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OLD STONE CROSSES of the Vale of Clywd and Neighbouring Parishes, Together with Some Account of the Ancient Manners and Customs and Legendary Lore. Connected with the Parishes. Bernard Quaritch ... N.d. c.[1886]. 1st Ed. 4to. [iv] + 208pp. + xxxiii + [x] Subscribers. 8 litho. plates, numerous ills. [Bound with]. Dymond, Charles William. THE ANCIENT REMAINS AT STANTON DREW in the County of Somerset. Printed for the Author 1896. iv + 40pp. + [ii] Subscribers. 2 plans including 1 folding (repaired).
, Together 2 vols. in. 1. Some pencil ruling to margins and text, light browning and spotting, modern e.ps., early half leather with cloth boards, some marking and fading to cloth, rebacked with original scratched gilt ruled spine laid down, gilt lettered label to spine.
¶ Second work No. 33 of a Limited Edition of 162 Copies.
¶ Second work No. 33 of a Limited Edition of 162 Copies.
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CAMBRIAN MINISTRELSIE: (Alawon Gwalia) A National Collection of Welsh Songs. The Music in Old and New Notations Edited and Harmonised by ... The Words in English and Welsh Edited by ...
T C & E C Jack ..., 1893. 1st Ed. 6 vols. Thin 4to. 2 portraits, 6 mounted colour plates. Original gilt and black tooled terracotta cloth, minor marking, spines sl. bumped.
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LLANDUDNO: Its History and Natural History; Comprising a Brief Sketch of the Antiquities, Natural Productions, and Romantic History, of the Town and Neighbourhood.
Thomas Williams ... Llandudno, 1861. 2nd Ed. viii + 202pp. + [xxiv] adverts. Plate, plan. Light marginal browning and occasional spotting, e.ps. lightly rubbed, a few corners sl. chipped or curled, lower hinge cracked but firm, original gilt lettered blind embossed navy cloth, soiled and rubbed, lower leading corner of lower board sl. bent, sl. wear to corners joints and head and tail of spine.
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THE LITERARY LIFE of the Late ... Esq. By Himself.
Benjamin and John White ..., 1793. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. [vi] + 144pp. Port. frontis (lightly cracked to margins), copper plate of Fountains Abbey. Light browning, modern e.ps., amateur rebind in modern leather backed marbled boards.
¶ ESTC T845. Without the additional folding hand coloured frontis. and portrait of Charles I and portrait of John Lloyd which are occasionally present. Includes 'Of the Patagonians' and two essays of Flintshire interest, etc. Thomas Pennant (1726–1798), naturalist, traveller, and writer ‘ ... Two of the three publications written towards the end of Pennant's life exemplify both his energy and the range of his writings ... The title of the third, [the above] by himself (1793), hints at Pennant's sense of humour. It is signed only by dotted lines to indicate the death of the author: it is for that reason that his History of the Parishes is signed ‘RESURGAM’, with its implication of literary resurrection ...’
¶ ESTC T845. Without the additional folding hand coloured frontis. and portrait of Charles I and portrait of John Lloyd which are occasionally present. Includes 'Of the Patagonians' and two essays of Flintshire interest, etc. Thomas Pennant (1726–1798), naturalist, traveller, and writer ‘ ... Two of the three publications written towards the end of Pennant's life exemplify both his energy and the range of his writings ... The title of the third, [the above] by himself (1793), hints at Pennant's sense of humour. It is signed only by dotted lines to indicate the death of the author: it is for that reason that his History of the Parishes is signed ‘RESURGAM’, with its implication of literary resurrection ...’
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A TOUR IN WALES MDCXXIII.
Henry Hughes, 1778-84. 1st 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 2 has added title page engraved: The journey to Snowdon. London, Printed by H. Hughes, 1781. First and best editions, containing matter and information not in subsequent editions, the impressions of the plates far exceed the later editions. 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.
¶ Ex.-libris Richard Gregory Esq. of Coole, near Gort, Ireland, Captain of the Coldstream Guards. Ex.-libris John Waldie. Volume 2 has added title page engraved: The journey to Snowdon. London, Printed by H. Hughes, 1781. First and best editions, containing matter and information not in subsequent editions, the impressions of the plates far exceed the later editions. 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.
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TOURS IN WALES. With Notes.
Printed for Wilkie and Robinson, 1810. (New Ed). 3 vols. Port. frontis, 43 engraved plates including 11 folding. Plates browned, modern e.ps., amateur rebind in similar modern leather backed marbled boards, gilt lettered labels to spines.
¶ Pennants 'Tours in Wales' which cover only the northern parts of the country and on which he was accompanied by John Lloyd have a well-written and clearly illustrated text (the drawings were by his servant Moses Griffith), which make them, among detailed surveys, the best as well as the earliest of their kind.
