BOOKS on
The Forest of Dean
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I am always interested in buying single books and collections that include books I do not have on The Forest of Dean & Chepstow - also various classics on Monmouthshire & Gloucestershire.
The prices shown are approximate retail shop prices YOU might expect to pay to buy copies in good order.
TITLE: The, A & An omitted | AUTHOR | TITLE | Apx. |
COUNTRY DIARY FROM THE FOREST OF DEAN | RADLEY, Eric. Illust by: EATON, Doug | Brown pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. | £6.00 |
THE FOREST | TANDY, Bill | The Forest Bookshop. 1978. Brown cloth. B/w illustrations. Hilarious chronicle of 40 years as doctor in the Forest of Dean. | £15.00 |
FOREST BEAT | SINDREY, Geoff & HEATH, Ted. | Black Dwarf Publications. 1st ed . 2000. The Forest of Dean Police 1839-2000. Blue boards with gilt titles. B/w photos | £25.00 |
HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER VOLUME V | HERBERT, N.M. | Oxford University Press. 1st ed . 1996. Large format. B/w photos. The Victoria County History of the County of Gloucester, The Forest of Dean | £75.00 |
LIFE IN GLOUCESTER AND SOMERSET | WARREN, A.S. Illust by: FREWIN, Margaret | Thornhill Press. 1st ed . 1973. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. The author's life. He was born at Staunton in the Forest of Dean, moved to Bayliss Farm and later to Somerset. | £7.00 |
LOOK BACK AT NORCHARD | FIELD, Graham J. | 1st ed . 1978. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. The story of Norchard Colliery in the Forest of Dean | £10.00 |
TREATISE ON FOREST OF DEAN STONE | No author shown. | Black Dwarf. 1st ed . 2001. Facsimile of the 1913 edition. Limited to 500 copies. Small format. Cream card wraps. B/w photos. 12 pages. | £5.00 |
ANTHOLOGY OF THE WYE VALLEY | PETTIT, Stephen + LEWIS Ingham. | The Forest of Dean Newspapers. 1st ed . 1972. Green pictorial card wraps. The Wye Valley seen through the eyes of poets and writers of past & present. | £6.00 |
INDUSTRIAL TOUR OF THE WYE VALLEY & FOREST OF DEAN | PAAR, H.W. Illus by LAMBERT, Edwin. | West London Industrial Archaeological Society. 1st. 1980. Blue card wraps. B/w illustrations. | £12.50 |
BERMUDA DICK | KEAR, Averil. | Lightmoor Press. 1st ed . 2002. The true story of Forest of Dean convicts, including Richard Kear, who were transported to Bermuda. B/w photos. SIGNED by author. | £24.00 |
DAUGHTER OF WYEDEAN AND KERNOW | STONHAM, Jessie M.. | Thornhill Press. 1st ed . 1978. Autobiography. The author's childhood in Ross on Wye, her move to Weston Under Penyard, her visits to the Forest of Dean. Her long periods in Cornwall. | £14.00 |
FOREST PEOPLE AND PLACES | SMYTH, Bob | Sutton Publishing. 1st ed . 1998. A contemporary insight into the character and traditions of the Forest of Dean. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. | £12.00 |
FOREST STORY | MANSFIELD, R.J. | Forest of Dean Newspapers. 1st ed . 1964. Dean Forest through the ages. Yellow card wraps. B/w photos. | £10.00 |
FOREST TO SEVERN | PHELPS, Humphrey. | Alan Sutton. 1994. Forest of Dean. Card wraps. B/w photos. The Old Photographs series. | £10.00 |
GREEN WOOD | CLARK, Leonard. Illust by: PARKIN, Trevor. | Max Parrish. 1st ed . 1962. The author's childhood in the Forest of Dean. B/w illustrations. | £14.00 |
JUST AROUND THE CORNER | PHELPS, Humphrey. Illust by MOSS, Hugh. | Thornhill Press. 1st ed . 1974. B/w drawings. The sadness, gaiety, and humour of village life in the Forest of Dean. | £9.00 |
LAWS OF DEAN | HART, Cyril. | The British Publishing Company. 1st ed . 1952. Being a Supplement to "The Laws of the Dean Forest and Hundred of St. Briavels, in the County of Gloucester" by James G. Wood 1878. Green cloth boards, gilt title to front. | £60.00 |
