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Click here to subscribeCity of Truro interest [Signed limited edition] The Book of Truro and other titles THE BOOK OF TRURO By HL Douch (1977) Barracuda Books. First edition. Signed by author. Limited edition this numbered 264. Together with A HISTORY OF TRURO By Viv Acton (1997) Volume 1 and seven other publications from the Truro Buildings Research Group and one other (10)
WW2 poetry collection [Signed] Henry Reed and others A Map of Verona, signed, dustjacket, 1946 with Emanual Litvinoff 'The Untried Soldier' 1942, Tambimuttu 'Out of this War' frontis by Augustus John, cloth no dustjacket, Aragon 'Les Yeax D'else, wrappers, Horizon 1943, Drummond Allison 'The Yellow Night' Fortune Press, dustjacket, 1944, C.Day Lewis 'Word Over All' cloth, dustjacket, 1943 with Alun Lewis 'Ha! Ha! Among the Trumpets' cloth, dustjacket 1945 with Sidney Keyes 'The Cruel Solstice', dustjacket, 1943 with Clifford Dyment 'The Axe in the Wood', dustjacket 1944 and ten other first edition WW2 poetry collections (19).
'A Book of the South West,' 'A Book of the Southwest,' first edition, tipped in is a letter from W. Gordon to a Dr Wood stating that most copies are sold (as it this book was only available by subscription) and he should apply soon, original Japanese vellum, plates, William Pollard & Co Ltd, Exeter, 1907.This book was printed for the seventy-fifth annual meeting of the British Medical Association held at Exeter 1907. A good copy.
Cornwall interest. Thirteen works. 'An Illustrated Itinerary of The County of Cornwall,' quarter leather rebacked, staining and rubbed, heavy spotting to frontis map, plates and illustrations throughout, pagination runs complete, pp. 264, some finger soiling and spotting to this good copy, How and Parsons, 1842; A. T. Quiller-Couch (Ed). 'The Cornish Magazine,' vols I and II, original decorative cloth, ex Cornwall Record Office, illustrations throughout, 1898-1899; A. C. Todd. 'Beyond the Blaze. A Biography of Davies Gilbert,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, fine, D. Bradford Barton, 1967; Cyril Noall. 'Cornish Seines and Seiners. A history of the fishing industry,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped, vg, Bradford Barton, Truro, 1972; With eight other works including a finely bound 'Lives of the Engineers' by Samuel Smiles. (13)
Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Interest. Five works Alec Adrian. 'Dunkirk Sportsmen,' first edition, Arthur H. Stockwell, 1943.Published during WW2, this is largely reminiscent of West Country football mainly Devon and Cornwall, including Torquay United, together with experiences of Dunkirk, signed dedication from the author, 116 pages, 8vo, a very good copy.Brigadier George Taylor. 'Infantry Colonel,' first edition, pub the Self Publishing Ass Ltd, Worcs, 1990.Taylor took command of the 5th Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry after the two previous commanding officers had been killed and the battalion had lost more than half its strength on the battles for Hill 112. Tipped in newspaper cutting with Taylor’s obituary July 1994. Signed by George Taylor 1994. A fine copy.J. B. Hayward & Son (publishers), Suffolk in assoc with the Imperial War Museum 'Soldiers died in The Great War 1914-19,' in hardback, 1989. a fine copy.H. N. Newey. 'A Short History of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Being the Story of the First Battalion the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (32nd foot),' 46 pages, plates, card covers, some pages slightly loose, otherwise a good copy, Gale and Polden, Aldershot, 1924. (3)Major-General H. Essame. 'The 43rd Wessex Division at War 1944-1945,' first edition, illustrated with 35 photographs and 21 sketch maps, very good condition in dust jacket, William Clowes and Sons Ltd, London, 1952.