¶ Pennants 'Tours in Wales' which cover only the northern parts of the country and on which he was accompanied by John Lloyd have a well-written and clearly illustrated text (the drawings were by his servant Moses Griffith), which make them, among detailed surveys, the best as well as the earliest of their kind.
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WELSH MOUNTAINEERING. A Practical Guide to the Ascent of all the principal Mountains in Wales.
L. Upcott Gill, 1896. 1st Ed. Sm. 8vo. 172pp. + [xvi] publ. adverts. Several maps including 1 folding. Pencil ownership inscription, marginal browning, dec. e.ps. lightly browned, original gilt lettered pictorial cloth, some light soiling and rubbing, spine lightly browned.
¶ Neate P44.
¶ Neate P44.
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THE HISTORY OF CILGERRAN: Comprising a Detailed Account of the Castle, Church, Mansions, Old Families, Men of Note, Tin-Plate Works, Slate Quarries, Salmon Fishery, &c; Including the Topography of the Parish; With Copies of Charter, and Other Mss.
J. Russell Smith ..., 1867. 1st Ed. Sm. 8vo. xv + 264pp. 4 mounted photos. With 8pp of Subscribers. Some light marginal browning, hinges cracked, original gilt lettered cloth, spine sl. chipped.
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THE HISTORY OF CILGERRAN: Comprising a Detailed Account of the Castle, Church, Mansions, Old Families, Men of Note, Tin-Plate Works, Slate Quarries, &c.; Including the Topography of the Parish; With Copies of Charters, and Other MSS.
J. Russell Smith ..., 1867. 1st Ed. xvi + 264pp. 3 mounted photographs. Some light browning, with the signature of ‘Rev. H. Howell 1931’, annotations to pastedown, original gilt lettered green cloth, some marking, spine sl. chipped.
¶ John Roland Phillips (1844–1887) Welsh lawyer and antiquarian. His legal studies led him to take a great interest in the history and antiquities of the district, and in August 1866 he won the prize offered at Cardigan Eisteddfod for the best essay on the ‘History of Cilgerran.’ The publication of the essay in an enlarged form early in 1867 as the above.
¶ John Roland Phillips (1844–1887) Welsh lawyer and antiquarian. His legal studies led him to take a great interest in the history and antiquities of the district, and in August 1866 he won the prize offered at Cardigan Eisteddfod for the best essay on the ‘History of Cilgerran.’ The publication of the essay in an enlarged form early in 1867 as the above.
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THE HISTORY OF THE VALE OF NEATH.
Swansea Published by the Author at Beili Glas ..., 1925. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. 816pp. 27 plates. Underlining with marginal ruling and some marginalia throughout, very lightly browned, original bright gilt lettered cloth, spine sl. faded and bumped.
¶ David Rhys Phillips (1862-1952) Librarian. The above work was based on his essay on ‘The history of the Neath valley’ that won a £100 prize at the 1918 National Eisteddfod. This was published in 1925 as the above. The fruit of many years research, collecting together documents and traditions of all kinds relating to the life of the community, it was reprinted in 1994. From the library of Sir (Henry) Clifford Darby (1909–1992), geographer, of upper Neath valley, Glamorgan, south Wales with his signature in pencil to front free end paper. ODNB ‘... a towering figure in British geography for sixty years in the mid-twentieth century and was in the first rank of scholars in the country ...’ With his underlining throughout.
¶ David Rhys Phillips (1862-1952) Librarian. The above work was based on his essay on ‘The history of the Neath valley’ that won a £100 prize at the 1918 National Eisteddfod. This was published in 1925 as the above. The fruit of many years research, collecting together documents and traditions of all kinds relating to the life of the community, it was reprinted in 1994. From the library of Sir (Henry) Clifford Darby (1909–1992), geographer, of upper Neath valley, Glamorgan, south Wales with his signature in pencil to front free end paper. ODNB ‘... a towering figure in British geography for sixty years in the mid-twentieth century and was in the first rank of scholars in the country ...’ With his underlining throughout.
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MEMOIRS OF THE CIVIL WAR IN WALES And the Marches 1642-1649.
Longmans, Green & Co, 1874. 1st Ed. 2 vols. xii + 420pp. + viii + 414pp. Some sporadic light spotting, portion cut from front both front f.e.ps. and upper leading corner of front f.e.p. in vol. 2 probably where signature was, original gilt lettered dark maroon/brown cloth, some minor soiling and rubbing, sl. wear to corners, joints rubbed with sl. wear at head, minor fading to boards, spine faded and bumped and chipped at head and tail.
