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By: A Member of Y Cylch Catholig.
Price: £15.00
Publisher: Cardiff, Catholic Truth Society.: 1950
Edition: Presumed First UK Edition
Seller ID: M009784
Condition: Good with no dust jacket
A good 28 page stapled A5 booklet with "C21" written in ink on the front cover, otherwise unmarked. Staples rusted and this shows through to the inner gutters - but just holding. 9 chapters, no illustrations other than the cover desgn which is an heraldic map showing the principal Cistercian foundations in Wales. "Penrhys is a meadow on the nose of the forest, Mass bread and holy water". So wrote the Welsh poet Gwilym Tew in the fifteenth century. At that time Pen rhys was one of the holiest places in Wales. Pilgrims came 'over land and sea' (or so the poets said) to worship at... View more info
By: Abse, Joan
Price: £8.00
Publisher: Bridgend, Seren (The Book Imprint of Poetry Wales Press): 2000
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 113435
Condition: As New in As New dust jacket
Brown boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's lettered/decorated dustjacket. The dustjacket is NOT price clipped. NO Inscriptions or Marks. 336 pp. An Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright 'As New' copy. "This fascinating anthology of letters ranges over eight centuries of life in Wales and provides an enthralling commentary on its development. The letters bring Welsh history to life through vivid vignettes of personal experience and all too human opinion. While seemingly devoted to events in Wales the correspondents are also measuring Wales' place in Bri... View more info
By: Adams, Sam (Complied and Edited by)
Price: £40.00
Publisher: Cardiff, University of Wales Press: 2002
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 110007
Condition: As New in Near Fine dust jacket
Maroon red boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's lettered dustjacket. Dustjacket is Not clipped. A little light, negligible, shelfwear to the d/j covers - just a few light smudges/scratches which are only seen if held up to the light. The dustjacket has now been protected in a clear book plastic cover and looks Fine. No Inscriptions or Marks. (xvi) + 383 pp. Black and White Portrait Frontispiece. " Roland Mathias is one of the most important writers to emerge in Wales since the Second World War. He was one of the founders of 'Dock Leaves' in 1949 and bec... View more info
By: Allday, D. Helen
Price: £9.00
Publisher: Suffolk, T. Dalton: 1981
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 107674
ISBN: 0861380010
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
NOT PRICE CLIPPED, price ticket to front free flap. Slight creasing to edges of dustwrap. Clean white boards with bright gilt titling to spine. Map to endpapers. Previous owners name written to front endpaper and half title. Hinges sound. xii +182pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. Contents include; The first Princes, the Kings of England, Great Omens, The New Prince of Wales, The Welsh King, Castles and Places connected with Glyn Dwr, early rulers - Wales, the Tribal system etc. Index.; 107674; 8vo View more info
Price: £30.00
Publisher: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd.: 1912
Edition: 2nd Edition Revised
Seller ID: 110981
Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket
Red boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and front cover. There is slight edge wear to the corners of the boards and the page fore-edges are uiniformly tanned with foxing (brown) spots. The endpapers are also browned. The paper/plates is/are generally Very Clean and the paper uniformly cream. There are NO Inscriptions or other Marks. (xxii) + 315pp. Illustrated with b/w prints. (Plates Collated). Index. Overall, apart from the 'faults' as detailed above, this is a Tight and Bright, Near 'Very Good' copy. "This work is an attempt to give a concise summary as to the origin and develo... View more info
By: ANON
Price: £15.00
Publisher: London, James Darling: 1853
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 000029
Condition: Good with no dust jacket
Original blind stamped cloth bound boards with gilt titling and price (1/-) to front board. Spine creased/crumpled. Edges slightly scuffed. Front and rear inner paper hinges splitting. 1853. Name/Writing on half-title and first page. 192 pp. Contents cover Edward the Black Prince, Owen Glyndwr- Prince of Wales, Mediaeval Bardism and The Welsh Church. Overall very clean and tight. ; 000029; 8vo View more info
By: ANON
Price: £40.00
Publisher: London, Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion: 1917
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 000301
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
