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  1. Anglesey ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No. LXXVIII. Scale 1" to 1 mile, size 25" x 41", dissected and mounted on linen, folding to large 4to. Library stamp on linen on verso. Electrotyped in 1862. £35.00
    Covers Ormes Head, Caernarvon, the whole of Anglesey.


  2. Barmouth and Harlech ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Sheets LIX N.E, LXXV N.E., borders, each linen-backed and folding into uniform cloth wraps with yellow Stanford label. Electrotypes, c1880. £16.00

  3. Brecon LEASE of tenement, barn, kiln, beasthouse, and lands adjoining the Glebe in Langeney, Stephen Boollis of Trewithin, founder, to John Edwards of Langeney. Vellum, size 11" x 25", signed with his mark by Boollis, wax seal on tag. Some waterstaining along one fold, some rubbing at folds with loss of some letters, but legible. Memorandum on verso signed by 7 witnesses. 1692. £25.00

  4. Brecon ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XLII N.W. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Quarter sheet. Laid down on thin card. 1888. £14.00
    Shows Brecon in S.E. corner, Llandulas etc.


  5. Bridgend TRADESMEN'S MAY DAY SHOW and Horse Parade. Programme, 4pp., 8vo. Lists prizes for Best Cob in Harness, Best Cart Horse etc. (35 classes). 1905. £7.00

  6. Caermarthen and Brecknock ORDNANCE SURVEY. Composite map, folding, dissected and mounted on linen, size approx. 24«" x 53«", plus margins, scale 1" to 1 mile, folding to 8vo, cloth paper sides. c1870. £30.00
    Shows an area which includes Laugharne, Newcastle Emlyn, Castell Morlais, Brecknock and Caermarthen.


  7. Caermarthen ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XLI. Sheet 1" to 1 mile. Size 24" x 36". Linen-backed and folding into small 4to marbled endpapers. Electrotype, 1865. £34.00
    Covers Laugharne, Llandovery, Newcastle Emlyn.


  8. Caernavonshire, Merionethshire ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet LXXV. Scale 1" to mile, size 24" x 36", linen-backed and folding into 8vo cloth endpapers, parkland lakes, and main roads hand-coloured, county borders with shading in a variety of colours. Area around Llaneddwyn coloured orange, pipe-line and what appears to be proposed reservoir marked in red. c1860. £36.00
    Covers Edeyrn, Llandwrog, Ffestiniog.


  9. Cardiganshire 'HYMETTUS' WILL SERVE THIS SEASON Thorough-bred Mares, 6 Guineas; Half-bred Mares 3 Guineas; and 5 Shillings the Groom. Printed handbill, small 8vo, on blue paper, setting out pedigree, with a description of horse, and list of wins. Owner was J. Rees, Berthlwyd, near Cardigan... together with a similar notice on pink paper for 'Dalnacardock', a bay horse foaled 1869, winner of the Yorkshire Handicap. Owner John Griffith, Parktwad, Llandugwydd. Traces of many folds. 1866 and c1880. £36.00

  10. Cardiganshire ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile. Sheet LVII. Linen-backed and folding to 4to with marbled sides. Electrotype 1865. £34.00
    Covers Lampeter, Aberystwyth.


  11. Carmarthen ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XLI. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 24" x 35", a few marginal tears. Paper slightly dusty down left-hand edge. O.S blindstamp 1887. £30.00

  12. Carmarthen SERIES OF THIRTY SEVEN LETTERS from Bright & Garrard, Engineers, Old Foundry, Carmarthen, regarding the manufacture of machinery for the Mill at Felinuchaf, Lampeter. All 4to, headed notepaper, written on both sides, except two which are 8vo. May 1877 - May 1878, addressed to David Lloyd, Solicitor, Lampeter. 5 of the letters have ink sketches on verso showing position of wheel, stone, mill race etc, with measurements. 1877-8. £45.00
    With very specific description of his proposals for machinery, and modifications of the design over the period, e.g. 'Large Head Wheel to increase speed of stones - 104 teeth 8' 2" dia. To be a 'Mortice' wheel for receiving 104 Wood teeth. Pinion for Stone Spindle fitted with socket for lifting same out of fear 9" dia. and with 10 teeth.... supplied and delivered on Rails at Carmarthen for the sum of £27.6s.6d.'


