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THE SCRIPTORIUM OF MARGAM ABBEY AND THE SCRIBES OF EARLY ANGEVIN GLAMORGAN. Secretarial Administration in a Welsh Marcher Barony, c.1150-c.1225.
Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2002. 1st Ed. xxxvi + 147pp. + [i]. Frontis., 32 b/w. plates at rear. Very good in gilt lettered green cloth with paper title label to upper board.
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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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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, &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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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 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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POSTAL DIRECTORY OF CARNARVONSHIRE, Containing Classified Trade & Commercial List, Alphabetically Arranged.
Rockliff Brothers., Limited, Liverpool, 1886. 1st Ed. 462pp. Some sporadic light spotting, advert. e.ps. browned, hinges cracked and sl. shaken, top edge of last couple of leaves sl. stained and chipped, blind embossed dark green cloth lettered in gilt to upper board, soiled and rubbed, sl. wear at corners, head and tail of spine bumped with sm. split at head.
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SURVEY OF THE LORDSHIP OF GOWER 1764. Edited and introduced by Bernard Morris.
Gower Society Publication, 2000. 1st Ed. 4to. [xxii] + 234pp. Colour frontis., many ills. from photos., maps. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, e.p. maps, good in d/w.
¶ Previously only available in manuscript transcript published at the end of the C19th century.
¶ Previously only available in manuscript transcript published at the end of the C19th century.
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THE MARCHES A Picturesque Tour. Accompanied by a specially written sequence of Sonnets by Peter Levi.
Merivale Editions, N.d. c.[1989]. Eight lithographs (six in colour and two in monochrome Lancaut and Flint Castle) each measuring 10 x 14 inches, paper size 12.5 x 16.5 inches. With colour printed prospectus. Shobdon with light marginal crease. Each individually loosely enclosed in bi-fold blue/red card wrapps., titles lettered in black to upper wrapp., with Levi’s Poem printed to inner upper wrapp., publication and limitation details together with Powers’ architectural note to rear lower wrapp.
¶ Each from the Limited Edition of 150 Copies, each print is numbered, titled and signed by the Artist. According to the prospectus ‘Numbers 1-75 are complete portfolios of the eight lithographs with text. Numbers 1-12 are special copies containing progressive proofs for one of the lithographs, Numbers 76-150 are available as seperate prints.’ Alan Powers lithographic tour of the Welsh Borders accompanied by a specially written sequence of sonnets by Peter Levi. Inspired by the great colour plate travel books published in the 18th and 19th centuries and by John Piper’s ‘Brighton Aquatints’ published in 1939. Power’s lithographs with Levi’s poems are conceived as a tour beginning at Lancaut (108/150), just above Chepstow, and travelling northwards via Capel-y-Ffin (174/150), Hay Bluff (146/150), Shobdon (80/150), Montgomery (148/150), Powys Castle (128-150), and Chirk (149/150) to Flint Castle (49/150) on the Dee Estuary.
¶ Each from the Limited Edition of 150 Copies, each print is numbered, titled and signed by the Artist. According to the prospectus ‘Numbers 1-75 are complete portfolios of the eight lithographs with text. Numbers 1-12 are special copies containing progressive proofs for one of the lithographs, Numbers 76-150 are available as seperate prints.’ Alan Powers lithographic tour of the Welsh Borders accompanied by a specially written sequence of sonnets by Peter Levi. Inspired by the great colour plate travel books published in the 18th and 19th centuries and by John Piper’s ‘Brighton Aquatints’ published in 1939. Power’s lithographs with Levi’s poems are conceived as a tour beginning at Lancaut (108/150), just above Chepstow, and travelling northwards via Capel-y-Ffin (174/150), Hay Bluff (146/150), Shobdon (80/150), Montgomery (148/150), Powys Castle (128-150), and Chirk (149/150) to Flint Castle (49/150) on the Dee Estuary.
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THE ACCOUNT BOOK FOR THE BOROUGH OF SWANSEA, WALES 1640-1660. A Study in Local Administration during the Civil War and Interregnum.
Edwin Mellen Press/Centre for Research and Scholarship St. David’s University College, Lampeter, 1990. [vi] + [xiv] + 315pp. + [v]. Frontis., 5 plates. Original silver lettered blue cloth, some very minor fading and rubbing.
¶ Welsh Studies Volume 1.
¶ Welsh Studies Volume 1.
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THE LITERARY REMAINS OF ... Carnhuanawr, Vicar of Cwmdû, Breconshire; and Rural Dean: Llandovery:
William Rees ..., 1854-5. 2 vols. xvi + 400pp. + xii + 420pp. With viiipp. of subscribers. Mounted port. frontiss. (faded), 1 mounted sihouette portrait, 23 plates. Signature of V E Irving Brynmawr, some browning and foxing, bound in original blind embossed cloth with gilt harp to upper boards, some darkening and marking, corners bumped, spines chipped with loss.
¶ Includes list of subscribers. Includes bibliographical references and index. Earliest book published in Wales with an original photograph present. Price was exceptionally interested in Welsh culture, he assisted Lady Charlotte Guest with her translation of the Mabinogion.
¶ Includes list of subscribers. Includes bibliographical references and index. Earliest book published in Wales with an original photograph present. Price was exceptionally interested in Welsh culture, he assisted Lady Charlotte Guest with her translation of the Mabinogion.
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