Pays de galles

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.

An Industrial Survey of South Wales. Made for the Board of Trade by University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire. [Second Impression]. IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

8vo., Second Impression, with diagrams in the text; original printed wrappers, covers lightly dust-soiled a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in 1932. Sold from an institution with its stamp on front wrapper, and press-mark and pocket on title. SCARCE.

Clough Williams-Ellis. The Architect of Portmeirion.

8vo., First Edition, with 28 plates on 16; burgundy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper.

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 Mandarin road to old Hue : narratives of Anglo-Vietnamese diplomacy from the 17th century to the eve of the French conquest

Octavo in light blue multicolored DJ in brodart; 349 p, b&w illus/maps/portraits; 23 cm. History; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam.

Black operations : the secret war against the Real IRA

343 p., [16] p. of b/w photo plates : ill., index ; 24 cm Ireland. Terrorism -- Northern Ireland. Undercover operations -- Northern Ireland. Named Corp: Irish Republican Army. Ireland -- History, Military. Northern Ireland -- History, Military.

The House of Hanover : and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Quarto in a black DJ ; 104 p. : illus (some color), ports (some color) ; 26 cm Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Kings and rulers -- Biography

Nouvelle géographie universelle. La terre et les hommes. IV : L'Europe du Nord-Ouest (Belgique, Hollande, Iles Britanniques). Contenant 6 cartes en couleurs tirées à part, 205 cartes dans le texte et 81 vues et types gravés sur bois.

Reliure demi-basane. 970 pages. 19x28cm. Rousseurs.

Turning to London. Labour's Attitude to Wales 1898-1956. Includes: Interpretations of Welsh Nationalism (1898-1914): The Wax and Wane of Home Rule (1918-1939): The Stamp of Anglo-Centralism (1939-1956): The Other Aneurin Bevan.

A Free Wales. A Welsh Wales. A Socialist Wales. [Translated by Hywel Davies].

Broadsides. Topical Songs of Wales.

The analysis of the hunting field

Large octavo in red boards ; xi, 258 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm. Fox hunting, Great Britain || With title and six coloured plates and forty-three illustrations in black and white by Henry Alken || Overall, beautiful copy of this limited edition reprint of the original 1846 edition published by Rudolph Ackerman || "This edition is numbered, and limited to 976 copies for England and America, of which 950 copies (numbered 1 to 950) are for sale and 26 copies (lettered A to Z) are for presentation. This is No. 133.".

To the Highlands in 1786. The Inquisitive Journey of a Young French Aristocrat. With a Foreword by Francois Crouzet. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustywrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE. 'Among the most perceptive and lively commentators on late eighteenth century England', La Rochefoucauld and Lazowski travel through Scotland, Ireland and North Wales, and visit industrial centres including Rotherham , Paisley and York.

ACCOMMODATION FOR GYPSIES. A Report on the working of the Caravan Sites Act 1968. Department of the Environment Welsh Office.

pp. viii, 50. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps. Fascinating study of Gypsy caravans and housing. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GYPSY 1

Llandudno and District in Line and Legend

No inscriptions or marks to contents. Small crease to upper corner of front cover. A very clean very tight copy with lightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. 35pp. The notes by the author are associated with each of H Clayton Jones's twenty one attractive line drawings depicting the town with its buildings and many significant landmarks and places around the district. Undated but probably pre-WW2.

General Rules for Regulating the Practice of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, and other matters relating to the general Police and affairs of the County of Monmouth...

First edition, 8vo, 54pp., disbound. Not listed on JISC.

Coasters of South Wales.

Oblong 4to., Firstt Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy. Includes as many views as possible of unfamiliar wharves and jetties, especially those on the Rivers Neath and Usk.

Highlights in Welsh Literature - Talks with a Prince.

The British Monarchy, or, A New Chorographical Description of all the Dominions Subject to the King of Great Britain : Bickham's Bird's Eye County Maps 1748

Ex reference library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked tape-free boards, faint browning/foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with very small nicks to edges. 43 county maps + 188pp. High quality facsimile reprint of the work previously published in 1743 with descriptions of England, Scotland, Wales, the American Colonies and the topography, industry, antiquities and principal towns of each of the Counties of England plus a little on the Electoral States (parts of present-day Europe) and on the African and Indian Settlements. A fascinating book.

Welsh Short Stories. [Revised Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition thus, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Revised re-issue (with four new writers added) of a scarce work first published in 1937. One story by Dylan Thomas. This is the only edition edited by Evans. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

A select Bibliography of English Genealogy, with brief Lists for Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

8vo., original cloth, gilt back, a fine copy.

Welsh Border Country. [Second Edition, revised.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous plates in monochrome and endpaper maps, neat contemporary inscription on frontispiece verso; orange cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at extremities. Published in Batsford's much sought-after 'Face of Britain' series with wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook.