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Click here to subscribeBoat building and Shark fishing interest A. S. Oliver, 'Boats and Boatbuilding in West Cornwall, a study of traditional Cornish fishing craft’, published by D. Bradford Barton, Truro. A fine copy in a clipped dustwraper, first edition, 1971.F. Lyde Caunter, 'Under The Surface', published by H. E. Warne Ltd, St Austell, with shark fishing mainly from Looe in the 1940’s/1950’s. A fine copy in a slightly worn dustwrapper, first edition, 1958.
Three works with an interest in the arts. James Dawson. 'The Life of J. Dawson', first edition, origianl green binding, containing the subscribers list which calls for 189 copies, scarce only 3 copies in UK libraries, 171 pages, Dawson was an actor and theatrical manager primarily in Cornwall, J.R.Netherton and Worth, Lemon Street, Truro, 1865;Richard McGrady. 'Music and Musicians in early Nineteenth-Century Cornwall being the world of Joseph Emidy', first edition, taken from Africa into slavery by the Portuguese, kidnapped by the British Navy and held aboard ship during the French Wars of the 1790’s before being abandoned in Falmouth, Joseph Emidy’s story deserves telling, what makes it remarkable is that Emidy a violinist and composer became a prominent figure in the muscial scene in Cornwall for the remaing 30 years of his life,168 pages, original wraps, good copy, University of Exeter Press, 1991;Maisie and Evelyn Radford. 'Musical Adventures in Cornwall, first edition, an account of the Radford sisters, the Falmouth opera singers as they tell of their work in First World War conditions in Falmouth, David & Charles, Dawlish, 1965;Programme of the 15th annual West of England Bandsmen’s Festival to be held at Bugle, Cornwall on saturday August 15th, 1931, 8 pages, copious adverts.Programe of the 18th annual West of England Bandsmen’s Festival to be held at Bugle, Cornwall on Saturday, July 20th,1935, 8 pages, copious adverts. (5)
Three works with a transport interest. L. Fisher Barham. 'Cornwall's Electric Tramcars', first edition, 84 pages, fine copy in dust wrapper, the history of the Camborne and Redruth system, Glasney Press, 1972.John Vaughan. 'An Illustrated History of West Country China Clay Trains', first edition, 112 pages, 217 b/w plates, fine copy in dustwrapper, Haynes Publishing Group, Somerset,1987.Maurice Dart. 'The Last Days of Steam in Plymouth and Cornwall', first edition,136 pages, fine copy in dustwrapper, Alan Sutton Publishing, Gloucestershire, 1990. (3)
Maritime interest. Three works. Norah Ayland. 'Schooner Captain,' first edition, being the biography of Capt Shaw notably on the merchant schooner ‘’Camborne’’ bought by Capt Shaw in 1922, trading Par/Pentewan to Runcorn, 150 pages, fine copy in dustwrapper, D. Bradford Barton Ltd, Truro, 1972.Thomas Charles Lethbridge. 'Some West-Country Coasters,' first edition, signed by the author, as well as a dedication by same, a fine copy of a scarce item, 1933.Grahame Farr. 'West Country Passenger Steamers,' second edition, 355 pages, over 85 b/w illustrations, good copy in dustwrapper, T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd, Lancs 1967. (3)
Prominent Cornish Women. Three works. Emily Borlase Bolitho. 'Letters and Reminiscences of Emily Borlase Bolitho,' first edition, inscribed C. H. Auld with Mrs J. Bolitho Kind Wishes for Christmas 1889, 199 pages in original binding, a good copy, Beare and Son, Penzance, 1889.Mabel Quiller-Couch. 'Some Western Folk,' first edition, a good copy in original boards, Horace Marshall and Son, London, 1897.Matthew Forester. 'Miller Manning. Or a Story of Cornish Life.' second edition, publishers original binding, a novel following the life of a Cornish Methodist preacher, Walter ‘’Miller’’ Manning, four pages of publishers adverts to the rear, a good copy of a scarce book, Bible Christian Book Room, London, 1888. (3)
Sir Edward Smirke. 'The Case of Vice Against Thomas (w.m.),' 1843. 'Determined on Appeal Before the Lord Warden of the Stannaries of Cornwall, With an Appendix of Records and Documents Illustrating the Early History of the Tin Mines of Cornwall, and Explanatory Notes,' first edition, 132 pages, very good copy rebound in hardback, bookplate of Geoffrey G. Briggs, with a signature of Montague Smith, Scarce, Saunders and Benning , Law Booksellers , Fleet St , London, 1843.
Rare original comic poems, illustrative of the Cornish dialect. A bound volume containing a total of 27 very rare original comic poems, illustrative of the Cornish dialect as follows:'Ye Battel of Ye Bonfyres; A Song Sung in Ye Yere of Grace MDCCLXVIII,' Truro: James R. Netherton, 1868, 8 pages, first edition, a dialect poem set in Penzance, not listed in the NUC or the BM catalogue.Thomas Hingston Harvey. 'Harkyology. Mr Theodosius Smitheram’s Account of the Sayings and Doings of the Cambrian Archaeological Association. Recited at Truro, on Thursday Evening, September 4th 1862,' Truro: James R. Netterson, 1862, 15pp, a comic monologue, in dialect, not listed in the nuc.George Henwood and John Henry Daniel. 'Seven Cornish Stories,' first edition, 1869, pub by W. Wood, Devonport, 50 pages + a woodcut frontispiece;a. A Great Mine Conference ‘A Vision’.b. The Gwennap Bal Boys. c. The Prechen Cappen. d. The Fox Outwitted by a Cock.e. A Legend of St Germans.f. Dialogue About India, China Railways and Unions.g. The Poor Man and His Parish Church. Devonport: W. Wood; John Russell Smith (london) n.d. (1869).'A Miscellany of Cornish Humour,' the first piece, in prose, is by George Henwood, who also contributed the first poem, in Cornish dialect; one of the poems is by H. J. Daniel, with a frontispiece of a man holding a banner reading, ‘fish, tin and copper’, the NUC lists 2 copies.H. J. Daniel. 'Mary Anne’s Career (Continued) and Cousin Jack’s Adventures,' first edition, 1869, pub by W. Wood, Devonport, 48 pages + woodcut frontispiece, as follows:Mary Anne’s Christening/Mary Anne’s Visit to the Volunteer Bazaar/Mary Anne’s Troubles. Cousin Jack at Summercourt Fair/Davey Bates’ and Watty Snell’s First Railway Ride to Plymouth/The Devil in the Addit/The Miners and the Chapel/The Two Conjurers/Cousin Jack and the Gipsy.H. J. Daniel. 'A New Budget of Cornish Poems,' first edition, 1869, pub by W. Wood, Devonport, 48 pages + a woodcut frontispiece, the NUC lists one copy, as follows :The World for Sale/The Leek-Seed Chapel/Mary Anne in Retirement/An Ode to Mevagizzey/Punch and the Men of St Agnes/The Cornishmen and the Cherries/The Giants Staff (A Cornish Legend)/The Miners and the Boat/The Parsons Dream. In a very good to fine condition, 12mo, contemporary half dark blue calf, spine gilt, red morocco label.
Sir George Harrison. 'Substance of a Report on the Laws and Jurisdiction of the Stanneries of Cornwall' First edition, a report into the state of Stannary Courts and administration of justice within Stannary jursdiction, the report dated 13th April 1829, George Harrison was one of his Majesty’s special commissioners for managing the affairs of the Duchy of Cornwall and auditor of the revenues and keeper of the records of the said duchy, 178 pages, rebound in a fine binding with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover, a rare work, published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, London, 1835.
