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T. E. LAWRENCE. 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a triumph,' first trade edition, unclipped dj, tears and nibbles to dj, original cloth, Jonathan Cape, 1...

Rev JOSEPH WOLFF. 'Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara, in the Years 1843-1845, to Ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly,' sign...

ABEL CHAPMAN. 'Memories of Fourscore Years Less Two 1851-1929,' first edition, original cloth, Gurney and Jackson, 1930. ...[more]

ERIC QUAYLE and MICHAEL FOREMAN. 'Magic Ointment and Other Cornish Legends,' signed by Quayle, first edition, Andersen Press, London, 1986. ...[m...

DEREK TANGYE. 'A Cat in the Window,' signed and inscribed, first edition, unclipped dj, toning and spotting, Michael Joseph, 1962; 'Cottage on a C...

THE STUDIO MAGAZINE. 'English Water-Colour,' six parts with two missing, card with cloth spine, colour illustrations tipped in, The Studio, London...

JOHN SPEED. 'John Speed's England,' four volumes, facsimile, card slipcase, folio, Phoenix House Limited, London, 1954; Two original title pages o...

CHARLES DICKENS. 'Illustrated Library Editions,' uniformly bound in green cloth with gilt embossed titles, illustrations, frontispiece engraving, ...

CRICKET INTEREST. 'Cricket Heritage,' by W. J. Edrich, first edition, unclipped dj, Stanley Paul; With twenty-six other books on cricket and some ...

WISDEN. Twenty of the cricketers almanack. 1950, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1978, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1...

SIGNALS OF DISTRESS By Jim Crace (1994) First edition set in Penzance and Wherry Town. Together with BEING DEAD (1999) First edition Together with...

LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K By JM Coetzee (1983) Secker and Warburg. First edition (Booker Prize winner). Together with DISGRACE By JM Coetzee (1999...

NORMAN LAMONT IN OFFICE By Norman Lamont (1999) Little, Brown & Company. First edition Signed by Lamont, Chancellor of the Exchequer during John M...

DICKENS By Osbert Sitwell (1932) Chatto &Windus. Signed limited edition of 110 copies this being number 53. First edition Original 1/2 red cloth o...

A MAP OF THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL NEWLY SURVEYED BY JOEL GASCOYNE 1699 Facsimile with an introduction by WLD Ravenhill and OJ Padel (1991). Devon an...

SCHINDLER’S ARK By Thomas Keneally (1982) Hodder & Stoughton. First edition. (1982) Booker Prize winner. Together with A PASSENGER By Thomas Kenea...

BURNING BRIGHT By Helen Dunmore (1994) Viking. First edition. Together with INGO By Helen Dunmore (2005) Harper Collins First edition Signed by au...

THE HISTORY MAN By Malcolm Bradbury (1975). First edition. Together with RATES OF EXCHANGE (1983) First edition. Together with DOCTOR CRIMINALE (1...

WYCLIFFE AND THE WINDSOR BLUE By WJ Burley (1987) Victor Gollancz. Not price clipped. Together with WYCLIFFE AND THE DEAD FLAUTIST (1991) Price cl...

SHADOWS ON THE GRASS By Simon Raven (1982) Blond and Briggs. Together with SEPTEMBER CASTLE (1983) Together with BEFORE THE COCK CROW (1986) Toget...

LONDON FIELDS By Martin Amis (1989) Jonathan Cape. First edition Signed by author. Not price clipped Together with THE INFORMATION (1995) By Marti...

TE TOHUNGA. LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS OF THE MAORIS By W Dittmer George Routledge London 1907. First edition Top edge gilt. Cover: original orange cl...

WILLIAM NICHOLSON. 'The British Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences,' six vols A-Z, half leather with marbled boards, rubbed and bump...

UNDER THE NORTH STAR By Ted Hughes (1981) Faber and Faber Price clipped otherwise fine. First edition Together with FFANGS THE VAMPIRE BAT AND THE...