Thomas Dryden. 'Tables for Calculating the Value of a Ton of Copper Ore at Any Rate of Standard, from £80 to £180 per Ton of Fine Copper,' First edition, ‘’price in boards 10S.6D TO subscribers - 12S to non subscribers’’, subscribers list at the back showing 82 subscribers, a very good copy in original marbled boards, printed by Michell and Co, Truro, 1813.
FLEMING, Ian. Three first editions. 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service,' first edition, original cloth, fine unclipped dj, by Richard Topping (1963), small amount of spotting to edge of text block, otherwise vg, Jonathan Cape, London, 1963; 'You Only Live Twice,' first edition, original cloth, fine unclipped dj by Richard Topping (1964), spotting to edge of text block and endpapers, Jonthan Cape, London, 1964; 'The Man With The Golden Gun,' first edition, original cloth, fine unclipped dj, some spotting to edge of tect block, vg, Jonathan Cape, London, 1965. (3)
'Some Account of the Proceedings at the Election for Truro August 3rd–6th 1830'. 'As Reported in the West Briton Together With Extracts from that and Other Newspapers,' first edition, Baldwin and Cradock, London, 1830.'Supplement to the Account of the Election for Truro Containing Petitions of the Candidates and Burgesses Complaining of an Undue Return,' first edition, with a coloured map of the borough of Truro, Baldwin and Craddock, London, 1831.'Borough of Truro Second Supplement to the Account of the Elections for Truro Containing a Report of the Proceedings at the Election on the 3rd May 1831. Together with a Petition of the Burgesses to the House of Commons,' first edition, G. Clyma, Truro, 1831.'Truro. Further Account of Election Proceedings in this Borough to Their Successful Termination on the 15th December 1832,' first edition G. Clyma, Truro, 1833.'Address etc On Occasion of Mr Tooke’s Visit to Truro Sept–Oct 1833,' first edition, handwritten note on front endpaper ‘’ presented by W. M. Tooke esq M.P. for Truro, G. Taylor, London, 1833.All bound as one in original binding, a very good copy. 'Law Society' stamp.
[Signed] Ralph Steadman. CHERRYWOOD CANNON By Ralph Steadman (1978) Paddington Press. First edition and THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK (1975) Michael Dempsey and NIGHT EDGE By Jane Deverson and Ralph Steadman (1972) Bettiscombe Press and NO ROOM TO SWING A CAT (1989) Anderson Press and STILL LIFE WITH BOTTLE (1994) Ebury Press and THE MILDENHALL TREASURE By Roald Dahl and Ralph Steadman (1999) Jonathan Cape. All First editions and signed, often with a flourish and doodle and some dated with five others unsigned. Most in protective wrappers. A very good collection of this master illustrator (11)
T.E. LAWRENCE (contributor); H. PIRIE-GORDON. 'A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force....July 1917 to October 1918..', First Edition, quarto, toning and rubbed to original publishers thin car boards, tear to head of cloth spine panel, some spotting throughout, frontis image and 58 maps complete, good, Government Press, and Survey of Egypt, Cairo, 1919.Contains two reports written by T. E. Lawrence, "Sherifian Co-Operation in September" and "Story of the Arab Movement", in which he details the Ashraf contribution to the War effort and narrates his own involvement in a third-person report, the first published account of the Arab campaign.
TROUTBECK, John. 'A Survey of the Ancient and Present State of the Scilly Islands 'Describing Their Situation. Towns. Forts. Produce. Government. Customs. Antiquities. Number. Churches. Harbours. Language. Arts. Manufacturers. House Burnings. Extent. Castles. Soil. Religion. Traffick. Grants. Shipwrecks,' first edition, list of subscribers at the front which runs to 360 copies, 234 pages with a blue hue, rebound, half leather with marbled boards, a very fine copy of a rare work, published by Goadby and Lerpiniere, Sherborne, 1796.