China clay and pottery interest. Three works. Philip Varcoe (with a foreword by Daphne du Maurier). 'China Clay the Early Years,' first edition, 40 pages in card covers an almost fine copy, Francis Antony, Trenance Mill, St Austell, 1978.Florence M. Patchett. 'Cornish Bronze Age Pottery,' first edition, 49 pages plus various fold out diagrams, author’s presentation copy, tipped in at the back is a letter from the author to Mr J. S. Stone, bound in with covers in a green board binding with gilt lettering to the spine, a fine copy, published by the Archaeological Institute, 1946.John Penderill-Church. 'William Cookworthy 1705-1780,' first edition, a near fine copy in dustwrapper (slight tear to top left hard corner of d/w), D. Bradford Barton Ltd, Truro, 1972. (3)
'Cornish Tracts,' fourteen rare Cornish works, bound in one volume. John Batten. 'Ode for the Coronation 19th July, 1821, Recited at a Public Festival Held on that Day, in the Town of Penzance; Dedicated to all Loyal Subjects and to the Inhabitants of that Town in Particular,' 8 pages, uncut leaf edges, quarto, first edition and possibly the only copy to have survived, printed and sold by T. Vigurs, Penzance, 1821.Daines Barrington. 'Some Additional Information Relative to the Continuance of the Cornish Language. In a Letter to John Lloyd Esq. Dated March 20th 1776,' only edition, quarto, 6 pages, Barrington met Dolly Pentreath, a cornish speaker, in 1774 and published a report of the encounter, this report is the main claim that she was the last Cornish speaker, a year after the death of Dolly in 1777, Barrington received a letter, written in Cornish and accompanied by an English translation from a fisherman in Mousehole named William Bodinar, stating that he knew of 5 people who could speak Cornish in that village alone, Barrington also speaks of John Nancarrow of Marazion who was a native speaker and survived into the 1790’s.'An Excellent New Ballad Entitled 'The Cripple of Cornwall,' [1785] a copy of the original ballad sheet, with a large woodcut illustration at the head, printed by J. Pitts, Seven Dials, London.'Outline or Skeleton Maps of the Diocese of Exeter. Part I. Containing, in Thirteen Plates, The Archdeaconry and County of Cornwall, In Which the Boundaries of all the Deaneries, Hundreds, Subdivisions of the Hundreds and Parishes are Accurately Described,' lithographed by Liddell and Son, Bodmin, small 4to, a very good copy with uncut leaf edges.Davies Gilbert Esq M.P, with a fine portrait frontispiece, tall quarto, 8 pages, only edition, 1829, a fine copy.Edward Peacock F.S.A. 'On The Churchwardens’ Accounts of the Parish of Stratton, in the County of Cornwall,' accounts given from 1512 to 1547, printed for the Society of Antiquaries by J. B. Nichols and Sons, London, first edition, 1880, large quarto, 42 pages, a very good copy.Davies Gilbert Esq M.P. 'On The Expediency of Assigning Specific Names to all Such Functions of Simple Elements as Represent Definite Physical Properties; With the Suggestion of a New Term in Mechanics; Illustrated by an Investigation of the Machine Moved by Recoil; And Also by Some Observations on the Steam Engine,' first edition, 1827, large quarto, 14 pages, a very good copy.Davies Gilbert Esq. M.P. 'On the Progressive Improvements Made in the Efficiency of the Steam Engines in Cornwall,' first edition, 1830, 14 pages, large quarto, a fine copy.John S. Enys. 'Remarks on the Duty of the Steam Engines Employed in the Mines of Cornwall at Different Periods,' first edition 1840, large quarto, 18 pages, a very good copy.J. M. Rendel (Civil Engineer). 'To the Rev. Canon Rogers. Report on the Practicability of Forming a Harbour, at the Mouth of Loe Pool in Mount’s Bay, Near Helston in the County of Cornwall,' first edition, 1837, printed by J. B. Rowe, Whimple-Street, Plymouth. The idea of the harbour was to provide a safe anchorage between Falmouth and Penzance, and as an outlet for the Stannary town of Helston, but it was never built. The Loe Pool was owned by Canon Rogers. Large quarto, 16 pages, a good copy with uncut leaf-edges.J. T. Blight. 