Hardback 8vo  lxiv, 389 pp.  1 monochrome facsimile frontispiece (Peniarth MS. 18, p. 61)  Original publisher’s red cloth with gilt-stamped title, author, series name, and university crest to the spine in a buff-coloured dust wrapper with red typography. Condition: Very Good.

The red cloth binding exhibits square corners, a straight spine, and untarnished gilt lettering. The dust jacket is intact but shows minor handling marks, slight edge-wear, and light dust-soiling to the spine and panel margins. Internally, the text block is clean and firmly fixed to the hinges, with no foxing, text markings, or leaf damage.

Published as Number XVI in the History and Law Series of the Board of Celtic Studies, this volume provides a critical edition and translation of the Red Book of Hergest version of the primary medieval Welsh chronicle. The text charts the history of Wales from the late 7th century to the late 13th century. Thomas Jones supplies a parallel layout with the Middle Welsh text on the left-hand pages and the English translation on the right-hand pages, supplemented by critical textual variants, an introduction on manuscript relations, and an explanatory notes section.

A 1955 first edition critical text and English translation of the Red Book of Hergest version of Brut Y Tywysogyon. It serves as a parallel-text primary historical source for medieval Wales from 682 to 1282 AD.