H. Spencer Toy and R. E. Davidson. Three works H. Spencer Toy. 'A History of Education at Launceston,' first edition, original cloth, pp.394, vg, Wordens of Cornwall, Marazion, 1966; 'The Cornish Pocket Borough,' first edition, original cloth, pp.98, vg, Wordens of Cornwall, Marazion, 1968; R. E. Davidson. 'The History of Truro Grammar and Cathedral School,' first edition, original cloth, frontis, Kingston, Mevagissey, 1970. (3)
E. J. Joubert de la Ferte (eldest daughter of Philip Sandys Melvill C.S.I. 'The Melvill Family. A Roll of Honour of the Descendants of Captain Philip Melvill, The Governor of Pendennis Castle' 'and their Immediate Connections by Marriage in the Years of The World War 1914–1918,' first and only edition, with 7 plates, XII + 150 pages, 4to, uncut qtr buckram, paper boards, paper labels on spine and top board, rubbed cover, spotty tissue guards to plates, the subscribers list names 59 subscribers only, very scarce, Arthur L. Humpherys, London, 1920.
ELIOT, T.S Two poetry books 'Anabasis a poem', translated from the French of St. J. Perse, first edition, cloth, unclipped dustjacket, Faber, 1930 with 'Quatro Quartetos', a presentation copy for critic F.E. Halliday from the translator, signed, fine in pictorial wrappers, Edition Atica, Lisbon, 1963.
SITWELL. Edith, Osbert and Sacheverall Twenty six works. Osbert Sitwell. Five volumes 'An Autobiography,' 'Left Hand Right Hand!' original cloth, plates and frontis, vg, MacMillan & Co, London, 1945; 'The Scarlet Tree' 1946, 'Great Morning' 1948, 'Laughter in the Next Room' 1949, 'Nobel Essences or Courteous Revelations' 1950; 'Wheels: A Second Cycle,' first edition, featuring Osbert, Edith and Sacheverell Sitwell, Aldous Huxley etc, original decorative boards, small amount of spotting to deckled edge, vg, B. H. Blackwell, Oxford, [1917]; Sacheverell Sitwell. 'Dance of the Quick and the Dead,' first edition, original cloth, plates, Faber and Faber, London, 1936; Edith Sitwell. 'Gardeners and Astronomers,' original cloth, unclipped dj, vg, MacMillan & Co, London, 1953; With eighteen other works by the Sitwells. A good collection. (26)
Ten works on mining. F. Lyme Caunter. 'The Future of Metalliferous Mining in Great Britain. With Special Reference to Tin and Tungsten, and a Suggestion for Saving Dollars,' first edition, original grey cloth, ex libris label with tip-ex number to front board, Philp & Sons, Liskeard, n.d; 'The Mining Magazine,' vol XCIII. no 1, July 1955, half black leather, speckled red ink edge, vg; D. C. Davies. 'A Treatise on Metalliferous Minerals and Mining,' fifth edition, rebound in a brown cloth, many illustrations with three fold out engravings, large burn mark to a few leaves, pp. 524, many advertisements, Crosby Lockwood and Son, London, 1892; J. H. Collins. 'Observations on the West of England Mining Region,' facsimile, full green leather, pp. 677, plates to rear, vg, Cornish Mining Classics, Truro, 1988; With six other works. (10)
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 edition. Signed by author and co-publisher. Together with ERIC WARD’S ST IVES (2003) Halsgrove. First edition, PAINTING IN NEWLYN 1900-1930 By Caroline Fox (1985) and THEATRE FIVE PAINTINGS OF A CORNISH SURGICAL TEAM By Kurt Jackson (2008) Published by Lemon Street Gallery and THE LONG FIELD By Kurt Jackson (2002) Great Atlantic Publications. (5)
ADAMS, Douglas. 'The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' First edition, with a second issue unclipped dj, sun fading to the spine, light spotting to front and rear dj flaps, ISBN 0213167387, a vg copy, Arthur Barker, London, 1979.The conceit was originally a radio series, broadcast in 1978 on BBC Radio 4, with Adams later developing the Hitchhiker's Guide into a "trilogy" of five books which sold more than fifteen million copies during his lifetime.