'An Account of Remarkable Subterranean Chambers at Trelowarren, The Seat of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, in the County of Cornwall,' first edition, 1865, published by The Society of Antiquaries, this site is in good preservation and are remarkable subterranean chambers, which appear to have been unknown to Dr Borlase, The County Antiquary and are only mentioned by one other Cornish historian, Polwhele, large quarto, 6 pages, illustrations, very good condition.C. Spence Bate. 'The Inscribed Stones and Ancient Crosses of Devon,' first edition, 1875, part 1, publisher not known, quarto, 36 pages with numerous woodcut illustrations, a very good copy.Rev. J. J. Wilkinson (Rector of Lanteglos). 'Receipts and Expenses in the Building of Bodmin Church, A.D.1469 to 1472,' first edition, 1874, printed for the Camden Society, quarto, 50 pages, a very good copy with a presentation inscription to W. Copeland Borlase Esq from the author.Aeneas Barkly Hutchinson (Chaplain to H.M. Dockyard Devonport). 'A Monograph on the History and Restoration of the Parish Church of S. Mary, Callington,' first edition, 1861, published by G. H. Lidstone, Plymouth and printed by William Pollard, Exeter, large quarto, 28 pages, plates, a very good copy, tipped in at the back, 4 pages Cheshire and Cornwall (predominantly Cornwall) Topography and family history.With the bookplate of Eric Quayle, Zennor, Cornwall, in an early, very good binding, half calf, marbled boards, morocco label to spine with gilt lettering, all items are contained in a portfolio and then bound but could easily be extracted and bound separately.
'Mongst Mines and Miners,' 1893. J. C. Burrow Part I (How the camera was used) William Thomas Part II (a description of the subject). 'Mongst Mines and Miners; Underground Scenes by Flashlight,' first edition, a series of photographs with explanatory letterpress, illustrating methods of working in cornish mines, half title, 27 woodburytype prints mounted on 14 sheets (including frontispiece view of ‘’The Chief Mining District of Cornwall’’), folding colour printed table 'Section of the Dolcoath main lode', gilt lettering to the spine and front cover, new endpapers, bookplate of Nigel Tangye, a little damp staining to the back cover otherwise an extremely good copy, printed/published by Camborne Printing and Stationery Co Ltd, Camborne, 1893.The classic photographic record of Cornish mining. J. C. Burrows had a long experience as a photographer in the most active ‘’mining district in Cornwall’’ and was encouraged by William Thomas, secretary of the Mining Association of Cornwall who provided the text. Includes views of Dolcoath Mine, Cook’s Kitchen Mine, East Pool Mine and Blue Hill Mine. Many of them depict miners at work on the coal face. Burrows provides a vivid description of the difficulties of photographing underground with temperatures of 100 degrees (the miners working nearly naked). The camera was attached to the ladder and tilted to an angle of 45 degrees.
George Abbot, Jun. 'An Essay on the Mines of England,' 1833. 'Their Importance as a Source of National Wealth and as a Channel for the Advantageous Employment of Private Capital,' first edition, 227 pages, with the signature of Justin Brooke, a presentation copy, bound in green boards with a gilt lettered label on a leather spine, a very rare work in near fine condition, for private circulation, Mills, Jowett and Mills, London, 1833.
J. B. Hill and D. A. MaCalister. 'The Geology of Falmouth and Truro,' 'And of the Mining District of Camborne and Redruth,' first edition, frontis swan pool, 335 pages, plus 21 b/w photographs at the back, bound in a dark grey board with a gilt lettered label on spine, a little staining to the back 6 photo’s otherwise a very good copy, H. M. S. O, 1906.
J. H. Collins. 'On Cornish Tin-Stones and Tin-Capels'. First edition, reprinted with additions and corrections from the Mineralogical Magazine vols IV and V 1880-1882, with 12 lithograph plates incl chromo complete, 8 prelim and 54 pages complete, 8vo, rebound in a blackboard binding with gilt lettering to spine, a fine copy, Lake and Lake, Truro, 1888.