No Jacket. First Edition. Small 4to. Cymmrodorion Record Series. From the original registers, in the Diocesan registry of Carmarthen with a translation and a general index by R F Isaacson formerly of the Public Record Office. Red cloth bound boards with blind stamps on front boards and gilt titling to spine. Spines are patchily faded but all three are similarly affected. OTHERWISE VERY GOOD++ COPIES. Very lightly mottling to page edges.; Cymmrodorion Record Series; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall View more info
By: Anon
Price: £12.00
Publisher: Llanelly, James Davies & Co: 1889
Edition: Presumed First Edition
Seller ID: 001937
Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket
Covers have repaired internally near spine with tape. Name/Writing on inner front cover. Covers grubby, worn, creased. Spine reinforced with tape. Rusting staple. 16 pp. Internally clean and bright.; 001937; 8vo (slim booklet) View more info
By: Anon
Price: £10.00
Publisher: Aberystwyth, Cambrian News: 1927
Edition: Presumed First UK Edition
Seller ID: 004299
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
In the original publisher's stiffish light mustard brown coloured paper covers. Contents include; The Sculptured Stones of Cardiganshire, The Introduction of Metal into Wales, Old Aberystwyth, Some of the Remains of the Lost Goidelic Language of Cardiganshire, Twm Shon Gati (Twm Sion Catti) etc. NO INSCRIPTIONS. CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. Rough cut pages. Covers slightly worn to edges, slight stain to top edge of front cover. 109pp. Illustrated in black and white. ; 004299; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall View more info
By: Anon
Price: £19.50
Publisher: London, Cymdeithas Gelfyddydau Gogledd Cymru: 1988
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 48049
ISBN: 0950068624
Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Wedi eu golygu (?Edited by...) gan Bedwyr Lewis Jones a Gwyn Thomas. Large 4to, Original Bright Red Cloth. FINE IN Very Good (with a few closed tears) D/W. Welsh Text. Limited Edition of "tri chan copi o'r gyfrol hon" (? 300 or 3000 copies?) this is copy No 90. Printed on Parilux Gwyn 170gsm paper by Gwasg Gomer. I'm fairly certain this is a sort of 'Extracts from' 'Geiriau' meaning 'words', so in effect 'William Morgans words' (?). The book has a facsimile page from the bible tipped in as a Frontispeice, but the rest of the book consists of various 'extracts from' sections of... View more info
By: Anon
Price: £10.00
Publisher: Welsh Arts Council: 1973
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 106150
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
Sepia illustrations/photographs. Illustrated card covers, corners bumped/creased. NO INSCRIPTIONS, internally some light foxing spots/thumbing, overall CLEAN AND BRIGHT.; 106150; 8vo Square View more info
By: Anon
Price: £45.00
Publisher: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth:
Seller ID: 106558
ISBN: 090715882x
Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket
Text in Welsh and in English. 302pp, covers clean, NO INSCRIPTIONS. "This work attempts to list the first edition of all children's and school books in the Welsh language...the following categories of materials have been included within the scope of the work: fiction, poetry, collections of songs, plays, information books, textbooks and title with miscellaneous contents. Serials, music scores...and basic painting books..." Excellent copy, CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT; 106558; Tall 4to / Small Folio View more info
By: Anon
Price: £9.50
Publisher: Aberystwyth, The National Library of Wales: 1986
Seller ID: 106571
ISBN: 0907158188
Condition: As New with no dust jacket
Apart from remains of price ticket to rear cover, covers are clean. 36pp+, NO INSCRIPTIONS, UNUSED, MINT, text in English and Welsh, Illustrated in colour and black/white, maps, photographs of MSS etc. CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. "...examines the significance of Domesday Book for the history of medieval Wales and the border shires but also displays subsequent surveys of land and people throughout the centuries to the Tithe Commutation Act of 1836 and the decennial censuses of modern times."; 106571; 4to View more info
By: Anon
Price: £8.00
Publisher: Cardiff, UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS: 1941
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 106745
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
Paper covers slightly sunned to edges, light creasing to corners, few small spots, NO INSCRIPTIONS, light foxing to title page, 126pp, internally excellent, CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. Contents include; Land; people; history; language; literature; general etc; 106745; 8vo View more info