Bertha Couch. 'Life of Jonathan Couch F.L.S., etc, of Polperro, The Cornish Ichthyologist.,' 1901 As written by his daughter with the help of one Edward G. Hocken, first edition, frontispiece portrait, cloth, 8vo, a good copy of a scarce book, the subscribers list in the rear lists 75 copies only, John Philp, Liskeard, 1901.
Three works on Cornwall Dolly Pentreath Beneath The Moon, a story of Cornwall and India, 1899 second edition, Jas J. Guthrie at the Pear Tree Press, White Cottage, Gravesend, Kent. A good copy.Bernard Moore Cornish Crowsheaf (crowsheaf being the last sheaf on the stack),1949, published by the author. Twenty five distinctly cornish poems, signed on the endpaper by the author and, additionally, a tipped in letter from the author .Bernard Moore, Cornish Corners and other Verses,1923 first edition, thirty six verses from Cornwall, 62 pages, signed by the author. torn dustwrapper, however a very good copy. (3)
'Festung Guernsey (Fortress Guernsey)' FIRST EDITION, 2007, bound as four volumes in two half calf leather. This comprehensive work was produced as a Limited Edition of 135 copies, this one is numbered 106 consequently a Very Rare work.This work was compiled at the suggestion of the commanding officer of the 319th Infantry Division and Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Islands Lieutant-General Graf von Schmettow under the guidance of Chief Officer of the General Staff Lieutant Colonel Hubner, who with his team, drawn from the Divisionskartenstelle (Division Cartographic Section) of the 319th Division, with some 14 non-commissioned officers working across drawing, cartography, photography, printing, calligraphy development and craftwork.This team recorded the defences which were set in a relatively undeveloped countryside, dominated by small dairy farms and tomato vineries, with almost no civilian traffic. This work was drawn from a remarkable collection of plans and photographs, with full details of German armaments and fortifications. So that by 1944, Guernsey was probably the most fortified place in the world. It was realised that the Festung volumes were very fragile and would suffer damage if made available for general inspection. Since 1947 these volumes have remained in the custody of the Royal Court. A local resident came forward with the first chapter of section 2 ‘’WAFFEN’’ (Weapon). This is the only complete copy traceable, without his generosity this work would be considerably diminished. The result is a stunning and comprehensive picture of Guernsey in 1944.
Space flight interest. Twenty-one works Thomas R. Kane, Peter W. Likins and David A. Levinson. 'Spacecraft Dynamics,' original cloth unclipped dj, pp.436, vg, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1983; H. Asada and J. J. E. Slotine. 'Robot Analysis and Conrol,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, vg, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1986; Richard B. Dow. 'Fundamentals of Advanced Missiles,' original cloth, unclipped dj, vg, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Research and Development Command, United States Airforce, Washington, 1958; P. P. Edwald, TH. Poschl and L. Prandtl. 'The Physics of Solids and Fluids,' authorized translation, original cloth, Blackie and Son, London, 1932; With seventewen other works relationg to space flight. (21)From the library of a former NASA engineer.
Biographies and tales of prominent Cornish persons. Four works John B. Cornish. 'The Autobiography of A Cornish Smuggler (Captain Harry Carter, of Prussia Cove) 1749-1809,' second edition, orginal cloth with decorations to title, frontis illustration, a vg copy, Gibbings & co, London, J. Pollard, cornwall, 1900; J. Henry Harris. 'Cornish Saints and Sinners,' new edition, drawings by L. Raven Hill, original decorative cloth, light spotting to edge of text block, otherwise a vg copy, John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, n.d; P. A. S. Pool. 'William Borlase,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, some toning marks to endpapers, vg, The Royal Instituition of Cornwall, 1986; F. E. Halliday. 'Richard Carew of Anthony,' first edition, original cloth, unnclipped dj, spotting to edge of textblock, Andrew Melrose, London, 1953. (4)
BURGESS, Anthony 'A Clockwork Orange' First edition, second issue with purple boards and 18s price to dj, original cloth, tear to inner flap of unclipped dj, remnants of tape running along the rear inner flap, splitting to inner joint, former stock of Somerset County Library with ink stamp to titlepage and verso, some finger soiling and toning, Heinemann, London, 1962.This is a second issue with purple boards and 18s price to dj.