Three first editions on Mining in Cornwall. A. L. Rowse. 'The Cornish in America,' first edition, tipped in ‘The Emigrant’s Farwell’, a very good copy in dustjacket, MacMillan and Co, London, 1969.D. B. Barton. 'Essays in Cornish Mining History Volume 1,' first edition, a presentation copy with the stamp of Bryan Earl, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, D. B. Barton Ltd, Truro, 1968.D. B. Barton. 'Essays in Cornish Mining History Volume 2,' first edition, a presentation copy with the stamp of Bryan Earl, a fine copy in unclipped dustjacket, D. B. Barton Ltd, Truro, 1971. (3)
William Rickard. 'The Miners Manual of Arithmetic and Surveying,' 'Containing the Usual Calculations Employed by the Miner, Those Required at the Copper Ticketing, the Mode of Estimating the Value of Ore in a Lode &c, With a Compendium of Mensuration,' first edition, tipped in extract from the mining review 1839 'an a/c of the copper produced from the mines in Cornwall from 1800 to 1837', 8vo, 227 pages, 4 folding plates, subscribers list at the back, in original purple partly faded boards, gilt lettering to spine which needs a little attention, Heard and Sons, Truro, 1859.
G. J. Drew and J. E. Connell. 'Cornish Beam Engines in South Australian Mines'. First edition, hardcover (printed boards), 192 pages, illustrated with colour and black and white photographs, maps and drawings, a fine copy, Kitchener Press and Department of Mines and Energy, Adelaide, South Australia,1993
Cornish Coast and Shipwrecks. Four works. 'Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly. 56 Photographic Pictures of Cornwall’s Grandest and Most Beautiful Scenery,' pub by Valentine and Dons, Plymouth, 1900.Richard Larn and Clive Carter. 'Cornish Shipwrecks ‘The South Coast’,' first edition, detailed record of wrecks between Plymouth and Land’s End, including an account of the ‘Cornish Wreckers’, illustrated with b/w photos and charts, a very good copy in clipped dustwrapper, David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1969.Clive Carter. 'Vol 2. Cornish Shipwrecks ‘The North Coast’,' first edition, shipwrecks etc along the North Cornish Coast, a very good copy in a clipped dustwrapper, David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1970.Richard Larn. 'Vol 3. Cornish Shipwrecks ‘The Isles of Scilly’,' first edition, following on the series covering the wrecks around The Scilly Isles, a very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1971. (4)
Fortescue Hitchins (compiler) and Samuel Drew of St Austell (ed). 'The History of Cornwall,' 'From the Earliest Records and Traditions to the Present Time,' first edition, in 2 volumes, calf spine relaid with gilt lettering in original boards, volume I 729 pages, 5 plates of illustrations incl frontispiece, volume II 710 pages, 5 full page plates and a large fold out plate, all plates collated, both title pages dated 1824, the plate of Penrice (vol 2) is shown but never bound in, 2 vols in very good condition, published by William Penaluna, Helston, 1824. (2)
Two works with an interest in the Cornish Language Henry Jenner. 'A Handbook of the Cornish Language, chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its History and Literature', first eddition, gilt embossed, armorial to front cover, 208 pages plus 14 pages of advertising Celtic Studies, with the bookplate of Richard Pearce Couch (Mayor of Penzance 1898-1899) signed by him J.A.D.Bridger Sticker, a very good copy, publisher, David Nutt, 57-59 Long Acre, London, 1904.Frederick William Pearce Jago. 'The Ancient Language and the Dialect of Cornwall, with an enlarged glossary of Cornish Provincial Words, also an appendix containing a list of writers on Cornish Dialect and additional information about Dolly Pentreath, the last known person who spoke the ancient Cornish as her mother tongue', first edition, in original blue binding, gilt lettering to spine, with new endpapers, two small white spos on front cover otherwise an extremely good copy, published by Netherton & Worth, Truro, 1882.
