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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.
¶ Cymmrodorion Society’s Publications.
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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. chipped spine.
¶ Cymmrodorion Society’s Publications.
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Fairs, Geoffrey L.
A HISTORY OF THE HAY. The Story of Hay-on-Wye.
Phillimore & Co. Ltd., London and Chicheser, 1972. 1st Ed. [xii] + 356pp. 32 ills. including many from photos. Good in price clipped (made-up?) d/w. (partially laminated) faded to spine and lightly faded to upper part of d/w.
¶ Inscribed by the Author - ‘Best wishes Geoffrey L. Fairs August 1992.’
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Fairs, Geoffrey L.
A HISTORY OF THE HAY. The Story of Hay-on-Wye.
Phillimore & Co. Ltd., London and Chicheser, 1972. 1st Ed. [xii] + 356pp. 32 ills. including many from photos. Some light browning to e.ps., sm. ownership inscription, some minor rubbing to cloth, good in price clipped partially faded d/w.
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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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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-An Account 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 and Dobles ..., 1841. 6th Ed. Sm. 8vo. 98pp. 5 plates. Light age toning, with the signature of ‘John Gurney 1842’, original cloth backed boards, some staining, spine sl. chipped with chipped paper title label.
¶ ‘An Account of Goodrich Castle’ with seperate title page and pagination. Apparently the first edition of the above work published in 1818 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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Book number: 276732
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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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Gray, Thomas.
THE BURIED CITY OF KENFIG.
T Fisher Unwin, 1909. 1st Ed. 348pp. + [iv]. Double page plan, folding map, 26 plates. Imdecipherable inscription to front f.e.p., some light browning, original gilt lettered cloth with gilt device to upper board, spine faded and bumped, some staining to boards, t.e.g.
¶ Preface by Walter de Gray Birch.
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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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Book number: 277768
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Hamer, W. Bowen.
RADNORSHIRE in History, Topography and Romance. A Collection of Articles and Stories relating to the County. With a Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Sir D. Brynmor Jones.
Llandrindod Wells The Radnorshire Standard Co. Ltd., 1914. 1st Ed. Sm. 8vo. xxvii + 213pp. Many ills. Some light browning, original gilt rule edged gilt lettered cloth, spine sunned and bumped.
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Book number: 277708
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Harries, Frederick.
FAMOUS WRITERS AND WALES.
"Glamorgan County Times," Office, Pontypridd, 1925. [viii] + 186pp. + [ii]. Dec. head and tail pieces. F.e.ps. browned, black lettered red cloth faded to spine with fading intruding sl. along top-edge of boards.
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Book number: 278103
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