Devon and Cornwall Record Society. 'The Register of Baptisms, Marriages & Burials of the Parish of Falmouth in the County of Cornwall, 1663-1812.' transcribed and edited by Susan Elizabeth Gay and Mrs Howard Fox, H. Tapley-Soper, general editor, first edition, issued to members only, The Devon and Cornwall Record Society, Exeter, 1914. in two volumes part 1 marriages and baptisms Ppxxxii, 668 and part II burials Pp (ii), 669-1105 incl, the editing and publishing of the registers of a parish is a work of great importance, the old volumes with tattered covers, stained pages and faded ink. The destruction of old registers has been for the most part a gradual one, accomplished by damp, age, inks that were not permanent etc. Susan Gay and Mrs Fox undertook the task to collate all this information thanks to the help of the late Revd. Canon Christopherson (1882-1912), who kindly lent the surviving volumes. Additionally the 'Bishop’s Transcripts' at Exeter of the register of Falmouth are incomplete and fragmentary; They have been carefully compared with this transcript and all discrepancies noted, both volumes in original bindings, with the stamp of Dartington Hall Library Devon Collection, pages uncut, with the exception of some foxing on the endpapers, these vols are in nearly fine condition.
Faith JACQUES (1923-1997) Mixed media illustration used on the front/back cover of the children's book 'Return Of The Antelope'Signed and dated '8630 x 45cmFaith Jaques was a children's book illustrator, best known for her drawings for the first edition of Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'.
BORLASE, William. 'Antiquities, Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall,' 'Consisting of Several Essays on the First Inhabitants, Druid Superstition, Customs and Remains of the Most Remote Antiquity in Britain and the British Isles, Exemplified and Proved by Monuments Now Extant in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, with a Vocabulary of the Cornu-British Language,' second edition revised with several additions by the author, to which is added a map of Cornwall and two new plates, some off setting, a very good copy with all plates etc collated, no tears, modern binding, half leather with marbled boards, W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for S. Baker and G. Leigh and others, London, 1769.
Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Interest. Colonel G. C. Swiney. 'Historical Records of the 32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry, Now the 1st Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s L. I. from the Formation of the Regiment in 1702 Down to 1892,' first edition, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co Ltd, London, 1893.Frontis, 10 colour plates of costumes, 5 other plates and 15 text illustrations.
Cornish Ephemera. H. J. Daniel. 'A New Budget of Cornish Poems. Being 9 poems including ‘’An Ode to Mevagizzey’’, ‘’The Cornishman and the Cherries’’ and ‘’The Miners and the Boat’’' first edition, frontispiece, with 48 pages, internally clean with a little foxing, some nicks, bound in blue card wraps, scarce, W. Wood, Devonport, 1865.Cornish Ephemera. 'A Request from the Town Clerk of ‘’Chipping Norton‘’ Mr Thomas Mace to the town clerks of Helston, Falmouth, Bodmin, Launceston, Liskeard and Honiton, asking if there would be a slaughter house in the town, with the replies on headed paper- Town Clerks Office, Helston J. Walker Tyacke 21st June 1890; Falmouth Mr Grose ? 20th June, 1893; Bodmin Mr Robert Edyvean 20th June 1893; Launceston Claude H. Peter 20th June 1893; Liskeard, Mr F. Lyde Caunter 21st June 1893; Honiton, Mr G. P. Tweed 22nd June 1893; Thomas Mace was the Mayor of Chipping Norton 1882/83-1887/88 and Town Clerk 1892-1916.A truro based magazine printed in 1917 with the Cornish tale ‘’Zacky Tresidder’’, various interesting articles of the day, list of Cornish fairs and cattle markets compiled by W. G. Polsue, calendar for 1917 with sun rises and sets with daily events, post office Truro tariffs outward mails, table for measuring standard grain, breeders table, lighting up times for cyclists & others 1917, approx 74 pages including many truro based advertisements, the last 5 pages loose with some tears however a very informative First World War magazine.
