Pays de galles

Rumney and St. Mellons. A History of Two Villages. NEAR FINE COPY

8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, and numerous photographs and full-page map in the text; pictorial boards, a near fine copy. SCARCE.

South-West Wales. Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire. A Shell Guide. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text and photographic endpapers, small signature on front free endpaper verso; original green cloth, backstrip blocked and lettered in green and red, case lightly shaken else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at extremities. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.

Under Milk Wood. A Play for Voices. Edited with an Introduction by Douglas Cleverdon. Lithographs by Ceri Richards. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

8vo., on laid paper, with frontispiece, title and text in red and black, and 8 plates; green cloth, upper board blocked in black, red cloth cloth back lettered in gilt, green top, patterned endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's pictorial board slip-case.

The tourifications of Malachi Meldrum Esq. of Meldrum-Hall, Vol. II

Small octavo in grey paper boards and spine, 256p, includes index; 1-page errata for both volumes ; 18 cm. Deckled edges all. Scarce. Volume II only. Appears to be a novel interspersed with poetry. Includes the poem "Address to the Gout" , wish begins: Yea! Gout! Where came ye limpin frae ? / Whase weel-tormented muckle tae .... || Scotland. Fiction, Poetry, Novels.

Rhann o psalmae Dafydd brophwyd. Rhan o Salmau Dafydd broffwrd. I'w canu ar ol y don arferedig yn Eglwys Loegr.

In 8°, t. t. edit., pp. 44; ottimo es..

Egluryn ffraethineb sef dosbarth ar retoreg. Un o'r saith gelfyddyd. Argraffiad cyfatebol o gopi yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru 1595.

In 8°, t. t. edit., pp. 140; vol. in lingua gallese; ottimo es..

Hunters and Fishers: or Sketches of Primitive Races in the Lands Beyond the Sea.

First edition, small 8vo, x, 146pp., 4 chromolithographed plates, text block loose, several gatherings standing proud, orig. publishers cloth, spine torn and chipped.

Tinterne and its Vicinity.

First edition, 12mo (175 x 110 mm), xiii, [1], 168pp., title vignette, orig. green cloth. Provenance: Ownership signature on front endpaper: 'Wm. Webster, Tintern Abbey.'

Ewenny Priory Monastery and Fortress.

First Edition, presentation inscription on half-title "H.N. Pendlebury from the Author. 2 Decr 1901.", frontispiece, folding plan, 11 plates, viii, 101, [1]pp., an eighteenth century engraving of the priory pasted to the final blank leaf, original cloth, slightly rippled, gilt.

The Itinerary through Wales and the Description of Wales. With an Introduction by W. Llewellyn Williams. FIRST APPEARANCE IN EVERYMAN

8vo., First Edition thus; original series binding of green ribbed cloth, upper board blocked in blind, back gilt extra, coloured top, pictorial endpapers, a near fiNe copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. EL 272; Seymour 434.0.

Wales and the Marches. Quarter Inch Map. [Quarter-Inch Fifth Series Special Sheet. Scale: Quarter-Inch to One Mile]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST ISSUE WITH UNIQUE COVER

Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 41 x 32 ins (approx. 104 x 81 cms) folding in 36 panels to 8.25 x 5.0 ins (approx. 21.0 x 13.0 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, some light dust-soiling, small closed tear in rear wrapper else a very good, bright, clean copy. Fifth Series Special Sheets were produced for a relatively small number of selected regions, and not included in the numbered sheet series. The cover is Reeves' 'Five Lines' in blue landscape format with Welsh Dragon in red. THIS COVER DESIGN IS UNIQUE, AND SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Browne, 100.2.

The picture book of brasses in gilt

Book is in excellent condition in red paper hardback boards. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, gilt print to spine, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is price clipped, shows chipping, edgewear, 2" tear at back, scuffing. Prnted in G.B. 242 illustrations in gilt and black. Illustrations are photographically reduced from original rubbings and turned into positives with art ehn printed on to a solid gilt base, giving an authentic reproduction of the original design as conceived by the medieval craftsman. Detail to block-making. Book is heavily illustrated with large, often full page illustrations bathed in gilt.