¶ John Roland Phillips (1844–1887), lawyer and antiquary. ODNB ‘... the Memoirs are still referred to by historians of seventeenth-century Wales ...’
¶ John Roland Phillips (1844–1887), lawyer and antiquary. ODNB ‘... the Memoirs are still referred to by historians of seventeenth-century Wales ...’
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THE PICARDS OR PYCHARDS Of Stradewy (Now Tretower) Castle, and Scethrog, Brecknockshire; Ocle Picard, Almaly, Staunton-on-Wye, Over Letton, Merston, Brewdwardine, Hopton Hagurnel in Great Cowarne, Bishop’s Stanford, Cradley, Pengethley, Etc., Herefordshire; Sapey Richard, and Suckley, Worcestershire. With some Account of the Family of Sapy, or Upper Sapey, Herefordshire.
London: Golding and Lawrence, 1878. Large 8vo. [viii] + 183pp. + [i]. 14 plates comprising 2 gilt & red coat of arms and 11 original photos. laid down, 3 folding pedigrees. Sm. lib. ink stamp to tail of title page, some very light marginal browning, verso of last page and half title browned, from f.e.p. affixed to front pastedown, sm. stain to top edge of p.79 and margin of facing plate, upper hinge tender, gilt lettered green cloth, coiled and rubbed, wear to corners and joints, spine darkenedand bumped at head and tail with accesion nos. to tail.
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THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY OF BRECKNOCKSHIRE From the Earliest times to the Present Day. Containing the General History Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions, with the History of the Principal Families, Institutions, and Societies of the County, together with the Parochial History of all the Parishes in the said County, to which is added a Biographical Record of Eminent Inhabitants, History of the Borough and County Parliamentary Representatives, with a Roll of High Sheriffs to the Present Time, Mayors of Brecknock, and many useful Tables of County information
Brecknock: Printed and Published by the Author, 1886. 1st Ed. 4to. xxiii + 495pp. 14 plates, map. With 8pp. Subscribers. Light age toning, marbled e.ps. and edges, contemporary black half morocco with cloth boards, gilt tooling and gilt lettering to spine, minor wear.
¶ With the signature of A. Evelyne Hiley, George Lewis Hiley of Penypont Llanelly near Abergavenny was a subscriber. With ‘The History of the Brecknockshire Charities (Borough & County), Compiled from Official Returns and Other Sources’ By Edwin Poole 40pp. Published at Brecon bound into rear. Edwin Poole, Journalist, Printer and Local Historian, was the founder in 1889 of the Brecon and Radnor Express which he edited himself.
¶ With the signature of A. Evelyne Hiley, George Lewis Hiley of Penypont Llanelly near Abergavenny was a subscriber. With ‘The History of the Brecknockshire Charities (Borough & County), Compiled from Official Returns and Other Sources’ By Edwin Poole 40pp. Published at Brecon bound into rear. Edwin Poole, Journalist, Printer and Local Historian, was the founder in 1889 of the Brecon and Radnor Express which he edited himself.
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OLD WELSH CHIPS January to December [November], 1888 [all published].
, 1st Ed. xi + 378pp. + [i]. Some light browning, with the signature of R.W. Phillips, amateur rebind in modern leather backed marbled boards.
¶ Volume 1 No. 1 -Volume 1 No. 11, a note to the last issue ‘the next number to be published on December 31st will be the last, as we do not recive sufficient pecuniary support to make it worth our while to continue the Magazine ...’ Unfortunately No. 12 was never published. The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales ‘... a short-lived but valuable antiquarian journal ...’
¶ Volume 1 No. 1 -Volume 1 No. 11, a note to the last issue ‘the next number to be published on December 31st will be the last, as we do not recive sufficient pecuniary support to make it worth our while to continue the Magazine ...’ Unfortunately No. 12 was never published. The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales ‘... a short-lived but valuable antiquarian journal ...’
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OLD WELSH CHIPS January to December [November], 1888 [all published].
, 1st Ed. xi + 378pp. + [i]. Some light browning, amateur rebind in modern leather backed marbled boards, gilt lettered label to spine.
¶ Volume 1 No. 1 -Volume 1 No. 11, a note to the last issue ‘the next number to be published on December 31st will be the last, as we do not recive sufficient pecuniary support to make it worth our while to continue the Magazine ...’ Unfortunately No. 12 was never published. The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales ‘... a short-lived but valuable antiquarian journal ...’
¶ Volume 1 No. 1 -Volume 1 No. 11, a note to the last issue ‘the next number to be published on December 31st will be the last, as we do not recive sufficient pecuniary support to make it worth our while to continue the Magazine ...’ Unfortunately No. 12 was never published. The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales ‘... a short-lived but valuable antiquarian journal ...’
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