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Books for Sale

All the following are books we have available for sale in Merthyr Libraries. You may purchase them when you visit us, or you can find them for sale on www.amazon.co.uk

If you have any problems, please contact us on library.services@merthyr.gov.uk

 

Collections of photographic views with text.

 

MERTHYR TYDFIL OLD PHOTOS Tempus Publishing First Selection 128 pages £11- 99p.

 

Second  Selection  128 pages  £11.99

 

Second selection - smaller format ( mini) £5.99

 

Merthyr in recent years. Lewis  Roy,  48 pages, £4-99p.   pbk

 

VALLEY VIEWS SERIES Picture Books With Text, 32 pages,  all pbk

BOOK I   Historic Street Scenes, of the Merthyr Tydfil Valley.  £2.00

BOOK 2   Transport. Horse and canal to railways and early buses.     £2.00         

BOOK 3   Industrial Life. Industry from iron & steel, coal mining, to ICI. £2.00

BOOK 4   Coal Mining. A look at the past coal mining history.  £2.00

 

The Unconquerable spirit, Merthyr in the 1930s, 36 pages.  £2.00

 

VALLEY LIVES SERIES   Picture Books With Text   All 32 pages, £2.

BOOK I   Schools and Scholars of Merthyr Tydfil. £2.00

BOOK 2  Valley Champions, Boxers and Boxing of  Merthyr Tydfil. £2.00

BOOK 3   Music and Musicians of the Merthyr Tydfil Valley. £2.00

BOOK 4   The Valley at War. Changes due to W.W.I & II.  £2.00

 

Special booklets:_Richard Trevithick & the  Penydarren Locomotive- bklet/colour, £1

                             Inns and Outings in the Merthyr Valley- full colour booklet  £1

 

HISTORIES

The Merthyr Historians  series by The Merthyr Tydfil Historical Society.

Each volume contains a variety of interesting articles.

Vols. 7-10, 12, 14-18 are available. Prices range from £7 to £10. All  paperbacks. 

 

Guide to the historic Taf Valleys Vol 1 From Quakers Yard  to Aberfan   pbk  £3

 

Guide to the historic Taf Valleys Vol 3,  Cefn Coed to Aberfan 184 pages, hdbk. 1986  £6   (Vol. 2 out of print).

 

The Diary of Charles Wood of Cyfarthfa Ironworks, ed. by Gross, Joseph, 237 pages hdbk. £20.00

Construction of the original Cyfarthfa in the 18th century.

 

Working iron in Merthyr  Hayman, R.,  40 Pages, pbk. £3-50

Concise, illustrated study of life in Merthyr Tydfil in 19th century.

 

Dowlais Ironworks John A. Owen  An illustrated reprint. £5.00

 

Brunel in south Wales vol 1 King, Stephen, pbk.  £15-00

Brunel in south Wales vol 2, King, Stephen, pbk.  £15-00

 

Merthyr Tydfil: Iron metropolis: life in a Welsh industrial town  Dr Keith Strange  Tempus   Merthyr in the 1850s.  191 pages, pbk.   £10.99 

 

Old gunpowder factory at Glynneath    Tom Pritchard    pbk  40 pages £5.00

 

Aberfan our hiraeth  Maureen Hughes  272 pages,   £15.00   

An illustrated history of the community written by the people within it.

 

Poor relief in the Merthyr Tydfil Union in Victorian times  Tydfil  Thomas, 185 pages, hdbk, £12.00

 

Strangers in a foreign land  Carl Llewellyn, 59 pages, pbk. £2.00

The Spanish Community of Dowlais, with a detailed list of names.

 

Something must be done  Ted Rowlands, M.P. hdbk. £13-95

The desperate situation in the 1930s and government action.

 

Walk around old Penydarren Trevor Peasey, 21 pages, £2.00

 

The History of Andrew Buchan’s Rhymney Brewery, Marion Evans, hbk.

