The Frank Brewer Cornish Library

'The Last Dying Speech and Confession of Nicholas James Gard,' 'who was Executed at Bodmin, On Monday, Sep. 10 [1821] for the Murder of Henry Hosk...

Cornish Lifeboat disaster. A rare late 19th century Penryn broadsheet. 'Melancholy Occurrence [of the loss of] the Crew of the Preventive Boat Sta...

Three 19th century broadsheets. Two from Falmouth and one from Penryn. 'The Loss of the "Queen" Transport, On Trefusis Point, Falmouth, January, 1...

'Penneck & Dunkin's Patent Equalizer,' 1820. 'A Machine to be attached to Steam Engines working expansive,' three page, 4to, 330cm x 200mm, Vigurs...

Two ballad broadsheets printed by Woolcock, General and Commercial Printer, Helston, c1850. 'Ben, The Sailor,' a 4to sheet, 225cm x 170mm, of 27 s...

Henry Quick of Zennor. A 4to plate, 283mm x 220cm, drawn by R. T. Pentreath, and 'Printed and Published by J[ohn] p[ope] Vibert, Penzance, August ...

Early 19th century broadsheet. 'White Rose at Arwenack-House, Falmouth, and at Pearce's Hotel, Truro, at Three Guineas, Groom's, Fee included,' wi...

'To His Most Excellent Majesty, George the Fourth,' 'From His Majesty's Most Dutiful and Faithful Consort Caroline,' a large folio broadsheet, 362...

James Davey. A rare early 19th century broadsheet. 'A Copy of Verse On the Sad Accident which happened to [sic] Hayle, on the 4th of June, 1815; C...

Robert Maybee. 'Regatta, At St. Mary's, Scilly. August, 1876,' 'Lines Composed by Robert Maybee,' a 4to sheet of 20 four-line verses over two colu...

'Storm on Thursday Night at Clovelly, October 4th 1821'. 'On the Melancholy Event of the Storm on Thursday Night, October 4 1821: Which destroyed ...

Robert Maybee. The wreck of 'Cospatrick' off the Cape of Good Hope, 1874. 'Lines Composed by Rober Maybee On the Loss of the Ship 'Cospatrick', Wh...

Four early 19th century broadsheets. 'A Particular Account, of the Coronation of the King? And the Proceedings of the Queen? on the Occasion...[si...

'A Full Account of the Dreadful Shipwreck of the Brig George,' A folio sheet, 340mm x 180mm, with a woodcut of the ship at head, F. Symons, Printe...

Robert Maybee. The wrecking of the 'Schiller' off the Western Rocks off Scilly, 1875. 'Lines Written by Robert Maybee, Of St. Mary's, Scilly, Ont ...

William Luboys. 'The Converted African, Written by Himself,' 'Part First. This Piece was published by William Luboys, an African, who was converte...

'Reader, Pay Attention!!! At the Theatre of the Universe,' 'On the Evening of Time, Will be Performed the Great Assize, or Day of Judgement,' smal...

'The Valliant Tinners of Cornwall, A New Song/Tune'. 'Good Morrow to your Night Cap' [N. D. and without imprint and possibly lacking a chorus], a ...

'The Shipwrecked Lascar' (Penzance: Thomas, Printer). An 11 verse poem or song, each of four lines, with an attractive woodcut of an East Indiaman...

Robert Maybee . 'The Loss of 'Minneha' off Peninnie Head, Scilly, 1874'. Lines Written on the Loss of the Ship 'Minneha' [sic] Which was Wrecked o...

[C. V. Le Grice] (1828) 'Admiral Nelson's Victory at the Nile, A Song,' Written and Printed at Penzance, at the Time of the Victory, in 1798 and R...

[Sir Pellew & Israel Pellew] (1798) 'Verses Supposed to be Sung,' by Some of the Crew of the Indefatigable, When She Lay at Anchor in Mount's Bay,...

'Loss of Nearly 200 Lives at Sea'. Off the Coast of Africa, on Board of Steamship 'Teuton', Several from Porthleven and other Cornish Places/ Air-...

'Notice to Mariners. Light for Falmouth Harbour', Trinity-House, London, 6th April, 1835: Notice is Hereby Given that...a Light on St. Athony's Po...

Three works on St. Anthony. 'The Last Prior of St Antony,' scarce, original card wraps, Netherton, Truro, 1857; 'The Story of Place, St Anthony in...

'Boscastle and Its Beauties' A handwritten diary of a vacation in Boscastle, between August and September 1882, with 103 leaves of handwriting (bo...

Roger Granville Rector of Bideford. 'The History of the Granville Family traced back to Rollo, First Duke of Normandy'. First edition, 489 pages, ...

Glynn Boyd Harte. 'Les Sardines a L’Huile'. Limited to 600 copies, the original or first edition was published by Warren Editions in an edition of...

Antonia Barber, illustrated by Nicola Bayley. 'The Mousehole Cat'. First edition, tipped in a newspaper cutting from the Evening Standard, 28th De...

