers faded in parts, particularly on back cover, light foxing to page edges.
29p Hardcover Very good condition good
27 p. : illus. ; 16 cm. Paperback Very good condition "Of this first edition, 350 copies have been set aside by the publisher as keepsake no. 29 for distribution to the Typophiles"--Colophon.