Travel/geography/colonial history interest Twelve works C. G. Seligman and Brenda Z. Seligman. 'Pagan Tribes of the Nilotic Sudan,' some staining to original red cloth, first few leaves upto frontis photo debound, numerous photographic plates and engravings throughout, some light finger soiling and spotting to edge of text block, George Routledge & Sons, London, 1932; Captain J. N. Price Wood. 'Travel & Sport in Turkestan,' first edition, original red cloth with gilt vignette of an ox and cart to the upper section of the front cover, silver tone frontis plate is faded as is the norm, plates throughout, some offsetting and toning, gilt top edge, Chapman & Hall, London, 1910; Agnes Herbert. 'Casuals in the Caucasus. The Diary of a Sporting Holiday,' original dark blue cloth b+w frontis, plates, spotting to edge of textblock, John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1912; Agnes Herbert and A Shikari. 'Two Dianas in Alaska,' second edition, original cloth, spotting to edge of textblock, plates and frontis, John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, n.d; Major H. G. C. Swayne. 'Seventeen Trips Through Somaliland and a Visit to Abyssinia,' flat signed to half title by the author, third edition, rubbed and bumped original cloth, plates and illustrations, Rowland Ward, London, 1903; With seven other works. (12)
Rev. Gilbert Hunter Doble. Two works. R. M. Catling and J. .P. Rogers. 'G.H. Doble', second edition, scarce, original binding, Sydney Lee, Exeter;Rev. Gilbert H. Doble. 'The Lanalet Ponttifical', first edition, 19 pages, included is a letter to C.K.K. Andrew from the author dated 1934 and signed by G.H.Doble. Burliegh Press, Bristol, 1934. (2)
Five works on the arts in Cornwall. Ruth Jones. 'The Path of the Son. A Biography of Bryan Pearce,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, a vg copy, Sheviock Gallery Publications, 1976; Ada Earland. 'John Opie and His Circle,' original cloth with remnents of tape, some spotting, plates, Hutchinson & Co, London, 1911; 'Paintings from Cornwall,' inrtoduction by Denys Val Baker, original cloth, illustrated throughout, The Cornish Library, Penzance, n.d; With two other works including 'Musical Adventures in Cornwall'. (5)
AINSLIE, Kathleen. 'Lady Tabitha and Us' First edition, original publishers thin paper wrap, pictorial card wraps in a fine condition, 14 full page colour chromolithograph plates, ink owners inscription to verso of free end paper, rope page mark, some light toning throughout, scarce with publishers wrap, Castell Brothers, London, [1905].