A WALK WITH A WHITE BUSHMAN (1986) Chatto & Windus. Price clipped. Together with YET BEING SOMEONE OTHER (1982) Hogarth Press. Second impression. ...

THE FOLIO SOCIETY. 'The Campaigns of Napoleon,' by David G. Chandler, three vols, card slipcase, The Folio Society, London, 2002; 'Eyewitness To H...

MINIATURE BOOKS. 'Small Rain Upon the Tender Herb,' fourteenth edition, full red leather with slip, Religious Tract Society, n.d; together with a ...

WINSTON GRAHAM. The White Elephant Cookbook, containing a recipe - A Cornish Pasty - written by Winston Graham, with the page both print-signed an...

WINSTON GRAHAM. 'The Tumbled House,' signed and inscribed by the author, first edition, original cloth, some spotting, Hodder & Stoughton, 1959; W...

WINSTON GRAHAM. A postcard and two letters signed and inscribed by the author, sent from Abbotswood House, 1974, 1977, ?; With one other postcard ...

WINSTON GRAHAM. Six Christmas cards from the Graham family, featuring candid photographs of Graham and his family (one being of his garden), dated...

WINSTON GRAHAM. Seven Christmas cards from the Graham family, featuring candid photographs of Graham and his family, two of which show stills from...

WILLIAM NICHOLSON and RUDYARD KIPING. 'An Almanac of Twelve Sports,' first edition, card pictorial boards, twelve colour plates, William Heinemann...

WWI Zeppelin raids over eastern England. St Alban's Fire Brigade Record Book, Air Raids. 140 page manuscript note book regarding activities of zep...

MILITARY-(Richard Cannon). 'Historical Record of The Life Guards'. Account between the years 1660-1835, prepared for publication under the directi...

CARTOGRAPHY Interest. 'County Atlases of the British Isles,' bibliography compiled by Donald Hodson, two vols, unclipped dj, The Tewin Press, 1984...

JOHN NORDEN. 'Manuscript Maps of Cornwall and its Nine Hudereds,' facsimile, eleven loose leaves with colour maps, card case, University of Exeter...

Rev WILLIAM BORLASE. 'Antiquities Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall,' facsimile of the second edition, introduction by P. A. S. ...

WILLIAM BORLASE. 'Observations of The Islands of Scilly,' facsimile, three copies, some sun bleaching to unclipped dj's, Frank Graham, Newcastle u...

HORTICULCTURE and BOTANY. 'Orchids from Curtis's Botanical Magazine.' First edition, original cloth, clipped dj, Curwen Books, London, 1981, fine;...

BLANCHE HENREY. 'British Botanical and Horticultural Literature Before 1800.' Three volumes, original cloth, Ord University Press, special edition...

ILLUSTRATION INTEREST. 'The Night Life of Trees.' Tara Publishing Bookcraft Series, illustrated throughout, screen printed on handmade paper, Chen...

C. OSCAR MORETON. 'Old Carnations and Pinks,' original cloth, clipped dj, illustrations complete, George Rainbird Ltd, 1955, near fine. ...[more]

HORTICULTURE INTEREST. Eighteen volumes on the cultivation and growing of particular plants, all hardbacks with dj's, all with photos throughout, ...

HORTICULTURE and BOTANY. 'The Land of the Blue Poppy,' by Frank Kingdon Ward, reprint, original cloth, clipped dj, Minerva, 1973, vg; With thirty ...

BOTANY and HORTICULTURE. 'Genera Palmarum: A Classification of Palms Based on the Work of Harold E. Morre, Jr.' Original cloth, unclipped dj, illu...

HORTICULTURE INTEREST. Thirty-four books including Charles Elliot, Melrose, Andrew Young etc. Almost all in fine condition. (34) ...[more]

BOTANY and HORTICULTURE INTEREST. 'The Botanical Garden,' signed by authors Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix, two volumes, in card slip, coloured ill...

CHRISTOPHER LLOYD. 'The Mixed Border,' first edition, original cloth, clipped dj, tears to dj, previous owner signatures to endpaper, W. H. & L. C...

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