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Measurements for maps, engravings, etc are given depth x width.

  1. Abergele GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Sheet No. LXXIX N.W. Scale 1" to 1 mile, size 13" x 18", plus margins. Fully hand coloured, key in sea area. Two third of the map is sea area. Re-survey published 1885. c1900. £22.00
    Covers Llandrilo an rhos, Prestatyn, Newmarket.

  2. Cardiff, Port of PILOT'S REPORT Inwards to the Clerk and Collector. Collection of approx. 500 Pilot's reports, 1876, printed with manuscript inserts, on one side only, size 6" x 4". Printed with a small vignette of a ship at head, with information for name of ship, of what Port, name of Captain, tonnage, where from, where boarded, name of dock, draught, cargo. Signed by Captain and Pilot. 1876. £75.00
    Ports they have come from include Bristol, Dublin, Bilbao, Havre, St. Nazaire, Bordeaux, Gotenborg, Oran.

  3. Cardiff, Swansea, Brecon, Laugharne SET OF FOUR ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Sheets XXXVI (Cardiff), XXXVII (Swansea and Gower), XLI (Brecon), XLII (Caermarthen). Scale 1" to 1 mile. Each map approx. 25" x 36", dissected and mounted on linen, folding into green grained paper endpapers. Inserted in quarter morocco slip-case in the form of a book, marbled sides, marbled paper rubbed, and small piece of paper torn from corner of one endpaper. Titled 'Ordnance Survey of Great Britain' on spine. Maps with hachures. A previous owner has put a small label on the front of the slipcase with 'Wales 1833' in pencil. c1841. £160.00
    The maps do not show the South Wales Railway (opened 1850), but do show the Taff Vale Railway (opened 1841).

  4. Denbighshire ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP scale 25 inches to one mile, covering Pont Lawnt, Gwaenynog, Ystrad Hall, Goppa. Two maps each size 26" x 38", butting together to make one map. Each folding into 8vo marbled wraps labelled 'East' and 'West', inserted in cloth covered slipcase with tuck-in flap, title 'Dol Hyfryd' on spine, some small splits in flap at fold. Buildings and water features hand-coloured, estate at Dol Hyfryd shaded pink. 1881. £55.00
    Shows in details the house and gardens of Gwaenynog, where Beatrice Potter often stayed with her uncle. She based Mr McGregor's garden on the vegetable garden there. The map also shows Dr Johnson's Cottage.

  5. Evans (Powys), 'Quiz' LETTER to a friend ('Ian') dated Llys Meirion, Dolgellau, Dec. 1 1957. 2p., on both sides of small 4to sheet, written in a very small hand. Writes about a 'mixed show of humourous drawings... Sir John Betjeman has just bought one - very nice - of J.C. Squire', and refers to 'D.B' (possibly a dealer) who has gone to Dublin... regarding a Memorial Show at Neptune Gallery... I expect a number of the paintings will be sold in Dublin...'. Also refers to Sybil Thorndike. 1957. £16.00
    Powys Evans (1899-1981) was known as 'Quiz' was known for his cartoons of famous people. In his later years he painted landscapes.

  6. Flint MAP AND PARTICULARS of the Oakenshott Estate at Northrop in Flint, to be sold by Auction at the Black Lion Inn, Mold... 26th September 1838. Large sheet folded with plan on left, schedule on right. Size 19" x 23". Slightly browned in places. 1838. £24.00

    WELSH Manuscripts, Maps, Engravings, Ephemera, etc.
    For a further selection and to receive my latest catalogue please     email :- lesley@localhistory.co.uk



  7. Pembroke GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Sheet XXXVIII. Sheet 1" to 1 mile. Size 24" x 36". Fully hand coloured. Key in sea area. 6" repaired tear from right edge, in blank area, some feint spotting near right margin. About two thirds of map is sea area. Geologically surveyd by Sir H. De la Beche. Watermarked 1858. £40.00
    Covers Milford Haven, Skokholm Island, Saundersfoot.

  8. South Wales ORDNANCE SURVEY Quarter-Inch Map. Sheet 7. Fourth Edition. With National Grid. Folding to blue and buff wraps size 12" x 5", key map and coat of arms on front wrap. Town plans at rear. Linen-backed. First Published 1946. £9.00

  9. St. Davids, Milford Haven ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheets 192, 209. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 36" x 19", dissected and mounted on linen, folding into 4to cloth wraps, Stanford label. Small brown stain at two points in top margin, and at central fold, and part of right margin. 1910. £10.00

  10. Walker (J) & (C) WALES SOUTH EAST Folding engraved, hand-coloured map, showing Parliamentary Boundaries, dissected and mounted on linen, size approx. 15«" x 12«", folding to sm 8vo, marbled sides. c1841. £18.00

  11. Welsh literature LETTER from Tresilian(?) Williams to Egerton Grey. Says 'this little story has no Welsh colour about it - try again, that is, try your hand at a short story dealing with Welsh life and character.' Roath Park, Cardiff, June 6 1910... together with... another rejection letter to the same writer 'I cannot find room for the enclosed in the next number of 'The Nationalist'. The other little poem has been sent on to the printers'. Each 1p., 8vo. 1910-11. £10.00
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