Rare Books & Works on Paper

Thirty-four various sea charts. Including 'Strait of Gibraltar to River Gambia', 'Terceira and Graciosa', 'Delaware to Floorida Strait', 'West Ind...

Norway Sea Charts. Thirty-nine (out of 41), updated to 1947, including 'The Naze to Kristiansand', 'Oslo Haven', 'Aproaches to Molde' etc, vignett...

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 ...

A limited edition 'Titanic' poster Number 8 of 250, by Storey's. ...[more]

Caesar's Palace. A Box Programme February 4th 1989. 'The Four best Welterweights in the World'Lloyd Honeyghan v Marlon StarlingSeung-Soon Lee v Ma...

A Victorian scrap book. Condition issues with binding, contains a plethora of bookplates and original sketches including a charming sketch of a mo...

E. W. Rashleigh. 'Notes on the Parish of Golant' 'Alias St Sampsons and Notes on The Church by Hubert Reade,' original wraps, 8vo, 31 pages, illu...

Four scarce booklets on Cornwall E. S. Tucker. 'Cornwall County Chamber of Agriculture. The Scientific Education of Farmers,' first edition, thin ...

Rev. Gilbert Hunter Doble. Two works. R. M. Catling and J. .P. Rogers. 'G.H. Doble', second edition, scarce, original binding, Sydney Lee, Exeter;...

William Matthews C.M.G. 'Harbour of Refuge inquiry North Coast of Devon and Cornwall'. First edition, bound with appendix, 1 copy of memorandum by...

St Austell and Fowey interest. Four early guides, 1920’s. A. L. Rowse. 'St Austell Church, Town, Parish,' first edition, hardcover, very good cond...

Board of Education Interest County of Cornwall Endowed Charities Education other than Elementary (board of education), 1921, Stationery Office, Lo...

A collection of 'Films and Filming' magazines from 1960 to 1980 Approx 150 all in vg to fine condition, profusley illustrated, full of reviews, ar...

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...

Arthur G. Langdon. 'Old Cornish Crosses'. First edition, signed by the author, folding map, numerous plates and illustrations in text from drawing...

Rev. Aeneas Barkly Hutchinson A Monograph on the History and Restoration of the Parish Church of St Mary, Callington Published by G. H. Lidstone, ...

Caroline Fox of Penjerrick, 1882. Horace N. Pym (ed). 'Memories of Old Friends Being Extracts from the Journals and Letters of Caroline Fox of Pen...

Saint Minver Apportionment Of the Rent Charge in Lieu of Tithes in the Parish of Saint Minver in the County of Cornwall, 1838, 46 pages. Liddell a...

Cornish Rugby Interest. Six works W. J. Robbins (editor), Rugby in the Duchy, first edition, 1934, published by Cornwall Rugby Football Union. Thi...

[Signed] BLAKE, Quentin Limited edition LAUREATE’S PROGRESS (2002) Special limited edition of 1000 for Chris Beetles Gallery. DRAWING BLOOD. FORTY...

Cornish interest eighteen works SONGS OF THE WEST By S Baring-Gould (1913) Methuen and Co and THE FIRST CORNISH HOSPITAL By Dr CT Andrews (1975) F...

ASIMOV Isaac A collection of fiction and non-fiction ISAAC ASIMOV: BREAKTHROUGHS IN SCIENCE By Isaac Asimov (1959) Houghton Mifflin Company and TH...

THOREAU, Henry D. 'Walden or Life in the Woods' Second printing, illustrated with 142 photographs, ink inscription to free endpaper, inroduction a...

Architecture interest. Two works 'Clare College 1326-1926,' two volumes, folio, quarter cloth with coat of arms gilt tooled to front board, extrem...

Cornwall interest. Thirteen works. 'An Illustrated Itinerary of The County of Cornwall,' quarter leather rebacked, staining and rubbed, heavy spot...

Cornish mines from underground. Seven illustrated works. J. C. Burrow and W. Thomas. 'Mongst Mines and Miners. being underground scenes by flash-l...

J. H. Collins ‘On the Geological Age of Central & West Cornwall’ Reprint from the Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, first and second p...

Thomas Spargo ‘The Mines of Cornwall’ 'The Land's End Peninsula', 'The Camborne Area', 'The Mounts Bay Area', 'The Redruth Area', 'Mid-Cornwall', ...

Literature from Cornwall. Sixteen works. A tidy collection Including works by Denys Val Baker, Nigel Tangye, E. V. Thompson and Kenneth Moss. (16)...

Six works on Cornwall. Thurstan C. Peter. 'A Compendium of the History and Geography of Cornwall,' fourth edition, original decoration with gilt b...

Cornwall interest. Thirteen booklets 'Legend Land. Being a collection of some of the Old Tales told in those Western Parts of Britain served by th...

