Caernarvon The Gateway to Snowdonia Official Handbook
Tourist guide, c1932, in printed paper wraps, no title to spine. Internally, [2], 3-80 pp, (18 photographic illustrations, including 1 in colour), 1 folding map, numerous local illustrated adverts, bookseller label to fep verso. (188*128 mm).
Picturesque Barmouth The "Dainty" Series
In quarter maroon morocco over soft brown printed paper covers, corners & edges a little chipped & worn. Spine, worn some loss no title. Internally, 12 photographic views, not dated but c1900. No listing at COPAC or World Cat. Views include,…
The Cambrian Tourist, or, Post-Chase Companion Through Wales;
In modern quarter calf over grey boards. Spine, blind tooling, gilt titles to black calf label. Internally, [3], (iv-xv), [1], [1], 2-467 pp, [1], 2 charts (folding), top edge cut remainder not, new endpapers. (193*108 mm). Title continues:…
Llandudno, Queen of Welsh Watering Places
Rare, early c1895, 21, B&W Photographic Views of Llandudno and Surrounding Areas, Photograph album, in black padded morocco, gilt tooling and titles, edges rubbed. Internally, marbled endpapers, gilt turn-ins, a.e.g., verso fep advert for…
Picturesque Views of the Principal Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in England and Wales.
An alphabetical arrangement of one hundred picturesque views of seats of the nobility and gentry in England and Wales VG 100 pls. First & only edition in a beautiful full red long grain morocco, quarto, gilt rolled borders in the Greek Key" style
Welsh Sketches, Chiefly Ecclesiastical, to the close of the Twelfth Centuru
[APPLEYARD Ernest Silvanus] 1800-1870
VG, 1st ed, 1851. In contemporary embossed gilt printed cloth, corners bumped. Spine, edges bumped, no title. Internally, [5], (vi-viii), [1], 2-160 pp, yellow endpapers, ink name & stamp to fpd, ink name to tp, joints cracked. (190*119 mm).
Welsh Sketches. Third Series
[APPLEYARD Ernest Silvanus] 1800-1870
VG, 2nd ed, 1852. In contemporary embossed gilt printed cloth, corners bumped. Spine, edges bumped, no title. Internally, half title, [5], (vi-viii), [1], 2-192 pp, joints cracked, yellow endpapers. (189*120 mm).
Circular Tour from Chester through North Wales.
[BROSTER John] d1853
Small pocket tour of Chester in contemporary red morocco in a wallet style with a flap to close. Internally, marbled endpapers, frontis, [3], (iv-xii), [1], (ii-iv), [1], 4-179 pp, [1] adverts, 4 pls (including 1 hand coloured topographical scene &…
Circular Tour from Chester through North Wales.
[BROSTER John] d1853
Small pocket tour of Chester In contemporary full black morocco, gilt edge tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt tooling, no title. Internally, frontis, [3], (iv-xii), [1], (ii-iv), [1], 4-179 pp, [1] adverts, 5 pls (B&W, including 4 copper engraved…
An Account of some of the most Romantic Parts of North Wales.
[CRADDOCK Joseph] 1742-1826
G, 1777, 2 pls, 1 map. In full calf, gilt box tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt tooling & title, lacking the upper inch, upper joint cracked. Internally, [3], (iv) only, engraved title, map, [1], 2-147 pp, 1 map (folding), 2 pls, gilt…
A Guide to all the Watering and Sea-Bathing Places; with a description of the lakes; a sketch of a tour in Wales; and itineraries.
[FELTHAM John]
An interesting look at some of the most famous spa towns in the UK at the turn of the 19th century. VG, c1804, Uncommon. Contemporary calf boards, corners bumped with modern spine to style, gilt tooling, gilt title to red calf label.…
The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain.
[FINDEN William] 1787-1852. BEATTIE Willaim 1793-1875. [FINDEN Edward Francis] 1791-1857 .
2 vols, VG, 126 pls 1 woodcut. In half calf (by W. Branch), over red marbled boards, some blind tooling, corners & edges rubbed. Spines, gilt & blind tooling, gilt titles to maroon calf labels. Internally, Vol 1, 1842, portrait frontis,…
A Week's Walk in Gower
[G.P.B.]
In printed blue paper boards, black ink titles, corners rubbed, repined, no title. Internally, [5], 6-48 pp, ink name to fep (Bob Owen), some offsetting to eps & a couple of spots, not dated but c1859, adverts to lower board. But a VG example.…
Journal of a Tour through North and South Wales, the Isle of Man, &c, &c
[MANNERS John Henry, Duke of Rutland] 1778-1857
VG, 1st ed, 1805, 7 pls. Uncommon. One of the most difficult to locate books on Welsh topography First edition, Vl 3 only (of 3), in modern speckled calf, some blind tooling. Spine, blind tooling, gilt titles & tooling. Internally, half…
A Tour in Wales, and Several Counties of England, Including Both Universities, Performed in the Summer of 1805
[MAVOR William Fordyce] 1758-1837
VG, 1st ed, 2 pls, 1806. In half calf over contemporary red marbled boards. Spinegilt tooling & titles. Internally, frontis, [4], [3], 4-182 pp, [2] index, 2 pls (B&W folding), text watermarked 1805, no wm to plates, some offsetting & light…