LESSONS OF A LIFETIME | RENDEL, Bryan & CHILDS, Keith. | Review Graphics. Card wraps. B/w photos. Memories of Chepstow and the Forest of Dean. | £10.00 |
LET THE HERO BE THE HUNGRY MAN | ANSTIS, Ralph | Albion House. 1st ed . 2000. The poverty in the Forest of Dean in the 1870's and the raw industrial struggles there between the coal miners and their masters form the backdrop to this story of conflict between private love and public commitment. Brown cardwraps. | £20.00 |
MEN OF STEEL | WAINWRIGHT, David. | Quiller Press. 1st ed . 1986. A history of Richard Thomas and his family who founded major steelworks in the Forest of Dean and South Wales. | £25.00 |
NEWNHAM-ON-SEVERN A RETROSPECT | WOODS, Mabel K. | Albert E. Smith Ltd. 1962. A review of the life of people of the Severnside town in all its aspects from early times until the 20th century. Including a fascinating chapter on the Forest of Dean. Reprint of the original 1912 edition. | £22.00 |
NICHOLLS' IRON MAKING IN THE FOREST OF DEAN | NICHOLLS, H.G.. | The Forest Bookshop. 1981. Facsimile of the 1866 edition. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. | £7.50 £12.00 |
PUZZLE WOOD AND OTHER POEMS | LATHAM, Joyce | The Forest Bookshop. Green pictorial card wrap booklet. Brown and white illustrations. The Forest of Dean author and her appreciation of the forest in verse. | £9.00 |
ROSS THE RIVER WYE AND THE ROYAL FOREST OF DEAN FROM ROMAN TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY | GREER, Alfred. | Small format. Blue card wraps. B/w photos. | £9.00 |
SCENES OF CHILDHOOD | KEAR, Bernard. Illust by: KEAR, Bernard | Thornhill Press. 1st ed . 1992. Large oblong format. B/w illustrations. A Forest of Dean childhood remembered. Inscription in ink to first page. 0946328447 | £10.00 |
SECRET FOREST | WRIGHT, Ray. | Forest Bookshop. 1st ed . 1980. Card wraps. A guide to the ancient, magical and mysterious sites of the Forest of Dean. | £8.00 |
SECRETS OF THE MINE | WRIGHT, Ray. | 2002. A Legend of Love in the Two Forests of Dean. Royal Forest of Dean UK, Gloucestershire and Forest of Dean USA, Orange County New York State. Read the story, interpret the clues and win a prize at time of publishing. White pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. | £5.00 |
SEVERN, WYE AND FOREST OF DEAN | HOLMES, A. Dorothy. Illust by: Holmes, A. Dorothy. | Wilding & Son Ltd.. 1946. Beige cloth spine, green cloth covers with large colour pictorial onlay to front. B/w illustrations. | £25.00 |
CHANGING FOREST: LIFE IN THE FOREST OF DEAN TODAY | POTTER, Dennis. | Secker & Warburg. 1st ed. 1962. Green and white glazed boards. | £35.00 |
DIARY OF A WORKING MAN 1872-1873 | WILLIAMS, Bill & ANSTIS, Bess & ANSTIS, Ralph. | Alan Sutton. 1st ed. 1994. Card wraps. B/w photos. Bill Williams' diary edited by Bess and Ralph Anstis. Bill worked in the Trafalgar Colliery, Cinderford, Forest of Dean. | £15.00 |
EVER ROLLING STREAM | TANDY, Bill. | The Forest Bookshop. Almost very good condition. The author's early medical student days and his return to settle as a doctor in the Forest of Dean. Pictorial card wraps. | £8.00 |
FOREST IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS A SECOND SELECTION | PHELPS, Humphrey. | Alan Sutton. 1st ed . 1984. The Forest Of Dean. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. | £9.00 |
FOREST OF DEAN | COOKE, Arthur O.. | Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st ed . 1913. Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles to spine. 4 colour and numerous b/w plates. Folding map at rear. 288 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". | £58.00 |
FOREST OF DEAN | PHELPS, Humphrey. Illust by: LATHAM, Martin. | Alan Sutton. 1983. A personal view. Card wraps. B/w photos. | £9.00 |