Barbara Hepworth & Bernard Leach. 'On the occasion of the conferment of the Honorary Freedom of the Borough...In Recognition of Their International Contribution to the Arts',' 'Borough of St. Ives, Cornwall, 23rd September, 1968,' two card bound compediums of both artists respectively, titled clear glassine case, b+w photographs throughout, W. J. Rowe, St. Ives, [1968]; 'Barbara Hepworth. Sculptress,' collected amnd edited by Lillian Browse, original cloth, illustrations, Ariel Books on the Arts, The Shenval Press, Faber & Faber, n.d; 'Bernard Leach. A Potter's Work,' first edition, original cloth, unclippped dj, plates, Evelyn, Adams & MacKay, London, 1967; Michael Cardew. 'A Pioneer Potter. An Autobiography,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, plates, vg, Collins, 1988; with four other works by and about Leach including a signed Marion Whybrow; With one other work about Laura Knight. (9)
A manuscript book written and prepared by William Mackenzie Williams. Of Chy-an-Dreath, Newquay, Cornwall. 'The Heraldry of Cornwall, Being the Public and Private Arms of the Nobility and Gentry from the Earliest to the Present time.' First and only edition 1900.An incredibly well researched work, drawing on research from many sources which would have taken a considerable amount of time. Commencing with the Heralds from 1484 to 1900. The Chapters cover;1. Extinct Cornish Families.2. The Earls of Cornwall from A.D. 440.3. The Dukes of Cornwall from 1470.4. Alphabetcal list of Conrish families ilustrating their coat of arms.5. List of disclaimers at the last Heralds Visitation in Cornwall 1620. Taken out of John Paul Rylands work entitled 'Disclaimers at the Heralds Visitations (and includes the whole of England),' this work was published at Guildford 1888.6. General Armoury of the County . Appendices: A list of the families whose pedigrees are to be found in the Heralds Visitations of Cornwall. Cornish wills, Court of Aanterbury. A list of Cornish families who have changed their names.With the bookplate of Wm Mackenzie Williams of the Clan of MacKenzies of Seaforth. The Gaelic Motto ‘’Cuidich n Righ’’ help the king) and Cornish Motto ‘’En Hav Perkou Gu(w)av’’ (in summer, remember winter). The MacKenzies formed the Seaforth highlanders in 1778, hence the bookplate depicts the regiment coat of arms and cap badge. Many notes loosely inserted.421 pages bound in brown hard covers, half calf with gilt lettering to the spine, a very good copy of an interesting work profuse with 'naive' hand coloured illustrations.
Capt Charles Thomas of Dolcoath Mine 'Tables for Ascertaining the Value of Tin Stuff,' First edition, 82 pages, in original binding, a good copy with loosening front board, inserted is a letter from the grandson of Capt Thomas reminiscing of how and when this work was produced, James Tregaskis, Ticketing-Paper Office, Redruth, 1859.
Seven works of literature. Daphne Du Maurier. 'My Cousin Rachel,' first edition, original cloth, nibbles and loss to clipped dj, some spotting, Victor Gollancz, London, 1951; Virginia Woolf. 'The Death of a Moth,' first edition, lacks dj, original cloth with paper label to spine, frontis photograph, Readers Union, the Howgarth Press, London, 1943; T. E. Lawrence. 'The Mint,' first edition, lacks dj, original cloth, Jonathan Cape, London, 1955; V. Sackville-West and Harold. 'Another World Than This,' first edition, original cloth, small loss to unclipped dj, ex libris label, Michael Joseph, London, 1945; With three other works by T. S. Eliot and Beverly Nichols. (7)
Captain S. W. Roskill, D. S. C, R. N. Five works 'History of the Second World War ‘’The War at Sea’’ Volume 1 ‘The Defensive’ first edition, 1954, published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London. In dust jacket.Volume 2 ‘The Period of Balance’ first edition, 1956, published by published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London. In dust jacket.Volume 3 ‘THE OFFENSIVE’ First Edition 1960. Published by H.M.S.O. in dust jacket.Volume 3 Part II ‘The Offensive’ first edition, 1961. Published by H.M.S.O. In dust jacket.A four volume set in good condition.'The Navy at War 1939 – 1945' first edition, 1960, published by Collins, London. In dust jacket (worn) otherwise a good copy. (5)
Colonel H. W. Williams Some Reminiscences (1838-1918) Published by J. A. D. Bridger, Penzance. 112 pages frontis, ’with compliments of the author, Porthminster House, St Ives, Cornwall', dated March 1920, first edition, 1918. A nearly fine copy.Williams was born in St Ives working on the early railways in the South West, The London Docks, the Wreck of the Khyber at Lands End 1905, etc, with further reminiscences. He later returned to St Ives, becoming mayor.
HUXLEY, Aldous 'They Still Draw Pictures' and 'Heaven and Hell' 'They Still Draw Pictures' with an introduction by Aldous Huxley, a collection of 60 drawings by Spanish children during the Spanish Civil War, first edition, spiral bound, vg to vg+ condition, 1938, New York. With 'Heaven and Hell', first edition, a fine copy with an unclipped dust jacket, Chatto and Windus, 1956.