The Pre-Cambrian and Lower Palaeozoic rocks of Wales. Report of a Symposium held at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, in honor of Professor O.T. Jones and Sir William Pugh.

Small 4to, 24.5cm. Pp. x,461, 104 figs. and maps (some fold.), refs., subject index. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. Light wear to jacket, very good otherwise.

Highways and Byways in North Wales. With Illustrations by Joseph Pennell and Hugh Thomson. [Fifth Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY

8vo., Fifth Impression, with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and large folding map coloured in outline; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, blue top, a near fine copy. With 4pp series catalogue at end. First published in 1898.

Laugharne & Dylan Thomas

No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 140pp. Originally published in 1967, written by Min Lewis and with the superb drawings by her husband Stanley Lewis, this work is 'the essential documentary reference that gives a complete corroboration to Dylan's own work'. It contains an important cache of letters, documents, illustrations and thumbnail sketches relating to Laugharne and Dylan Thomas in the 1950s and 1960s including Stanley's delightful original 1958 sketches of the Llaregyb Players rehearsing Under Milk Wood.

Travels with my Aunt : a novel

Light blue octavo in a green slipcase ; 267 p, illus (some color) ; 23cm Novel -- Story -- Travel -- Family -- England

THE GYPSY STORY TELLER.

206p. Color frontis. Woodcut style illustrations by Frank Dobias. 8vo. Original orange full cloth binding. The full page illustrations are indeed handsome. They accompany wonderful folk tales from Roumania, Wales, Poland, Bulgaria, Transylvania, etc. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GYPSY 1

Brett Whiteley: Art & life

Light pencil marking to text. 240 pages. 10 1/4"w x 11"h. "This book, published to coincide with an exhibition at The Gallery of New South Wales -- the first major retrospective of the artist's work -- presents an illuminating evaluation of Whiteley's achievement. Works dating from the 1950's until the last years of his life, illustrated in 180 colour plates, allows Whiteley's fascinating career to be surveyed in its entirety."

Presteigne Past and Present. IN THE DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and a folding map; cloth, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges. SCARCE

The Life of Dylan Thomas.

First edition. With frontispiece and 8 pages of plates.

Dragon y ddraig.

A NEW AND POPULAR PICTORIAL DESCRIPTION OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND, WALES, AND THE BRITISH ISLANDS. Embellished With Several Hundred Handsome Engravings.

pp. 557, (4) [Publisher's catalogue] + Frontis. Illustrated with several hundred text engravings, many full page plates. Fore edge and inner margins dampstained. Age stained. Lancaster bookseller's label on front paste down. Tall 8vo. 235mm. Original publisher's cloth binding. Spine and front board elaborately decorated in gold with castles and ruins. Rear board decorated in gold with an urn and flowers. Corners worn with loss. Head and tail of spine worn with loss. Boards rubbed. ENGLAND BX 3

Dominion Language Series - Book Three: For Grades Seven and Eight

378 pages including index. Colour frontis of a young Prince of Wales. Well used, soiled and worn but still holding together. A few bits of writing inside and on front flyleaf. Still usable. Text is separated into no less than 226 sections i.e. too many topics to list. A random sampling includes poem study, singular and plural of verbs, beginning a story, business letters, pronunciation, the semicolon, using your imagination, some common uses for italics, reduncancy, selecting the correct word. Book

The Love Spoon - A Selection of Recipes from Wales

126 pages. Includes Hors d'Oeuvres and Savouries; Soups, Sea Food, Meats, Breads and Cakes, Omelettes, Pancakes, Puddings, Preserves, Sauces, Jams, Confectionery, Wines, Beverages. First 42 pages loose but present. Average wear. A worthy reference. Book