Evans, Rev. J.

LETTERS WRITTEN DURING A TOUR THROUGH NORTH WALES, In the Year 1798, and at Other Times; Containing Views of the History, Antiquities, and Customs of that part of the Principality; And Interspersed with Observations on its Scenery, Agriculture, Botany, Mineralogy, Trade and Manufactures.

London: Printed for C. and R. Baldwin ... , 1804. 3rd Ed. xix + 415pp. Some browning, ex.-libris Jospeh L. Shirreff, contemporary polished tree calf, extremities rubbed, dec. gilt motifs with gilt tooling and gilt lettered title label to spine, extremities rubbed.

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Evans, J. Gwenogvryn (Editor).

OLL SYNNWYR PEN KEMBERO.

Bangor: Jarvis & Foster ..., 1902. Facsimile Reprint. Welsh text. Some ink annotations, ownership signature to front f.e.p., original japon with yapped edges.
¶ Reprints of Welsh Prose Works No. 3.

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Evans, Rev. Gruffydd.

THE STORY OF NEWCASTLE EMLYN AND ATPAR TO 1531, With a concluding Survey.

Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1923. 1st Ed. Slim 8vo. [vi] + 121pp. + [iii]. 6 plates from photos., plan. F.e.ps. browned, original gilt lettered burgundy cloth faded to spine, t.e.g. rest uncut.
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Evans, Reverend Gruffydd.

THE STORY OF THE ANCIENT CHURCHES OF LLANDOVERY.

Issued by the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1913. [iv] + 210pp. Folding map, several ills. from photos. Title page sl. spotted and with ownership signature to upper leading corner, edges uncut, original green limp card wrapps. lettered in black to upper wrapp., edges browned and sl. chipped, black ms. title to browned and sl. rubbed spine chipped at head and tail.
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Farrington, T.B.

COWLYD WATERWORKS. An Account of the Old Waterworks ar Conway, Colwyn Bay, &c., and a Description of the New Works constructed by the Joint Board for supplying Conway, Colwyn Bay, and portions of the Conway Rural District with Water from Lake Cowlyd.

Printed by George Falkner & Sons, The Deansgate Press, Manchester, 1904. 1st Ed. Tall Slim 8vo. 44pp. Frontis., 4 plates from photos., 17 mainly folding plates at rear showing plans, sections, details, &c. of the Lake and works, dec. head and tail pieces, red ruling. F.e.ps. browned, some sporadic spotting, gilt lettered blue cloth, sm. sm. brown spots to lower edge of upper board, some very minor rubbing to corners and head and tail of spine.
¶ The Conway & Colwyn Bay joint water supply district.

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Fosbroke, Rev. T.D.

THE WYE TOUR, Or Gilpin on "The Wye," With Picturesque Additions, and Archæological Illustrations; To Which is Added An Appendix, Containing I. An Account of Ross. II. Extracts Concerning the Wye, From ‘The Tour of a German Prince.’ III. An Account of Goodrich Court, The Seat of Sir S.R. Meyrick.

Ross; Printed by and for Farror & Dobles ..., 1839. 5th Ed. Sm. 8vo. vi + 199pp. + [v] + 84pp. 3 engraved plates, 1 engraved port. Some light browning, with the signature of ‘Anne Newburgh 1837,’ early cloth backed boards, sl. chipped paper title label to sl. bumped spine, minor marking and signs of wear, corners bumped and lacking portion to leading corner of lower board.
¶ Apparently the first edition of the above work published in 1819 was the first book to be printed in Ross on Wye. Thomas Dudley Fosbroke [Fosbrooke], (1770–1842), antiquary. ODNB ‘... in 1810 Fosbrooke accepted the curacy of Walford, near Ross, Herefordshire, with the neighbouring parochial chapelry of Ruardean, Gloucestershire; he moved to Walford in 1811. For eighteen years he had studied for eight hours or more a day ... He also wrote tourist guides, the most popular being [the above] (1818; 6th edn, 1841) ...’

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Fynes-Clinton, O.H.

THE WELSH VOCABULARY OF THE BANGOR DISTRICT.

OUP, 1913. 1st Ed. Thick 8vo. xxvii + 619pp. Note to rear f.e.p. edges lightly browned, original bright gilt lettered cloth, spine sl. bumped, in sl. chipped and browned d/w.
¶ Scarce. Osbert Henry Fynes Clinton (1869-1941) was Professor of French at the University College of North Wales (now the University of Wales, Bangor), from 1904 until his retirement in 1937. He was educated at Oxford University. His above book is regarded as a masterpiece and model for the study of dialect. It was first published in 1913 and reprinted in 1995.

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[Gastineau, Henry].

WALES ILLUSTRATED IN A SERIES OF VIEWS, Comprising the Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Castles, Seats of the Nobility & Gentry, Antiquities, &c.

Jones & Co., N.d. c.[1830]. 1st Ed. 2 vols. 4to. Additional engraved title pages, 220 engravings on 110 plates. Light foxing, with the signature of ‘John Willis 1835’, with the label of Wick Episcopi Library, marbled e.ps., bound by Ratcliffe Faversham in contemporary half calf with marbled boards, some loss to boards, corners scuffed, intricate blind tooling to spines with gilt lettered labels, spines sl. chipped.
¶ North and South Wales. Henry Gastineau (1791-1876). D.N.B. ‘... he showed great taste and discrimination in the treatment of his subjects, and, if these indicated little variation, he exhibited so refined a feeling for nature that they are highly valued by artists and others as examples of a thoroughly good workman in his art ...’

