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London: Cadell & Davies, 1815. Hardcover. Very Good. Double Elephant - over 25 - 50" tall. TURRELL E. RAWLE S. WARNER J. PORTER S. ROLFE J. WOOLNOTH W. KEUX H Le. SHURY J. etc.. In contemporary full red morocco, decorative gilt tooling, corners & edges bumped & worn. Spine, raised bands, lavish gilt tooling, edges worn. Internally, engraved title page & introduction, [1], 2-21 pp, [1], 102 engraved plates (including 1 double page), lower corner of title torn away, ffep repaired, red marbled endpapers, book plate to fpd (HAM Van Son), some light spotting, first 2 text leaves with vertical crease. Title states 1813, publishers details show 1815, 3 plates are dated 1815, so possibly 1816 or a little later. Plates and text describe the mosque at Cordoba (pl 1-9) and Alhambra and the Generalife at Granada (pl 10-97). (Cicognara 2536; Graesse IV, 631; Palau 186308; RIBA 2220). (655*485 mm) Probably issued serially in 12 monthly parts between July 1815 & mid 1816. Lavish work on the Moorish… Read More

Oxford: Edward Lhuyd, 1707. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Vol 1 only (all published). In modern quarter calf over red marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, raised bands, gilt titles to red calf label. Internally, Theatre vignette to title page, [2], [2] subscribers list, [2], [8] preface, [6] Kimry, 41, 2-3, 44-108, 113-179, 180-312 pp, (iv~), A-Ee2, 425-436 pp, [4] index, odd pagination but complete, new endpapers, some occasional light spotting to prelims, some light offsetting to tp, light marginal top corner water staining to last 30 leaves. (349*215 mm). (ESTC T116102. Brunet 1049. GRAESSE 194). Includes a Cornish Grammar, dictionary of the Irish language, as well as the first printed specimen of Manx . Title continues: Archaeologia Britannica, Giving Some Account Additional to What Has Been Hitherto Published, of The Languages, Histories and Customs of the Original Inhabitants of Great Britain: From Collections and Observations in Travels… Read More

London: Cambrian Archaeological Association, 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In green morocco cloth, faded at spine, gilt titles, corners and edges a little bumped and worn. Internally, no inscriptions, [4], 416 pp, (20) members list etc, 1 portrait pl, numerous illustrations (some full page, some folding, most within text), text block edges sprinkled red. Vol VIII. Sixth Series. (216*139 mm). Articles on, The Early Settlers of Anglesey, Roman Cardiff, 61st AGM, Flemish Bell of St Nicholas, Town of Holt, Tintern Abbey etc with articles by Prof Anwyl, John Ward, GE Halliday, AN Palmer, EN Baynes, Rev WD Bushell, Harold Hughes, M Evanson, CE Breese, JG Wood, P Stapleton, E Laws & EH Edwards + the Supplement on Rev J Skinner's Tour Through Anglesey. (COPAC. WorldCat)

London: 65, Chancery Lane, W.C.: Cambrian Archaeological Association, 1904. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In green cloth covers, sunned spine, title in gilt, [3], (v) only, lacking half title, [1], 2-340 pp, [1], 2-20 members list etc, numerous illustrations (some coloured), text block edges sprinkled red. Vol IV Sixth Series. (216*140 mm). With articles on: An exploration of some of the Cytiau in Tre'r Ceiri by Baring-Gould and R Burnard. The Architectural History of the Cathedral Church of St Deniol, Bangor by H Hughes. Is Port Kerdin in Moylgrove by AW Wade-Evans. Partrishow Church, Breconshire by Arch. Thomas. 57th AGM. Old Parishes of Gresford by AN Palmer. and other articles by Walter Williams, Alfred Hall, Pym Yeatman, GE Halliday, Prof E Anwyl, H Hughes, ML Dawson, Romilly Allen, Rev J Phillips, EK Jones, ER Vaughn, H Hughes, EA Jones to name but a few!