Ten works on sailing. Ahto Walter and Tom Olsen. 'Racing the Seas,' first edition, original cloth, some nibbles and tears to rare unclipped dj, sp...

'Arabian Nights Entertainments. Consisting of One Thousand and One Stories,' The eighteenth edition, four vols, full leather, boards debound, vg t...

Oliver Sacks. Six works. OLIVER SACKS: AWAKENINGS By Oliver Sacks (1973) First edition and A LEG TO STAND ON (1984) First edition and THE MAN WHO ...

Nine classic works about Cornwall. H. Sewell Stokes. 'The Vale of Lanherne and Other Poems,' second edition, with illustrations drawn on stone by ...

BARNES, Julian Four hardback novels The Lemon Table first edition 2004, Staring At The Sun first edition 1986, A History of the World in 101/2 Ch...

Spike Milligan collection Three first edition hardbacks SPIKE MILLIGAN: MILLIGAN’S ARK Edited by Spike Milligan and Jack Hobbs (1971) M & J Hobbs....

Titles on Arctic exploration and the Alps Including Shackleton in the Antarctic THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS By John Tyndall (1896) Longmans, Green an...

Ted Hughes collection Poems and short stories TED HUGHES: RIVER. POEMS BY Ted Hughes (1983) Photographs by Peter Keen. Together with DIFFICULTIES ...

AMIS, Martin A collection of novels MARTIN AMIS: TIME’S ARROW By Martin Amis (1991) Jonathan Cape. First edition. THE INFORMATION (1995) New York:...

Cornish Art interest [Signed] The Story of Tate St Ives first edition GASWORKS TO GALLERY. THE STORY OF TATE ST IVES By Janet Axten (1995) First e...

City of Truro interest [Signed limited edition] The Book of Truro and other titles THE BOOK OF TRURO By HL Douch (1977) Barracuda Books. First edi...

Cornwall interest The Book of Carharrack and others THE BOOK OF CARHARRACK By Eric Rabjohns and Barrie May (2003) Carharrack Old Cornwall Society ...

Art History interest The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Edited by Rudolf Heinemann. (1969) Catalogue of the Paintings and Illustrations of the Pain...

'Wa She Shu: A Washo Tribal History,' First edition, original cloth with pictorial decoration to front board, images throughout, bibliography, vg,...

The Church in Cornwall. Eight works. 'William O'Bryan, Founder of the Bible Christians. The Man and His Work. Chiefly from Original Documents by S...

Polperro interest. Two works. Frank H. Perrycoste. 'Pedigree of Polperro,' original thin card wraps, pp. 25, reprinted from The Cornish Times, A. ...

The Rev W. S. Lach-Szyrma 'A Church History of Cornwall and of the Diocese of Truro,' First edition, original embossed publishers boards, fading t...

[Signed] Charles Causley. 'Figure of 8. Narrative Poems,' flat signed to titlepage 'Inscribed for Priscilla Napier with all good wishes.....', ori...

Mining interest. Eight works. Rigby Graham. 'Deserted Cornish Tin Mines,' limited edition number 156/200, ex Libra's with stamps, illustrations th...

Capt Charles Thomas of Dolcoath Mine 'Tables for Ascertaining the Value of Tin Stuff,' First edition, 82 pages, in original binding, a good copy w...

Len Young (photographer). East African Photography. Staff photographer of the 'East African Railway & Harbour, thirty four black + white photgraph...

Paul Theroux. Six Works PAUL THEROUX: THE CONSUL’S FILE By Paul Theroux (1977) Houghton Mifflin Company. First US edition. Fine. Together with THE...

Ten works on travel and adventure. Leopold Ainsworth. 'A Merchant Venturer Among the Sea Gypsies: Being a Pioneer's account of life on an island i...

DECAMERON OF BOCCACCIO (UNEXPURGATED) Translated by JM Rigg. London : Privately printed for the Navarre Society Limited. No date. Two volumes with...

PRIVATE REMARKS DURING A JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY AD 1816 By Rev Patrick Pounden (1826) Dublin: Richard Moore Tims. Ex libris Royal Colleg...

James Watt interest. MEMORIALS OF THE LINEAGE, EARLY LIFE, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE GENIUS OF JAMES WATT By George Williamson. (1856) Prin...

A TREATISE ON DISLOCATIONS AND ON FRACTURES OF THE JOINTS By Sir Astley Cooper (1824) London: Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. Fourth...

HOLTBY, Winifred. 'South Riding. An English Landscape,' First trade edition, original quarter vellum with cloth boards, spotting to endpapers and ...

The Cerebral Cortex and the Motor Cortex. Two works A RECORD OF EXPERIMENTS UPON THE FUNCTION OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX By Victor Horsley and EA Scha...