Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Four Welsh

A Collection of Four Welsh Language Theological and Literary Volumes. Various Publishers, 1882-1929. This group of four Welsh-language volumes encompasses works of theology, biography, and literature. The first volume is Bannau'r Ffydd by D. Miall Edwards, published in Wrexham by Hughes a'i Fab in 1929. It is an octavo bound in dark green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. The second volume is the biography Cofiant y Parchedig John Thomas, D.D. Liverpool by Owen Thomas and J. Machreth Rees, published in London by Alexander & Shepheard in 1898, featuring a frontispiece portrait plate and bound in blue cloth. The third volume, Pregethau y Diweddar Barch. Edward Morgan, Dyffryn (Yr Ail Gyfrol), was published in Dolgellau by D. H. Jones in 1882 and is bound in black cloth with blind-stamped borders. The fourth volume is the novel Hunangofiant Rhys Lewis, Gweinidog Bethel by Daniel Owen, published in Wrexham by Hughes and Son (undated, circa late 19th century), bound in black cloth with gilt spine lettering and a printed price of 2/6 NET. These books represent significant publications from Welsh regional presses during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.