London: 177, Piccadilly. Tenby: W Pickering. R Mason., 1851. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG, 1st ed, 1851, Vol 2 new series, 9 pls. In modern half calf over red marbled boards. Spine, raised bands, gilt titles. Internally, frontis, [3], (iv) only, [1], 2-348 pp, 13 pls, numerous illustrations within text, top edges cut, remainder not, 1 loose leaf, St Anthony Friary stamp to tp. (Folio, 143*224 mm).

Oxford, the Theater: Edward Lhuyd, 1707. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. All published, VG, 1st Ed. In contemporary boxed calf, corners worn. Re-spined to style, raised bands, no title. Internally, [6], [8], [6] I Kimry, 40, 1*-4*, 45-179,180-194 Armoric Grammar, 195-212 Amoric Vocab, 213-221 Welch Words, 222-253 Cornish, 254-265 Catalogue, 266-289 Entymologicon, 290-298 Appendix, 299-312, (iv), A-Ee2, 425-436 pp Irish Scottish, [4] index, some light foxing & offsetting, bookplate to fpd (Wm. Strong), text block edges sprinkled red, with the Theater vignette, includes the list of subscribers. (348*215 mm). (ESTC T116102. Brunet 1049. Graesse 194). Title continues: Archaeologia Britannica, Giving Some Account Additional to What Has Been Hitherto Published, of The Languages, Histories and Customs of the Original Inhabitants of Great Britain: From Collections and Observations in Travels Through Wales, Cornwal, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland. Lhuyd… Read More

London: Duke Street, Portland Place: John Booth, 1810. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. NORRIS Charles. 24 Architectural illustrations The first three parts, all published, of an ambitiously planned publication 1810, Rare, Near Fine, oblong folio, 3 parts in 1, [4], + errata slip, viii, 18 B&W plates depicting 24 illustrations, along with 17 pp of descriptive text (includes 9 pp typescript), in early 20c morocco cloth, gilt edge tooling, spine title, with the original front printed wrappers for each of the three parts bound in at end (each has proof written in ink in a contemporary hand beneath the printed imprint). The text of the second part is supplied in early twentieth century typescript. Some light spotting on the plates, and a paper fault in the lower blank margin of plate 3 of the first part,, a few short very minor margin edge cuts, printed by William Savage, Bedford Bury. Issued in parts 1810-11. (420*282 mm). The first three parts, all published,… Read More

[HMSO]: Prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, 1919. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rare, VG+, March 1919, Peace Conference related. In printed soft grey covers, printed title to spine. Internally, [2], (ii-iv), [1], 2-126 pp, ink no. to upper cover, short marginal damp stain to prelims at head not affecting text, tiny spine edge chip head & tail. (217*140 mm). No listing, holding at usual sources. In preparation for the peace conference that was expected to follow World War I, in the spring of 1917 the British Foreign Office established a special section responsible for preparing background information for use by British delegates to the conference. Austria, Hungary, Foreign Policy of Austria-Hungary is Number 1 in a series of more than 160 studies produced by the section, most of which were published after the conclusion of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. The book is in three parts. The first is an overview of the… Read More

[HMSO]: Prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, 1919. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rare, April 1919, Peace Conference related. In printed soft grey covers, printed title to spine. Internally, [3], (iv-vii), [1], [1], 2-108 pp, coloured map to pocket on ep (Austro- Italian Frontier, short edge damp mark to upper covert. (217*140 mm). No listing, holding at usual sources. In preparation for the peace conference that was expected to follow World War I, in the spring of 1917 the British Foreign Office established a special section responsible for preparing background information for use by British delegates to the conference. The Austrian Littoral is Number 10 in a series of more than 160 studies produced by the section, most of which were published after the conclusion of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. The Austrian Littoral (known in German as Küstenland) was a province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that comprised… Read More

Cardiff: Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales, 1931. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. VG, 1st edition, 1931. In gilt titled blue embossed cloth, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt titles, edges rubbed & bumped. Internally, half title, [4], (v-xiv), 218 pp, printed endpapers, occasional neat pencil marginal note. (256*152 mm). A great reference book, dealing with Ancient Wales to the Nineteenth Century.

Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. VG+, c1790. In modern blue paper boards, cream paper spine, printed paper label. Internally, map frontis, [2], 36 pp, 3 plates (2 maps, 1 half page - coins), several small illustrations within the text, leaf with half page ms on 'Holy Head Mountain what Ruskin Says', small oval lib stamp to ep, new endpapers. (ESTC T79959, NCBEL, II:1306 Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p.15, An additional illustrated leaf (numbered 35-6) was issued in 1790 with No.52 - which this copy has). (Folio, 251* 204 mm). PRICE wrote A Short Account of Holyhead in the Isle of Anglesey, 1783. This was No. 10 of Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica. He also contributed an article to Archaeologia, vol. 8, entitled 'An Account of a bronze image of Roman workmanship.' Many of his letters were published in Nichols, Illustrations of Literary History of the 18th Century, together with the only known portrait of him. See NLW WBO for a full Bio.

London Piccadilly: Chatto and Windus, 1884. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Near fine copy of the first edition of THE source of information on swords by the noted British traveler Sir Richard Burton with 293 illustrations. In the original pictorial boards, corners bumped slightly. Spine, silver tooling & titles, edges bumped. Internally, half title, [9], (xii-xxxix), [1], [1], 2-299 pp, 293 illustrations, black end papers, printed in London by Spottiswoode. With its black slip case. (270*190 mm). This book traces the origin of the sword from prehistory to its full growth during the early Roman Empire. The author discusses the earliest weapons of stone, bone, horn and wood as well as variations. The swords covered include the sabre, broadsword, cutlass, scimitar, foil, and rapier as well as a host of other arms, including dirks, daggers, throwing knives, flails, and more. The text is enhanced by nearly 300 line drawings. Â FIRST EDITION of Burton's history of the… Read More

London. Bangor, Caernarvonshire: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. W Shone., 1850. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 1st Ed, 2 pls, 1 map, 11 illustrations. In contemporary brown embossed cloth, a little faded and soiled, gilt title to upper cover, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. Spine and gilt title faded, edges bumped and worn lightly. Internally, modern endpapers, B&W frontis present, [3], 4-302 pp, 2 B&W plates, 1 map (folding), 11 illustrations within text, some tape repairs to map joints, ink spots to upper cover, light water mark to frontis. A Good copy. Contains details of the voyage from Liverpool to North Wales, angling in Capel Curig, the Pearl fishery and much more. There was a 2nd edition published in 1851 followed by further publications in 2002 & 2008! Title continues: Scenery, Antiquities, Highways and Byeways, Lakes, Streams, and Railways.

137 Long Acre, London: Druden Press, J Davy & Sons, 1887. First Edition . Cloth. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dark blue cloth with gilt texting to spine and front cover. Spine is weak and the front boards are becoming weak. Internally, black endpapers, evidence of bookplate removal to fpd, the No 10 (in a limited editions?), and ink name (RT Jenkins) to fep, with occasional library stamp of Bangor University College. A copy of the originally written in 1578 by Rice Merrick Esq.. (vii), [3], 159 pp. Including Index, Appendix and a reprint of the portion of the Itinerary of John Leland, the Antiquary, to Glamorganshire from the 3rd edition of 1769. A fascinating book..

At the Cross, Worcester: The Author by J. Tymbs, 1797. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BAKER J.. Uncommon, complete with 3 plates. Bound into modern brown paper covers with cotton ties, Internally, [2], [1], 2-9, [1], 3 pls (B&W aquatints, titled but not dated), tiny spot hole in margin of page 5/6, no watermarks. (212*172 mm). (ESTC T213579) Title continues; Including a perfect description of that part of the Coast of Pembrokeshire, on which was effected the landing of the French forces, on the 22nd of February, 1797, and of their surrender to the Welch provincial troops, headed by Lord Cawdor. CAMBELL John Pryse - 1 st Lord Cawdor 1755-1821