William Pryce. 'Minerlogia Cornubiensis,' 1778. 'A Treatise on Minerals, Mines and Mining: Containing the Theory and Natural History of Strata, Fi...

Four works with an interest in history, sport and education. W. Hugh Harvey with Ernest J. Symons, at the request and on behalf of the Committee, ...

Eliot Howard. 'Eliot Papers No.1. John Eliot of London, Merchant 1735-1813,' First edition, in original dark blue binding, with gilt lettering to ...

Postcards and an account of a Holiday in Cornwall. 'The ‘’One and All’’ album of 36 beautifully coloured postcards. Cornwall. Englands Riviera,' p...

Three works on St. Austell. A. L. Rowse. 'St Austell Church, Town, Parish,' first edition, hardcover, very good condition with dustwrapper (slight...

Six works A. de C. Glubb. 'When Cornwall had 44 M.P.s. A Tale of Times Which Have Vanished,' first edition, in paperwork wraps, this work describe...

Three works including a Grigson first edition. C. T. Trevail. 'The Life and Reminiscences of C. T. T. , Luxulyan, Cornwall,' first edition, small ...

Three works with an interest in the Quaker movement. Norman Penney LL.D, with an introduction by L. Violet Hodgkin (Mrs John Holdsworth). 'Record ...

Reverend. R. S. Hawker. Five Works. 'Echoes from Old Cornwall,' an uncommon first edition by the eccentric Cornish antiquarian, original blue boar...

Rev. R. Polwhele of Polwhele Vicar of Newlyn. 'Biographical Sketches in Cornwall'. First edition, published by J. B. Nichols andSon, Longman and C...

Cornish tales and poetry. Three works. William Bentink Forfar. 'Pentowan or The Adventures of Gregory Goulden Esq and Tobias Penhale, A Cornish St...

Capt. Charles Thomas. 'Tables for Ascertaining the Value of Tin Stuff,' 1859. First edition, with the signature of John Williams, St Agnes (believ...

H. R. Coulthard. 'The Story of an Ancient Parish, Breage with Germoe,' 1913. 'With some account of its Armigers, Worthies and Unworthies, Smuggler...

Islands of Scilly Interest. 'An Act to Authorize Persons Duly Appointed to act as Justices of the Peace in the Islands of Scilly, although not qua...

Joseph Farington Esq. 'Britannia Depicta....Pat VI....Cornwall,' 1814. 'A Series of Views (With Brief Descriptions) of the Most Interesting and Pi...

Prospective tin trade to Asia, 1790. George Unwin (Purser in His Majesty’s Navy, and Late in the East India Company’s Service). 'Letters, Remarks ...

Rev. John Bannister (Vicar of St Day). 'A Glossary of Cornish Names Ancient and Modern, Local, Family, Personal &c: 20,000 Celtic and Other Names ...

'Official guide to Penzance Published Under the Direction of the Mayor and Corporation'. Original blue cloth, embossed gilt lettering to front cov...

John St Aubyn. Hand written notebook, 1837. Bound in full green morocco with gilt tooling and the words John St Aubyn, 1837, gilt stamped on front...

Samuel Pascoe. 'On the Cornish Coast'. 'A Series of Thirteen Excursions on Cornish Shores,' first edition, 8vo good (vi) 112 pages, a degree of li...

Charles Henderson. 'Mabe Church and Parish. Cornwall'. First edition, bound in green boards with gilt lettering to spine, a fine copy of a scarce ...

William Borlase. 'The Natural History of Cornwall,' 1758. 'The Air, Climate, Waters, Rivers, Lakes, Sea and Tides; Of the Stones, Semimetals, Meta...

William Borlase. 'Antiquities, Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall,' 1769. 'Consisting of Several Essays on the First Inhabitants,...

Williams Borlase (Rector of Ludgvan). Observations on the antiquities historical and monumental of the County of Cornwall, consisting of several e...

William Borlase. 'Islands of Scilly,' 1756. William Borlase. 'Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Islands of Scilly and Their Imp...

William Copeland Borlase. 'The Age of the Saints,' 'A Monograph of Early Christianity in Cornwall with the Legends of the Cornish Saints and an In...

William Copeland Borlase. 'Naenia Cornubiae,' 1872. 'A Descriptive Essay Illustrative of the Sepulchres and Funereal Customs of the Early Inhabita...

Frank H. Perrycoste. 'Some Records of Talland Church', 'Pedigree of Polperro', and 'Lansallos Parish Records', circa 1927, original wraps sent to ...

Frank H. Perrycoste. 'Gleanings from the Records of Zephaniah Job of Polperro'. Originals wraps, 172 pages, including two letters from the author ...

Two works on Redruth. 'Notes on the History of the Church in Redruth. Also St. Day Church A.D.1910,' 29 pages, copious advertisements, Mitchell & ...

Two works on ancient history. Robert S. Hoyt. 'The Terrae Occupatae of Cornwall and the Exon Domesday (an offprint from Traditio),' 20 pages, thin...