By: ANON
Price: £60.00
Publisher: London, J Russell Smith and J H & J Parker:
Edition: Presumed First Edition Thus
Seller ID: 107540
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
No date (c 1880's) Brown cloth covered boards with gilt titling to spine, very slight staining to covers, corners and head/tail of spine bumped, edges of covers knocked (indentation to front/rear cover at edge). Spine has been reglued. Inner hinges good. 136pp. Black/white illustrations. Large fold out map of the Lordship of Kemeys with Heraldic shields to top/middle left. 1 large fold out pedigree of 'Thomas Davies Lloyd Esq of Bronwydd in Co. Cardigan from the emblazoned pedigree on vellum at Bronwydd, 1859, drawn up in 1677, and brought down to 1861.' (three small tears to edges of pedig... View more info
By: Anon
Price: £11.00
Publisher: Pontardulais Cricket Club: 1976
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 107581
Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket
Clean dark blue boards with bright gilt titling to spine. Hinges sound. 171pp. Numerous black/white illustrations. Advertisements. Contents include; Facts in the first quarter century; a glimpse into the early history of Club and Village life; Recollections; memorable moments; hockey; rugby; soccer; cricket history etc. CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT.; 107581; 8vo View more info
By: Anon
Price: £70.00
Publisher: Germany, Made in Germany: (1880)
Edition: Presumed First UK Edition
Seller ID: 114019
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
Blue cloth-covered boards with a untitled plain cloth spine. The front board has the title, decorative borders and an heraldic 'Welsh Dragon' tooled in gilt on the front cover, the gilt a little dulled in places. The rear board has blind stamped decoration. The edges and corners are slightly rubbed here and there. NO date or publisher shown other than 'Made in Germany' on the bottom of the front board. This type of publication was usually sold as a gift 'souvenir' and invariably printed abroad and could be any date from the 1850s to the 1890s - often with the name of the gift shop on the rear ... View more info
By: Anon (Attributed To Allen Cliff, Of Worcester)
Price: £140.00
Publisher: Salisbury, J. Easton,: 1800
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 113860
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
FIRST Edition. Near contemporary/or contemporary half green leather (spine and corners) blind stamped decoration to the spine, with marbled boards. A burgundy coloured title label to the spine with bright gilt titling, plus gilt banding and decoration to the spine. Base colour to the spine has drkened to a browny-green with age but all very clean and clear. Extremities a little rubbed, and 2 names, and an address, to the plain front free endpaper, both from a local Carmarthenshire family named White - and the book was also bound by the family as indicated by a small binders label at the end 'B... View more info
Price: £7.50
Publisher: Newport, Wales, R. H. J. Ltd. , (Newport Library): 1943
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 114681
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
In the original lettered paper wraps. Near Fine - apart from very Rusty staples - but holding tight. First Edition. 8vo. 8 pp pamphlet.. Not Illustrated. Part of the 'Dig for Victory' campaign during 2nd World War. The 'Dig for Victory Exhibition' was held in the Great Central Hall on 24-27 February 1943. " The object of the exhibition was to encourage increased production of vegetables, etc... And to show how best old methods could be applied".." This Pamphlet Advises people on the best 'self-help' books, etc. The Leaflet is entitled - 'Books About..Vegetables, Wild Foods, Fruit, ... View more info
By: Anon (Various)
Price: £45.00
Publisher: Treffynnon ( Holywell, Flint, North Wales), Treffynnon: Argraphwyd a Chyhoeddwyd yn Swyddfa'r ' Cymro ', Gan W. Morris: 1857
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 112365
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
Welsh Text. A bound volume of this journal running the full year from Ionawr (January) 1857 complete to Rhagfyr (December) , 1857. A VERY Attractive Binding. Bound in full dark burgundy leather with Bright gilt titling and decoration to the spine. Both front and rear covers have a double gilt border with luxurious corner decoration. The edges and inner dentelles are also decorated in gilt. The corners of the boards are lightly bumped, rubbed and worn, as are the edges and head/tail of the spine. All hinges, outer and inner, are Tight and Secure. All edges Gilt. Plain endpapers, and there is a ... View more info