136p  £14.95

 

Bridges of Merthyr Tydfil  W L  Davies, W.L. 418 pages. hdbk.  £21.00

 

The Glamorganshire and Aberdare canals: Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare to Pontypridd vol 1 , Rowson & Wright,  hdbk £27.99

 

Doctor Thomas of the Court Owen, Wilf, 99p, pbk, £5.00

 

The Little hero/Yr Arwr bach Joseph Parry, musician, 77p., pbk., £5.00

 

The Story of Kayser Bondor, Keast, Moira.  £5.00

 

Hughesovka: a Welsh enterprise in Imperial Russia. Susan Edwards. Hdbk £4.00

 

SPORT

 

Big if: Johnny Owen,  Rick Broadbent, 337 pages,   Hdbk.    £16-99.

 

Reaching for the stars: the Howard Winstone phenonenon  Brian Hughes 375 pages,  £15.00

 

Merthyr Tydfil football club  David Watkins, 128 pages, pbk. £9.99

 

Merthyr Town AFC 1908-1934 Philip Sweet 150p. £7.99

 

Memories of Pennydarren Park: Merthyr Tydfil football club  David Watkins  288p. £12.99

 

Class of the 60s  Wynford  Jones pbk         £12.95   

 

                  

GROWING UP IN MERTHYR

 

Bag full of monkeys   George Evans 227 pages, pbk. £7.50

 

When the kids grow up   Ken James, 203 pages,  pbk. £6.95

 

Stand up and be counted Claude Stanfield pbk 125p. £6.50

 

 

POETRY BY LOCAL AUTHORS

 

Cicatrice   Siams Fyrsil,   Poetry   £3.00 

 

Parting    Siams Fyrsil    Poetry  £3.00 

 

Invisible times Mike Jenkins   Poetry set in Merthyr  £3.00

 

Red landscapes Mike Jenkins      work by the local poet. £6.99

 

This house my ghetto Mike Jenkins  £3.50

 

Language of flight Mike Jenkins   £6.00

 

Yesterday’s tomorrow  Alun Rees   pbk 62 pages. £3.75

 

The Woman who loved and octopus, and other saints’ tales     

Imogen Herrad 150p pbk            £3.50

 

Red Poets 13, 52 pages  pbk £4.00 

 

Working up to the slaughterhouse  Anthony Bunko   pbk £5.00

 

Walking on waste Mike Jenkins  79p.£6.99   

 

Wanting to belong. Mike Jenkins £4.75 

   

FICTION SET IN MERTHYR TYDFIL FOR  CHILDREN  & ADULTS

 

Iron town boy  Ann Ahmed 136 pages. The Story of a Little Boy in 1804.  £

 

The Story of Little Martha Tearful  Coral Smith, 20 pages pbk. £3.99

 

Child of dust  Mike Jenkins, 192 pages pbk.  £7.99

 

Never mind the white socks  local authors, 220 pages pbk. £4.99

 

Through the Door, Exciting Writing Squad 47 pages pbk £1.50

 

 

FICTION SET IN MERTHYR TYDFIL FOR ADULTS

 

A Bloody good Friday  Barry Desmond, 224 pages,   £7.00

 

Siege of El Rancho Anthony Bunko    287 pages,      £4.99

 

Belt of kings Anthony Bunko  224 pages,   £4.99

 

Boy, girl, fruitcake, flower   Anthony Bunko  £4.99  

        

The Merthyr trilogy Osborne Alan. PLAY, 173 pages  £6.00

 

All roads lead to Merthyr local authors, 258 pages pbk. £4.99

 

Dial M for Merthyr, Rachel Trezise pbk £5.00

 

People & Places, M.T. Writers Circle 32 pages pbk   £3.00

 

 

CDs

History of Merthyr Tydfil Charles Wilkins  586 pages on a CD ROM, £7.50

 

Stand up and be counted Claude Stanfield, Bk. & CDrom 125p. £6.50

 

Dowlais & Merthyr 1937  DVD  £10.00

 

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