  13. Carmarthenshire A TRUE AND PERFECT INVENTORY of all Singular the Goods, Cattle & Chattels, household Stuff & Implements of husbandry of John Jenkin late of the parish of Llanvihangel Yerorth in the County of Carmarthen, within the Diocese of St. Davids, deceased, apprized & valued by Griffith Jenkin, William John & Hopwell April the thirteenth one thousand seaven hundred and twenty, as follows.... Manuscript in a neat hand, 1p., sm. folio, impressed and printed excise stamps. small hole in blank area at bottom. Some slight wear at old fold, and slight browning in parts. 1720. £75.00
    Possibly Llanvihangel ar Arth near Newcastle Emlyn. 21 items listed, including two pairs of oxen, 'fourteen head of barren cattle of all sorts', a brass pan, a feather bed, 'cart, plows, harrows and hurdles'.


  14. Cellan, Cardiganshire POSTER advertising auction sale at Lampeter of Farms called Blaenwaun and Gelligaer, Corn Grist Mill at Pentrefelin etc., 9th July 1915. Size 28" x 19", folded. 1915. £17.00

  15. Conway GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Sheet No. XLVI.N.W. Fully hand-coloured map, scale 1" to 1 mile, size approx. 13" x 18", plus margins, key in sea area. Embossed Ordnance stamp, 1897. £22.00
    Covers Puffin Island, Red Wharf Bay, Llandudno. About two thirds of map is sea area.


  16. Denbighshire PARTICULAR of several very desirable freehold Farms and Lands situate in the townships of Nantgwrid, Hafodgynfor, Cilcochwyn, Erwallo, Crogen Iddon in the parish of Llangollen... about 600 Acres... which will be sold by auction... 4th day of June, 1852... 3pp, folio, plus docket title, folded, some edge tears, 3 hand-coloured folding maps which are browned and ragged. Held along spine with archival tape. 1852. £16.00
    Detailed Schedules giving tenants etc.


  17. Dovey, Mawddach... Salmon Fishery District THE SALMON FISHERY ACTS 1861-1873. 7pp printed on pink card, 4«" x 3". Details 3 Acts, and on the last page Scale of Licence Duties for Fishing for Salmon ('for each weir hang, baulk, garth, goryd... £10....') 1894. £16.00

  18. Great Ormes Head ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile. Sheet 78. Size 13" x 18", plus wide margins. Cancelled 'Record Map' stamp in top margin. 1891. £10.00
    Most of map is sea area.


  19. King's Head Estate, Merionethshire PARTICULARS, PLANS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the King's Head Estate, comprising of Two Freehold Dwelling Houses, Twelve Choice Building Sites and a Valuable Freehold Farm. Which Messrs. Cooke Bros. & Roberts have been instructed to offer for Sale by Public Auction.... On Tuesday, May 18th, 1909. Folio, 7pp, folding coloured plan, original wraps, some light foxing. 1909. £17.00

  20. Llanarmon, Denbigh FEOFFMENT of an Allotment of Common Land in Llanarmon in Yale, Edward Jones, Farmer, Edward Davies, Shoemaker, and others to John Davies, Miner, all of Llanarmon. Vellum, size 21" x 27". 4 wax seals. 1842. £22.00
    Refers to land at Oyfnant, number 12 on the Inclosure map. Gives details of lands adjoining.


  21. Llanfair, Montgomery MORTGAGE of an Estate called Melin y Grug in the Parishes of Llanfair and Llanerfyl in the County of Montgomery, Edward Mortimer Green to Robert Wigram Crawford and others. Vellum, 7 sheets size 23" x 27", including 3 sheets of Schedules, with name of tenants, number on plan etc. 3 wax seals. With fine fully hand-coloured manuscript plan of the estate attached, on cartridge paper, backed with linen, size 27" x 55". Shows fields, buildings, streams, woodland, quarry, turbary, bushes of rushes, lake of Lynn Hir, adjoining owners named. 1861. £110.00

  22. Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire PARTICULARS, PLANS & CONDITIONS OF SALE of Valuable Freehold Estates near to the Market Town & Borough of Welshpool.... comprising Valuable Allotments of Rich Pasture Land and 'Lluast Wen Farm' in the Townships of Bodran & Cammen.... which will be Sold by Auction..... 2nd day of May, 1884. 3pp., folio, with docket title and completed memorandum on verso, large folding coloured map, folds. A few small edge tears at folds. 1884. £32.00
    With schedules.

