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Twenty books on Cornwall. WALTER WHITE. 'A Londoner's Walk to the Land's End: And a Trip to the Scilly Isles,' original embossed cloth, rubbed and...

'The Adventures of Thomas Williams, of St. Ives Cornwall,' 'A Prisoner of War in France from March, 1804, to May, 1814,' first edition, original c...

Cornish Mining Interest. 'Mines and Miners of Cornwall,' clear run from I to VI plus vol IX, card wraps, Truro Bookshop, 1963; D. B. BARTON. 'A Hi...

DAVID TEW. 'Deserted Cornish Tin Mines and The Cornish Scene'. Illustrations by Rigby Graham, card slip, colour illustrations throughout, Brewhous...

A. K. HAMILTON JENKIN. 'Cornwall and its People,' Reprint, original cloth, clipped dj, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1946; With five other Jenkins including ...

R. THURSTON HOKPINS. 'Our Beautiful Homeland,' Illustrations by Jack Merriot, original cloth, colour plates, Blackie & Son, London, n.d; G. F. Nic...

EDWIN HADLOW WISE DUNKIN. 'The Monumental Brasses of Cornwall,' Original cloth, 62 plates, some spotting and toning, g, Spottiswode & Co, London, ...

ROBERT STEPHEN HAWKER. Six books and three booklets. 'The Life and Letters of R. S. Hawker,' by C. E. Byles, ornately embossed cloth, plates, John...

CHARLES LEE. Eleven books by Lee and a Cornish Glossary Extensively annotated by Lee. 'Randigal Rhymes and a Glossary of Cornish Words,' extensive...

Kernowek (Cornish) Interest. EDWIN NORRIS. 'The Ancient Cornish Drama,' first edition, two vols, half green pebbled leather with marbled boards, s...

GEORGE CLEMENT BOASE. 'Bibliotheca Cornubiensis,' and William Prideaux Courtney, three vols, original black pebbled boards with gilt spines, sitti...

'Cooke's Topographical Library, or British Traveller's Pocket County Directory. CORNWALL,' half leather, rubbed and bumped, rebacked, frontis engr...

Thirty five books on the history and culture of Cornwall. 'Life in Cornwall,' four volumes early, mid and late nineteenth century and 'At the End ...

A collection of booklets on Cornwall. A diverse collection of subjects including smuggling, Gwenap Pit, choughs, railways, ports and harbours, leg...

RICHARD CAREW (of Antonie). 'The Survey of Cornwall'. First edition, rebound in half leather with marbled boards and gilt decorations to spine, 6...

ARTHUR G. LANGDON. 'Old Cornish Crosses'. Large paper edition, signed by author, 37/54, original cloth backed onto leather, fold out frontis map, ...

WALTER H. TREGELLAS. 'Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families,' Two volumes, original boards, rubbed spines, spotting...

C. S. GILBERT. 'An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall:' 'To Which is Added, a Complete Heraldry of the Same: With Numerous Engravings,' t...

LAUNCESTON PAST AND PRESENT : A HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH By Alfred F Robbins. (1884) Published by the Cornish and Devon Printing Company....

Cornish publisher interest. JOHN DOWNING. 'Testimonies and Criticisms Relating to the Life and Works of John Miltion,' half leather, contemporary ...

Six works by Charles Kingsley 'Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet,' two vols, original cloth, chipped spine, ex-libris Renier, second edition, Chapman a...

A. K. HAMILTON JENKIN. 'Mines and Miners of Cornwall,' Fifteen volumes of the classic collection, vol I being a reprint, thin card wraps with some...

Mining Interest. 'The Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales,' by David E. Bick. Six vols, thin pictorial card wraps, vg, the Pound house, 1974-1991; With t...

Cornwall Interest. Twenty-nine booklets and pamphlets. A diverse collection including 'The Pentewan Railway 1829-1918', 'The Redruth and Casewater...

Ten diverse works about Cornwall. G. R. LEWIS. 'The Stannaries: A Stuy of the Medieval Tin Miners of Cornwall and Devon,' reprint, original cloth,...

Eight works on mining in Cornwall, plus one other. D. B. BARTON. 'A History of Copper Mining in Cornwall and Devon,' original cloth, unclipped dj,...

Minerology Interest. Six works. CHARLES PALACHE et al. 'The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale Unversity 183...

CORNWALL Interest. 'Ben Nicholdson', The Penguin Modern Painters Series, card wraps, illustrations, Penguin Books, 1948; 'Richard Carew of Anthony...

Four works signed by Anne Treneer. Titles include 'The collected poems by Walter de la Mare', 'W.B. Yeats by Joseph Hone', and two others. (4) .....

Rev WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES. 'St. Michael's Mount, A Poem', First edition, carcked joints to half leather with marbeled boards, ex libris 'John Blowe...

