The Frank Brewer Cornish Library

Three works on mining. 'The Miners Association of Cornwall and Devonshire,' annual meeting held at Falmouth, August 31st 1865, 24 pages Heard & So...

Perranporth Cornwall (North Coast). Capt Williams Roberts. 'Reminiscences of Perranporth from the year 1833,' first edition, large fold out map, 1...

Helston Furry and Coverack Interest 'Guide to Coverack,' illustrated by H. J. Sincock, Lander & Son, Helston, 1909.James Dryden Hoskin. 'Helston F...

Horatius Bonar. 'Cornish Coves and Corners'. First edition, original wrappers, illustrations by Constance Bushe, J. E. Hawkins & Co, London, circa...

Four Works John Stengelhofen. 'Sketch of the Life of William West, C.E. of Tredenham,' 63 pages, Headland, Penzance, 1973.Charles S. Edwards. 'The...

G. A. Steven. 'Seals of the Cornwall Coast,' Report to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 30th Sept 1935, reprinted 1936 from the Journal o...

John Ralfs: An Old Cornish Botanist Agnes G. Lewis, first edition, a very scarce reminiscence of the eminent West Country, 19th century botanist a...

Five works on St Ives Greville E. Matheson. 'Crooked Streets (St Ives in Rhyme),' 34 pages, 15 illustrations, Lanham, St Ives, circa 1930.'Quaint ...

John Roberton (Scottish Physician), 1859. 'The Insalubrity of the Deep Cornish Mines and as a Consequence the Physical Degeneracy and Early Deaths...

Crantock and Other Verse A.O.Crowle (The Pirate). 77 pages of verse, Whitefield and Newman, Plymouth, 1925

Delabole Slate Interest. Capt John Jenkin. 'History of the Old Delabole Slate Quarry,' 44 pages, C. H. Eversleigh, Launceston, 1888.Carole Vincent...

Bude interest. Three booklets. Capt John E. Acland. 'Bude Haven. Links with the Past,' 32 pages, thin card wraps, Perry Bolt, Bude, 1940.Philip D...

Two works on Roche, Cornwall. G. H. Guy. 'The History of Roche Rocks and of Their Relation to Ancient Human Institutions,' 20 pages, thin card wra...

Newquay Interest. Six works. 'Mates Illustrated Newquay' 80 pages, 1902.'Newquay on the Cornish Coast’, 35 pages, circa 1930’s.The Bay Hotel Newqu...

Six works. Rev S. Rundle. 'Cornish Chairs,' 10 pages, illustrated, circa 1930s.A. Thornley. 'Report on Entomology 1934,' 3 pages, Blackford, Truro...

'The Pageant of Launceston'. By Mary Kelly, 48 pages, good condition, Walter Weighell, Launceston, 1931. ...[more]

Three Ecclesiastical Works William Wingield (74 years Vicar of Gulval). 'Gulval Church and Churchyard Past and Present', first edition, 28 pages, ...

Cecil M. Chapman. 'The Agricultural Labourer'. Poor Law Union of Truro, report, 1893, 13 pages. ...[more]

North Cornwall Interest. 'Wadebridge North Cornwall' published by the Wadebridge Mercantile Association, a descriptive account 32 pages, circa 190...

Cornwall Civil War Tract, 1645 John Rushworth. 'A late letter from Sir Thomas Fairfax’s army now in Truro. Relating the severall passages in the t...

Cornwall Civil War Tract, 1645 John Rushworth; 'A letter sent to The Honoble William Lenthal Rsq; Speaker of The House of Commons: concerning Sir ...

Mining interest. Five Parliamentary Acts. 'An act to permit the Services of the Regiment of Miners of Cornwall and Devon to be extended to Ireland...

Mining interest. Two acts of Parliment. 'An Act for repealing an Act, made in the Thirt-eighth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled...

Great Western Railway Interest. 'An Act for Enabling The Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon Railway Companies to afford further As...

Three Mining Acts. 'An Act to Declare and Define the Respective Rights of Her Majesty and of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and Duke of Co...

St Columb Major Interest. 'An Act for Vesting His Majesty a certain Part of the Open Commons and Waste Lands within the Manor or Royalty of Rialto...

Two Acts of Parliament including Launceston interest. 'An Act to Permit the Sale of The Danish Prize Ship ‘’Constantia Maria’’ and her Cargo in th...

Three Acts of Parliament. 'An Act to enable His Majesty to Settle a Revenue for supporting the Dignity of Her Royal Highness in case She Shall Sur...

Three Acts of Parliament. 'An Act for Requiring the like Proof, to obtain Drawback of Duty on Coals used or consumed in calcining or smelting Tin,...

Three Acts of Parliment 'An Act to Enable His Majesty to Make Leases, Copies and Grants of Offices, Lands and Hereditaments, Parcel of the Duchy o...