    MANUSCRIPT PLAN ON VELLUM

  23. Llanuwchllyn, Merioneth MAP OF ALLOTMENTS IN WAEN ARGOED Manuscript plan in outline colour, on vellum, size 14" x 37", scale 6 chains to one inch. Shows lands along the River Afon Cynfas, below Rhenig mountain, signs showing by whom fences to be made. Plots of land numbered, adjoining owners named, shows waterfall, slate quarry, roads leading to Blaen cwm ifsa, Llanuchlyn, Maesgwyn etc. Attractive title in grey showing scroll with title propped against classical column. Slightly faded. c1820. £90.00

  24. Merioneth ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile, formed from Sheets 59 N.E., 60 N.W., 74 S.W., 75 S.E. Size 25" x 36", dissected and mounted on linen, folding into spotty cloth wraps. One quarter sheet brighter and whiter than the others. Electrotype, 1880. £22.00
    Covers Llandrillo, Harlech, Llanwydellan.


  25. Merioneth ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet LXXIV. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 24" x 36", linen-backed and folding nto 8vo cloth endpapers. Main roads, main rivers, parkland coloured, country borders shaded in green, blue, pink and yellow. Some small holes in linen where folds meet. Printed from an Electrotype, c1850. £45.00
    Covers Oswestry, Lake Bala, Llanfyllyn.


  26. Merioneth ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet LXXIV. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 24" x 36", linen-backed and folding to large 4to with marbled sides. Counties very lightly colour-washed, borders coloured. 1873. £34.00
    Covers Oswestry, Lake Bala, Llanfyllyn.


  27. Merionethshire AUCTION POSTER. Valuable Oak, Ash and other Timber to be Sold by Auction by Mr Thomas Payne, At the Cross-Foxes Inn, Mallwyd, on Tuesday the Fourteenth Day of February, 1826.... Size approx. 18" x 11", folds. Dolgelley: printed for J. Pugh. 1826. £24.00
    Lists 7 lots of the timber and farms concerned in the Parish of Mallwyd.


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  28. Mount Alyn, Rossett, Denbighshire CATALOGUE OF SALE at Home Farm, March 29th, 1887 comprising Young Dairy Cows & Heifers, Fresh Barrens, Fat Cows, Yearling Heifers, Flock of Grand Shropshire Down & Leicester Ewes... Agricultural Implements... 10pp, 8vo. Traces of having been folded twice. 1887. £16.00
    Four bulls are listed in single lots with pedigrees.


  29. Moylgrove, Haverfordwest, Fishguard ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XL. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 24" x 35". Mounted on linen and folding into 8vo paper endpapers, small key map. Watermarked 1851. £30.00

  30. Mumbles TWO REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS One 'The Mumbles Train' showing the train at the station with people on board, the other 'Pier & Railway Station Mumbles', with train at station, large crowd of people. Harvey Barton, Printer, Bristol. c1914. £12.00

  31. Pembroke Quarter Sessions MIDSUMMER QUARTER SESSIONS 1887 Minutes of Business on Tuesday 28th of June, 1887. 28pp, 8vo, stapled. Includes Orders Made at Easter Quarter Sessions, with payments for prosecutions, conveyance of prisoners, expenses for public buildings etc. 1887. £16.00

  32. Pembroke ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XXXVIII. Scale 1" to 1 mile, size 16" x 36". Parkland and main roads hand-coloured. Linen-backed and folding to 8vo cloth endpapers. c1860. £24.00
    About half of the map is sea area.


  33. Pembrokeshire ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No. XL, scale 1" to 1 mile, size 25" x 36", dissected and mounted on linen, folding into beige paper wraps. c1850. £24.00
    Covers Skomer Island, Llanboidy, Fishguard.


  34. Pentre Old Colliery LETTER from John Michael Williams of Pengreep to Henry Williams, thanking him for his account of what he has been doing in the collieries. 'I see my Father and yourself have come to nearly the same conclusion as I told you - that thro the Pentre Old Colliery was our only & cheapest Plan to obtain a supply of Binding Coal'. Reminds him to get a grant of 'such Parts & Pits of the Dukes Lease as we may require to unwater & work Coal thro the Old Pentre Colliery'. Refers to their interest in the Mountain Wharf, and asks him to enquire about Hussey Vivian's opinion of Vale of Neath Railway Shares. 3p, 8vo.... together with another letter to Henry about his selling the 'L & N. Western Bonds & investing in West Cornwall Bonds', 1p., sm 8vo, on verso is letter to Henry from E. Williams, mentioning 'Sir C. Lemon's illness'. 2 items. 1857 and 1853. £25.00

  35. Radnor and Cardiganshire ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheets 178, 179, 195, 196. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 25" x 37", mounted on linen and folding into 8vo cloth endpapers. Four main railway lines coloured in different colours, stations neatly named in red ink. 1910. £20.00
    Covers Rhayader, Builth, Lampeter.