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Gilpin, William.

OBSERVATIONS ON THE RIVER WYE, And Several Parts of South Wales, &c. Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; Made In the Summer of the Year 1770.

London : printed for R. Blamire, in the Strand, 1789. 2nd Ed. 152pp. 15 tinted aquatint plates. Some light browning, marbled e.ps., ex.-libris William Wetenhall, contemporary mottled calf, gilt tooling to edges of boards (some wear), corners rubbed, intricate gilt tooled spine sl. rubbed with gilt loss and with gilt lettered title label to spine with loss at head and tail.
¶ Abbey lists 16 plates, Prideaux lists 17, in our experience issued with anywhere between 15-17 plates. ESTC T149236; Abbey Scenery 546 (First Edition); Prideaux p.337 (First Edition); Upcott 330. William Gilpin (1724–1804) English artist, Church of England cleric, schoolmaster and author. Gilpin travelled widely in Britain, with his notebook and sketching materials, in order to identify locations which offered that particular kind of beauty in landscape 'which is agreeable in a picture'. Picturesque tourism constituted 'a new object of pursuit', as he wrote the practice recommended was 'that of not merely describing; but of adapting the description of natural scenery to the principles of artificial landscape'.

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Gilpin, William.

OBSERVATIONS ON THE RIVER WYE, And Several Parts of South Wales, &c. Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; Made In the Summer of the Year 1770.

London : printed for R. Blamire, in the Strand, 1792. 3rd Ed. 152pp. + [i] publ. advert. 17 tinted aquatint plates. Some light browning, marbled e.ps., inner gilt dentelles, contemporary mottled calf, intricate gilt tooling to edges of boards, corners sl. rubbed, joints lightly cracked, gilt tooled bands and motifs with modern gilt lettered title label to spine with loss at head and tail and with sm. ink stain.
¶ Abbey lists 16 plates, Prideaux lists 17, in our experience issued with anywhere between 15-17 plates. ESTC T41848; Abbey Scenery 546 (First Edition); Prideaux p.337 (First Edition). William Gilpin (1724–1804) English artist, Church of England cleric, schoolmaster and author. Gilpin travelled widely in Britain, with his notebook and sketching materials, in order to identify locations which offered that particular kind of beauty in landscape 'which is agreeable in a picture'. Picturesque tourism constituted 'a new object of pursuit', as he wrote the practice recommended was 'that of not merely describing; but of adapting the description of natural scenery to the principles of artificial landscape'.

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Gilpin, William.

OBSERVATIONS ON THE RIVER WYE, And Several Parts of South Wales, &c. Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty: Made in the Summer of the Year 1770.

London: Printed by A. Strahan ..., 1800. 5th Ed. xvi + 154pp. 17 tinted aquatint plates (offset). Light age toning, ex.-libris John Phillips Esq. Edstone, inscription to front free end paper, half pigskin with marbled boards, gilt lettered lable to faded spine, minor wear to boards.
¶ Abbey lists 16 plates, Prideaux lists 17, in our experience issued with anywhere between 15-17 plates. ESTC T149236; Abbey Scenery 546 (First Edition); Prideaux p.337 (First Edition); Upcott 330. William Gilpin (1724–1804) English artist, Church of England cleric, schoolmaster and author. Gilpin travelled widely in Britain, with his notebook and sketching materials, in order to identify locations which offered that particular kind of beauty in landscape 'which is agreeable in a picture'. Picturesque tourism constituted 'a new object of pursuit', as he wrote the practice recommended was 'that of not merely describing; but of adapting the description of natural scenery to the principles of artificial landscape'.

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(Glamorgan County History Trust Limited).

GLAMORGAN COUNTY HISTORY Volume III [only of 6]: The Middle Ages. The Marcher Lordships of Glamorgan and Morgannwg and Gower and Kilvey from the Norman Conquest to the Act of Union of England and Wales. Edited by T.B. Pugh.

Cardiff: Distributed for the Glamorgan County History Committee by University of Wales Press, 1971. 1st Ed. 4to. [xx] + 704pp. Frontis., 23 plates from photos., 6 maps including 1 folding, 7 text figures. Sl. chipped d/w. faded to spine.

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(Glamorgan County History Trust Limited).

GLAMORGAN COUNTY HISTORY. Volume I [only of 6]: Natural History. Edited by W.M. Tattersall. Foreword by the Earl of Plymouth.

Cardiff: Printed and published for the Committee by William Lewis (Printers) Limited, 1936. 1st Ed. 4to. [xx] + 444pp. Frontis., 4 folding maps, 39 plates, 27 text figures. Sl. faded and rubbed d/w.

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Green, Francis (Compiler).

CALENDAR OF DEEDS & DOCUMENTS.

National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1921-31. 3 vols. Thick 8vo. Light age toning, original gilt lettered terracotta cloth, minor wear.
¶ One of a Limited Edition of 500 Copies. Covering the Coleman Deeds, the Crosswood Deeds, and the Hawarden Deeds.

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Gwyn, David.

WELSH SLATE. Archaeology and History of an Industry. Foreword by Professor R. Merfyn Jones.

RCHM Wales, 2015. 1st Ed. 4to. 291pp. + [v]. 243 figures including many in colour and from photos. E.p. map, good in original coloured pictorial boards very sl. rubbed to corners.

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