London: Author, 1661. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. British Counties historically explained. In modern brown morocco, gilt edge tooling, gilt tooling to spine with gilt titles to a red calf label. Internally, [12], [18], 184 pp, 1 small woodcut plan (p72), lacks the first blank leaf, old paper repair along edge of title page, some light browning & spotting, small worming at the foot, marbled endpapers, evidence of label removal to fep. A Very Good example. The first edition had been issued in 1660. (164*101 mm). (Wing C.3871. ESTC R25345. Lowndes 406). Title continues: historically related, according to the precepts of the Lord Bacon, methodically digested, and the causes of many of them philosophically attempted. With Observations upon them, and Deductions from them, whereby divers Secrets in Nature are discovered, and somethings hitherto reckoned Prodigies, are fain to confess the cause whence they proceed. Useful for all the ingenious men of what… Read More

Melbourne: Bourke Street East, (near Parliament Houses).: Henry Tolman Dwight, 1866. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG, 1866, 2 pls. Uncommon. in its original embossed green cloth, a few marks, corners bumped. Spine, gilt tooling & titles, edges bumped. Internally, half title, [6], (vii-xxii), [1], 2-216 pp, 2 pls, adverts to pink eps and epds, Melbourne binders stamp to epd, evidence of removed bookplate to verso of fep, Cathedral library stamp to tp & 1 other, printed by Clarson, & Shallard, Melbourne. (Folio, 134*215 mm).

[London]: [J. Stockdale by J. Nichols and Son]. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. SANDBY. GROSE. CARY. WALKER. GASTINEAU. GRIFFITHS. MUNN. EVANS. NEALE. Etc. A superb, grangerised copy of the North Wales section of Camden's Britannia Volume 3 only (of 4), [1806], near Fine, in modern green morocco over green marbled boards (by Delrue 1982), spine with raised bands, gilt title to black cal label. Internally, 161-232 pp, 3 issued plates, 39 smaller pls tipped to issued pages, plus approx 253 plates (various sizes) on an additional 99 leaves, + a loose additional loose print, plus 12 ms leaves, + some blank leaves. With a tipped-in extract from Camden's 1771 edition - County of Merioneth, Caernarvon, Denbigh & Flint with 1 page verso of Cheshire [401-414] pp, with an additional folding map by Cary 1805, and a portrait of Edward I, text & plate leaves watermarked 1805, 1806, grangerised leaves 1809 with 1 at 1822. Numerous print artists plus some topographical… Read More

London: 36, Soho Square.: John Russell Smith, 1853. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1853, VG, 1st ed, 4 illustrations. In the publishers purple embossed cloth, corners bumped. Spine, gilt tooling, edges bumped, some loss. Internally, half title, [5], (vi-xi), [1], [1], 2-436 pp, 4 illustrations (includes 2 folding-paper repair to 1), text block base trimmed remainder not, yellow endpapers, evidence of removed bookplate to fpd. (141*222 mm). Poste, antiquary, devoted himself to the study of archaeology. He was one of the earliest members of the Archaeological Association, and many papers from his pen appeared in the association's Journal. See ODNB.

Bala: Cambrian Press, 1834. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Good, 1834, 2 pls. In faded red cloth, corners and edges bumped and worn. Spine, faded, worn title in ink to paper label, edges bumped and worn. Internally, ink name and some foxing to fpd, [9], [1], [8], 7-80 pp, 2 pls (1 folding), includes the 2 genealogical charts and the list of subscribers, printed and published by Robert Saunderson, Bala, many pages uncut, FPD name Charles ... Luxmoore related to the subscriber?. Originally published in 1662. (Madan 2616). Title continues: British Antiquities Revived or a Friendly Contest Touching the Soveraignty of the Three Princes of Wales in Ancient Times..... To Which is Added The Pedegree of the Right Honorable the Earl of Carbery.. With a Short Account of the Five Royal Tribes.... Vaughan, Robert Powell, antiquary, whose only real publication was British Antiquities Revived (1662) which was largely concerned with the debate over which of the sons of Rhodri Mawr (d.… Read More