FOREST OF DEAN AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT | NICHOLLS, H.G.. | John Murray. 1st ed . 1858. Attractive dark brown and gold patterned cloth. Freeminer vignette in gilt to front cover. Numerous b/w illustrations. xii + 286 pages + folding map + extensive booklist. | £110.00 |
FREE MINERS OF THE ROYAL FOREST OF DEAN AND HUNDRED OF ST BRIAVELS | HART, Cyril. | B.P.C. Publishing Limited. 1st ed . 1953. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w plates including frontis. Written as the result of research-work undertaken with a view to considering and recording the history of one of the ancient customary rights in that interesting but comparatively unknown part of England-the Forest of Dean. With plates. | £115.00 |
PERSONALITIES OF THE FOREST OF DEAN | Nicholls, H.G. | John Murray. 1st ed . 1863. The Personalities of the Forest of Dean Being a Relation of its Successive Officials, Gentry and Commonalty. Drawn From numerous sources but chiefly from unpublished data and local information. Green embossed cloth. Gilt title to spine. 192 pages + 2 page booklist. | £85.00 - £95.00 |
ROYAL FOREST OF DEAN VISITORS HANDBOOK | No author shown | Bradley Hill Workshop. 1988. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. | £6.00 |
SEVERN & WYE RAILWAY VOLUME ONE | POPE, Ian & HOW, Bob & KARAU, Paul. | Wild Swan Publications. 1st ed . 1983. The Forest of Dean. Large format. B/w photos. | £25.00 |
STORY OF FLAXLEY ABBEY | WATKINS, Baden. | 1st ed . 1985. the Cistercian Monks in the Forest of Dean. Red card wraps. B/w photos. | £24.00 |
THORNHILL GOLDEN GUIDE TO WYE VALLEY & FOREST OF DEAN | BEECH, Mabel. | Thornhill Press. 1st ed . 1994. Card wraps. | £7.00 |
VERDERERS AND FOREST LAWS OF DEAN | HART, Cyril | David & Charles. 1st ed . 1971. N With Notes On The Speech House. Explaining the election, duties, history and laws of the verderers and their court. B/w photos. Pictorial wrapper | £22.00 |
VERDERERS AND SPEECH-COURT OF THE FOREST OF DEAN | HART, Cyril. | John Bellows Ltd. 1st ed . 1950. Green cloth covers. 70 pages. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. A wealth of historical detail supported by quality black and white photo illustrations. | £20.00 |
THROUGH THE SHIRES | BECKETT, Alfred Ernest. | Publishing Company. 1931. An Excursion in Britain From Eastbourne to Edinburgh and Back to the Forest of Dean. 2nd edition, revised. | £10.00 |
TRACK LAYOUT DIAGRAMS OF THE G.W.R. AND BR W.R. SECTION 37 FOREST OF DEAN | COOKE, R.A.. | Large format, spiral bound card wraps | £12.00 |
UNCLE GEORGE AND COMPANY | PHELPS, Humphrey. | Alan Sutton. 1987. More stories of the loveable old rogue in the Forest of Dean. Pictorial card wraps. | £6.00 |
WATTS OF LYDNEY 1851-1965 | HART, Cyril. | The Forest of Dean Newspapers. 1st ed . 1965. A Brief Account of 114 Years of Enterprise, Progress and Achievement. The history of a Forest of Dean industrial company. Green cloth, gilt titles. | £18.00 |
WHERE I BELONG A FOREST OF DEAN CHILDHOOD IN THE 1930s | LATHAM, Joyce. | Alan Sutton. 1st ed . 1993. B/w photos | £17.00 |
WHISTLING IN THE DARK | LATHAM, Joyce. | Alan Sutton. 1st ed . 1994. B/w photos. Autobiography of the author in the Forest of Dean. | £12.00 |
WHO KILLED THE BEARS | CLARK, Leonard. | Forest Of Dean Newspapers Ltd. 1964. Beige pictorial card wraps. The true story of the attack on four Frenchmen and the killing of two dancing bears in Ruardean. | £10.00 |
There are many more to list and I would be glad of any assistance if you wouldn't mind supplying details I have so far omitted in roughly the same format and 'e'Mailing it to me at:
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