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CARDIGANSHIRE

UK Customers please add postage @ £2.00 per book (£4.00 maximum)
Overseas customers will be charged Surface or Airmail as requested

Cardigan Priory in the Olden Days
Olwen Powys, 1904. 4to, 168pp, 7 ills inc folding county map at end. Unopened copy, scattered spotting on eps o/w a nice clean copy, VG. (ref 8182) £35.00

[Llangoedmore document]  Scheduling of the Pantgwyn Estate by the Board of Agriculture
Official copy of an 1890 Order affecting the 338 acre Pantgwyn Farm, tenanted by John Lewis, and other lands & property owned by Julia Griffiths, the whole area amounting to 371 acres.  Manuscript on single parchment sheet, size approx 20"x15" so suitable for framing.  (ref 424/4)  £15.00
post-free  Not for export

[Penbryn]  Property Sale Poster
This large poster [approx 20"x30"] announces the 1949 sale of a 'valuable freehold smallholding known as Glanrhyd, formerly known as Llaincwrci.....situate near the main road and bus route between Cardigan and Aberayron and distant about 8 miles from Cardigan and 9 miles from Newcastle Emlyn'.  Whether due to the post-war decline or simply saving money, this poster is printed on rather flimsy paper.  As a result there is wear and tear along old folds and there is some creasing and crumpling down the left-hand side.  However it is attractively printed in red and black and would look good in a frame.  (ref 3672)  £15 post-free in UK

Review of Part of the Boundary between the Counties of Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire in the Area of the Community of St Dogmaels - Draft Proposals
Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales, undated but assumed to be 2002.  A4 format in yellow card covers,13+6+2+8+5pp in English and the same repeated in Welsh,  maps in English and Welsh in the centre.  'The purpose of the review is to consider whether, in the interests of effective and convenient local government, the Commission should propose changes to the present boundary' - draw your own conclusions as to what this means.   Ex-Glamorgan Record Office Library, their stamp at foot of title-page.  (ref 252/127)  £4.00

An Illustrated History of Dyfed - Vol 1:   Cardiganshire
W J Lewis, nd but 1976.  Oblong 4to in pictorial card covers, 92pp, many ills inc drawings, maps and dozens of captioned photos.  Text in both Welsh and English.  Front cover dogeared at top & tail of leading edge, nevertheless a nice clean copy, easily G.  (ref 3232)  £15.00

The History and Antiquities of the County of Cardigan Collected from the Few Remaining Documents which have Escaped the Destructive Ravages of Time, as well as From Actual Observation
Samuel Rush Meyrick, 1808.  Large heavy 4to, 283+586pp inc index followed by index to the heraldry & directions to the binder, 20 engraved plates as called for.  Scattered spotting here & there, inc some of the plates.   Invaluable parish-by-parish details from 200 years ago, including many local pedigrees and monumental inscriptions in churches and churchyards.  Modern reback incorporating the original backstrip, 5 raised bands, full calf on old boards, gilt lining, gilt lettering & designs on spine, a nice strong copy of this scarce 1st edition (often the 1810 ed is erroneously described as the 1st).  (ref 0000)  £350.00

POSTCARDS

The Harbour, Aberayron
Sepia view by Frith (ref AYN112).  View is of harbour taken from the sea.   Unused/undated.  Odd circular crease in top corner. £1.00 post-free in UK

Parish Church, Aberystwyth
Coloured card by Christian Novels Publishing Co.  Dates from the 1910s.   Postally used but someone has removed the stamp & some of the surface of the card. £1.50 post-free in UK

Borth from the Rocks
B&w photo by Salmon (their no 11564), unused. £1.00 post-free in UK

Clarach Bay near Aberystwyth
Unused/undated card by Dennis (their ref A0509).  Nice view of bay looking down from the hills.  Very nice clean card.  £1.00 post-free in UK

Hafod Church, Devil's Bridge
Real photo by Dennis, their ref A0525. Unused & undated. £1.75 post-free in UK

John Keeble's Church, Llangorwen
Real sepia photo card by Dennis, their ref A378. Postally used but stamps have been removed so impossible to date. £1.75 post-free in UK