Three Acts of Parliament. 'An Act to Provide for the Division of the Deanery of Saint Burian into Three Rectories and for Abolishing The Royal Pec...

Three Acts of Parliament. 'An Act to Enable His Royal Highness Albert Edward Prince of Wales to make Leases and Grants of Land and Hereditaments, ...

Three Acts of Parliament. 'An Act to Enable his Majesty to Make Leases, Copies and Grants of Offices, Lands and Hereditaments, Parcel of the Duchy...

Henry Besley. 'The Route Book of Cornwall'. 'A Guide for the Stranger & Tourist to the Towns and Other Interesting Localities of the County with M...

Three maps of Cornwall. William Westcott Rundell (Falmouth). 'Cornwall,' inset map of the Scilly Isles, laid on linen, a rare map of Cornwall, Wil...

G. B. Worgan. 'General View of the Agriculture of the County of Cornwall'. 'Drawn Up and Published by Order of the Board of Agriculture and Intern...

William Whitburn. 'Tables for the Use of Persons Employed in Tin Mines from the Managing Agent and Clerk, to the Working Tributor and Tut-Workman,...

R. Ashington Bullen. 'Harlyn Bay and the Discoveries of its Prehistoric Remains,' Second edition, original cloth, some watermarks to the cover oth...

Bernard Walke. 'Twenty years at St Hilary'. (The Devereux Series) First edition first printing, consequently third edition overall, original cloth...

Domesday Book Studies, The County Edition ‘’Cornwall’’. Introduction and translation, folios and maps, 3 volumes, first edition in hardback bindin...

Cothele, on the Banks of the Tamar, 1840. Nicholas Condy (with a descriptive account written expressly for the work by the Rev’d F. J. V. Arundell...

'England Displayed.' 1769 P. R. Russell (relating to England) Owen Price (relating to Wales). 'England Displayed. Being a New Complete and Accurat...

Report on Copper mines and Copper trade, 1799. 'Report from the Committee Appointed to Enquire into the State of the Copper Mines and Copper Trade...

The Victoria History of Cornwall Edited by William Page Published by Constable, London. Volume one of this work was published in 1906 and was the ...

Herbert Croft. 'The Abbey of Kilkhampton,' 1780. 'Or Monumental Records for the Year 1980, Faithfully Transcribed from the Original Inscriptions W...

H. Sewell Stokes. 'The Vale of Lanherne and Other Poems'. Second edition, with illustrations drawn on stone by C. Haghe from designs by J. Philp, ...

Launceston interest. A typescript (Latin) with notes, and one other work. Claude H. Peter. 'Launceston Sive Burgi De Dunhevet , In Agro Cornubico,...

Francis Charles Hingeston-Randolph. 'Specimens of Ancient Cornish Crosses, Fonts etc,' first edition, half calf, all plates collated, very good co...

James Davey (Assayer of Copper ores etc St. Austell, Cornwall). 'A Set of Tables Showing the Difference of the Standard at Which Copper Ores of Va...

'Cornwall. A Survey', 1930. W. Harding Thompson, Charles Henderson, with a preface by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch. 'Cornwall. A Survey of its Coasts,...

John Pike Hedgeland and Davies Gilbert. 'The Stained Glass Windows of the Church of St Neot in Cornwall. A Description Accompanied by Sixteen Colo...

An Archaeological Survey of Bodmin Moor. Nicholas Johnson and Peter Rose. 'Bodmin Moor. An Archaeological Survey, Volume 1: The Human Landscape to...

'The Charter of Penzance Granted by James the First, 1614'. 'To the Worshipful the Mayor, the Right Honorable Worshipful the Recorder, the Worship...

I. S. Maxwell. 'Historical Atlas of West Penwith'. First edition, pictorial card wraps, a good copy, reader in Historical Geography in the Univers...

T. Raffles Davison. 'Down to the Lands End'. A rebound article by John Sedding from 'The British Architect', with illustrations by T. Raffles Davi...

Colonel Sir H. James. 'Domesday Book,' 1859. 'Or the Great Survey of England of William the Conqueror,' facsimile of the part relating to Cornwall...

The 'Rotten Borough' of Camelford. Three reports, 1819. Part 1. 'Camelford Election 26th March -to- 8th April 1819. Report from the select committ...

William Collings Lukis. 'Prehistoric Stone Monuments of The British Isles. Cornwall'. First edition, a very good copy in original green boards, gi...

John A. Service. 'Potters Clay and How it is Obtained,' 'From John Service to George Masters,' this content is taken from the American Pottery Gaz...

Humphrey Davey and the Cornish Engine. Two works. Henry Mayhew. 'The Wonders of Science; Or Young Humphrey Davey,' first edition, original cloth, ...