DOYLE, Arthur Conan. 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' First edition, first impression, with blank street sign on front cover and misprint 'Miss Violent Hunter' for 'Miss Violet Hunter' on p317, original bevelled edge cloth, free endpaper, halftitle and titlepage debound, spotting throughout, George Newnws, London, 1892.Cloth has rubbing to extremities and some light finger soiling, graphite signature to debound front free endpaper and head of chapter one, the spotting throughout is significant with the worst of it being towards the front and rear, some sagging of textblock. Generally a fair to good copy.
Arthur Phillips and John Darlington 'Records of Mining and Metallurgy, or facts and memoranda for the use of the mine agent and smelter', published by E.& F.N. Spon, London. 8vo, 304pp. Original embossed boards, spine relaid gilt lettering to spine and front cover with the lion motif. First edition,1857.Based primarily on the Cornish mines and the problems faced in supplying air to the cornish boilers in mines in Tresavean, North Roskear, United Mines etc. A very good copy of a scarce work.
Spike Milligan collection Three first edition hardbacks SPIKE MILLIGAN: MILLIGAN’S ARK Edited by Spike Milligan and Jack Hobbs (1971) M & J Hobbs. Price clipped. Together with THE LOONEY. AN IRISH FANTASY (1987) Michael Joseph. Not price clipped and IT ENDS WITH MAGIC (1990) Michael Joseph. Price clipped. All first editions (3)
William Maskell. 'Odds and Ends' First edition, original hardcover in very good condition, two signatures on front end paper, a scarce collection of miscellaneous reportedly true stories involving such topics as Bude Haven (53 pages) and the wreck of the Bencoolen, The Hell Fire Club etc, 122 pages in total, James Toovey, 177, Piccadilly, London, 1872.
John Provis of Truro. 'Tables of the Most Useful Kind to Facilitate Business in Several Branches of the Copper Trade Never Before Printed and Which Will Apply to Almost Every Individual Concerned Therein from Original Calculations Made with the Greatest Circumspection,' first edition, with the subscriber's list at the front, limited to 176 copies, printed for the author by J. Tregoning at the Cornish Press, Truro, 1801.In original boards, a nearly fine copy.
[Signed] FULLER, Leonard 'Cornish Pasty' First edition, signed by both author and illustrator Leonard Fuller (drawings by) Marjorie Mostyn, pagination runs true, some minor nibbles to unclipped dust jacket, St Ives Printing and Publishing Company, 1956.There is not a contents page for a photograph to be taken.Titlepage, dedication, nineteen leaves with 41 works of prose.Some very light spotting and finger soiling to unclipped dj (wrapped in glassine). Again some light spotting to the top of some leaves.This copy is in a vg to fine condition.
China Clay interest. R. M. Barton. 'A History of the Cornish China-Clay Industry,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, ill;ustrated throughout, pp. 212, a very good copy, D. Bradford Barton, Truro, 1966; Kenneth Hudson. 'The History of English China Clays. Fifty Years of Pioneering Growth,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, plates and frontis, pp. 189, some light spotting to edge of textblock otherwise a vg copy, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, n.d; With a plethora of China Clay related booklets and two other books. (17)
TANGYE, Derek. Eight first editions. 'The Way to Minack,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, vg, Michael Joseph, 1968; 'A Drake at the Door,' first edition, original cloth, tears and loss to dj, Michael Joseph, 1963; 'A Cat in the Window,' first edition, signed and inscribed by the author, original cloth, unclipped dj, Michael Joseph, 1962; 'Lama,' forst edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Michael Joseph, 1966; With another copy; Cottage on a Cliff,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Michael Joseph, 1972; 'A Cornish Smuggler,' first edition, unclipped dj, Michael Joseph, 1970; 'A Donkey in the Meadow,' first edition, lacks dj, original cloth, Michael Joseph, 1965. (8)
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