Cornish poetry interest. JOHN HARRIS. 'Shakspere's Shrine, An Indian Story, Essays, and Poems,' original purple cloth with gold embossed decoratio...

Cornish crosses and worthies. ARTHUR G. LANGDON. 'Old Cornish Crosses,' original cloth, fold out map for frontis, illustrated, some spotting, Jose...

Col COCKBURN. 'Views of Glynn House near Bodmin, Cornwall', Full original leather with ornate gilt decorations, seven tinted lithograph plates by ...

Thirty-three works about the history and culture of Cornwall. HORACE N. PYM (ed). 'Memories of Olds Being Extracts from the Jourrnals and Letters ...

A. L. Rowse. Six books and three pamphlets including 'Order of Service'. 'The Question of the House of Lords,' Day to Day pamphlet No 19, first e...

C. COLLODI. ‘The Story of a Puppet or The Adventures of Pinocchio,’ The Children's Library, original green cloth with gilt decorations and bevell...

'The Works of Samuel Johnson', new edition, 12 volumes, 1820 Rebacked, ex-libris Thomas Hargreaves , full leather with gilt decorations, some spot...

Forty-one diverse works of Poetry. 'Wheels: A Second Cycle,' first edition, anthology featurig Edith Sitwell, E. E. Tennant, Osbert Sitwell, Aldou...

'Haydn's Celebrated Symphonies' 'Composed for & performed at Mr Soloman's and The Opera Concerts, Adapted for Piano Forte....,' Violino, a sammelb...

Signed limited edition H. M. Bateman 77/250, signed by the artist, 4to, half red leather with white cloth boards and gilt tooled gentleman, rubbed...

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Six Graham Greene first editions and a reprint. 'The Comedians,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, ex libris Lloyds Library, The Bodley...

An early example of 'God Save the King' and other printed popular music. Sammelband of mid 18th century printed popular music, folio, bound, ex li...

Fourteen magazines, all first issues. Including The Cornish Review, Cosmopolitan, Club (with money clip), Executive, Dog International, The Geogra...

ERIC GILL. 'Twenty-Five Nudes Engraved,' Signed and dated by the artist, original cloth, loss to spine panel, sporadic spotting, J. M. ent, London...

Three diverse works. CHARLES MACINTOSH. 'The Greenhouse, Hot House, and Stove,' new edition, faded original cloth, front board loosening from bind...

Six 18th century works and a 19th century. Mr UVEDALE. 'The Memoirs of Philip de Comines: Containing the History of Lewis XI. and Charles VIII of ...

Lot 101

ANDREW LANG

ANDREW LANG The Book of Romance 1902, The Red True Story Book 1895, The Green Fairy Book 1906, The Red Book of Romance 1905 glassine and dust jack...

John Wesley interest. ROBERT SOUTHEY. 'The Life of Wesley and the Rise and Progress of Methodism,' two vols, full leather, engraved frontis, loose...

Lot 103

T.E. LAWRENCE

T.E. LAWRENCE Oriental Assembly 1st edition 1939 together with The Odyssey of Homer 1935, Revolt in the Desert fifth impression graphite inscripti...

Henry James first editions. 'The Finer Grain,' first edition, original cloth with god decorations to spine, staining to rear board, spotting to en...

Frank Brangwyn illustrations. 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,' Original decorative cloth, colour plates and woodblock boarders, toning, Sampson Low, Ma...

CHARLES PALK COLLYNS Chase of the Wild Red Deer in the Counties of Devon and Somerset limited to 1000 copies 1902, together with JAMES WILSON Rose...

H. H. MUNRO (Saki). 'The Chronicles of Clovis'. First edition, original pictorial coth, slight splitting to joins, rubbed and faded, corners turne...

SIR WALTER GILBEY George Moorland His Life and Works 1907, together with H.M CUNDALL Birket Foster 1906 1st edition, M.H SPIELMAN & G.S LAYARD Kat...

Fifty-three vintage paperbacks by 'Penguin'. Including the titles Animal Farm, I, Claudius, Brighton Rock, Juan in America, The Lost Girl, The Cat...

Signed Ernest Clegg. 'The Riddle of Jutland: An Authentic History,' by Langhorne Gibson and Vice-Admiral J. E. T. Harper, signed and inscribed by ...

Lot 111

EDMUND GOSSE

EDMUND GOSSE Father and Son A Study of Two Temperaments 1st edition 1907, together with EDMUND GOSSE Father and Son 1913 Booklovers edition. ...[...

Lot 112

ROALD DAHL

ROALD DAHL Over to You 10 Stories of Flyers and Flying 1st edition 1946. ...[more]

Lot 113

L.T.C. ROLT

L.T.C. ROLT The Aeronauts A History of Ballooning 1783-1903 1st edition 1966, together with Isambard Kingdom Brunel fifth impression 1964, Red for...

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