  36. Ruabon, Denbigh ADMINISTRATION de bonis non with will annexed of Edward Lloyd William, late of Penylan. Two small vellum sheets, attached papered seal of the Chancellor of St. Asaph. 1844. £10.00

  37. Stoke Verdon, Manor of, Pembroke and Montgomery SURRENDER of a messuage at Oxiston in the said Manor, William Hartford to Timothy Lodge, 1706. In Latin, on vellum, size 6" x 12", sewn together with similar document admitting Timothy Lodge son of John Lodge, 1724. 1706 and 1724. £35.00

  38. Sunny Hill Estate, Cardiganshire PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE, WITH PLANS in the Parishes of Caron Upper and Gwnnws Upper, Strata Florida... comprising Dairy, Grazing and Upland Farms with Sheep Walks, Lead Mine, Dwelling Houses and Accommodation Lands, in all about 4,785 Acres... to be Sold by Auction... Tregaron, 28th August, 1918. 23pp., folio. 4 coloured plans, one of which is folding and very large. Some foxing at edges of pages. 1918. £38.00
    Includes Dolgoed House, Abbey, Dolybolion, Caemadog, Grofftau, Pen Lan, Talwrn, Gwndwngwynau and other farms, Corn Mill at Pontrhydfendigaid. The right to work lead and other minerals under the lands in three of the lots was leased to Joseph Phillips and vested in the Cambrian Lead and Zinc Company (The Abbey Consols Lead Mine).


  39. Swansea LETTER to John Williams, Morfa Copper Works, from M. Williams, London, 2nd May, 1842, regarding the visit of a Mr. Zulueata and his son to Swansea 'respecting the consignment of the copper ore'. 3p, 4to, address panel with postmarks on verso. In an untidy hand. 1842. £9.00

  40. Swansea LETTER from J. Michael Williams to Henry Williams, Swansea, April 6, 1849, advising against buying timber as there is severe competition in the trade and no profit. He had heard 'Llewellyn's had lost very largely by their iron Works 40-50,000...'. Refers to 'Gossage's Patent': 'I think I shall advise our House not to give £3000... and the rest of his Licence for Copper Smelting I would give very little for... it is useless except for Freeburning & then not applicable to the stronger fires such as Roasters and Refiners....' 4p., sm. 8vo, mourning border. 1849. £18.00

  41. Tan-Y-Graig, Llanynys, Denbighshire UNDER AN EXECUTION FROM THE SHERIFF OF DENBIGHSHIRE. TAN-Y-GRAIG, LLANYNYS, (Midway between Ruthin & Rhewl.) Mr David Roberts Has received instructions to Sell by Public Auction.... On Saturday, the 24th February, 1877.... 1 Useful Cart Horse, 1 Milch Cow, 1 Cart, Straw Cutter.... Poster, size 11" x 18". W. Williams, Printer, 1877. £22.00

  42. Valentine & Sons VIEWS OF NORTH WALES 24 pages of views, some full page, some much smaller. Decorative gilt boards, size 11" x 8", with figure of lady in Welsh costume drinking tea. Staple rusty hence loose in case. Boards rubbed at edges. c1910. £14.00

  43. Walker (J) & (C) SOUTH WALES. Folding engraved, hand-coloured map, showing Parliamentary Boundaries, dissected and mounted on linen, engraved area approx. 16" x 25", folding into sm 8vocloth covered boards, printed label. Description pasted inside front board, with table of distances etc. c184-. £32.00
    Covers South Wales, as far north as Aberystwyth and LLangurig.


  44. Walker (J) & (C) WALES SOUTH EAST AND WALES SOUTH WEST. Two folding engraved, hand-coloured maps, showing Parliamentary Boundaries, dissected and mounted on linen, engraved area of each approx. 15«" x 12«", plus margins, folding to sm 8vo, marbled sides. 2 items. c1841. £25.00

  45. Welshpool ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 60 N.E. Size 12" x 19", border all round, folded. Trimmed to border. 1" split at fold at edge. 1880. £15.00
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