Three works with Cornish language interest. R. Morton Nance. 'An English-Cornish Dictionary', first edition, a very good copy, original binding, The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies, 1952;A. S. D. Smith, 'The Story of the Cornish Language, its Extinction and Revival', first edition, 19 page pamphlet with a loosely inserted note, Camborne Printing and Stationery Co, 1947.A. S. D. Smith. 'How to Learn Cornish Reading, Writing, Talking', 6 pages., 1947. (3)
Three works of poems, essays and frescoes. Lucy Newlyn (edited by). 'Chatter of Choughs a St.Edmund Hall Anthology of Poems and Essays,' foreword by Michael Mingos F. R. S. first edition, a fine copy, published by Signal Books Ltd, Oxford, 2001.Mrs Beryclan Jones. 'The Painting of the Frescoes', this book is dedicated to the good vicar of Saint Breaca’s Church (Breage), who in the year 1890 restored it to some of it’s original beauty and with his own hand uncovered the frescoes painted so many years ago, a good copy in a new binding, published by William Clowes, London, 1895.Filson Young. 'Memory Harbour', first edeition, a good copy, published by Grant Richards, London,1909. (3)
Mining interest. Two works. Jack Penhale. 'The Mine Under the Sea', first edition, a very good copy, published by J. H. Lake & Co, Falmouth, 1962.John Rowe. 'The Hard Rock Men, Cornish Immigrants and the North American Mining Frontier‘ first edition, a very good copy, in dustwrapper, Liverpool Universtity Press, Liverpool, 1974. (2)
John Ayrton Paris. 'On the Accidents Which Occur in the Mines of Cornwall,' 1817. 'In Consequence of the Premature Explosion of Gunpowder in Blasting Rocks, and on the Methods to be Adopted for Preventing it, by the Introduction of a Safety Bar, and an Instrument Termed The Shifting Cartridge. To which is appended a schedule of Names, Circumstances and Injuries of a large proportion of those Miners who have within a few years suffered from Exploxions, and are in consequence Blind or Totally Disabled,' first edition, 8vo, very good condition, (iii); 4-29;(i) 14 (schedule of accidents) pages, engraved frontispiece, rebound in brown half calf, attractive marbled boards, authors presentation copy, printed and sold by T. Vigurs, Penzance, 1817.The author was a doctor in Penzance and Secretary to The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall before leaving for London, where he was a fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons. An important paper on mine safety and a rare first printing (Boase and Courtney 422pp).
John Colman Rashleigh, 1811. 'A Revised Report of a Speech Delivered at the Meeting of the Friends of Parliamentary Reform in Cornwall, Held at Bodmin on the 8th July 1811,' first edition, 8vo, very good, 59 pages, light soiling, new endpapers, rebound in brown cloth, dark brown morocco spine with gilt lettering, an early St Austell imprint (Boase and Courtney, 545pp) printed and sold by E. Hannah, St. Austell, 1811.
John Ayrton Paris. 'Note on the Soils of Cornwall,' 1815. 'With a View to form a Rational System of Improvement by the Judicious Application of Mineral Manure,' first edition, an extremely scarce paper read before the Penwith Agricultural Society and printed by their desire (request), 33 pages, bound in half calf marbled boards, printed and sold by T. Vigurs, Penzance, 1815.
Four works. W. Hawk (Chairman of the Cornwall County Council 1919-1925). 'Thirty Years [of] Agricultural Experiments in Cornwall,' original cloth, a good copy, Netherton and Worth, Truro, 1929.Todd Gray. 'Harvest Failure in Cornwall and Devon. The Book of Orders and the Corn Surveys of 1623 and 1630-1,' a fine copy, The Institute of Cornish Studies, 1992.J. C. Trewin. 'Down to the Lion,' first edition, in dustwrapper a fine copy, Carroll & Nicholson, London, 1952.J. C. Trewin. 'Up from the Lizard.' first edition, a fine copy, Carroll & Nicholson, London, 1948. (4)
Thomas Hudson. 'Temperance Pioneers of the West Personal and Incidental Experiences'. First edition, tipped in is a programme ‘’First Great Abstainers Rally’’, Plymouth Methodist Central Hall, Saltash St, Plymouth April 7th 1940, as expected with hudson a well written account of his travels researching the Temperance Societies in the West Country, with the bookplate of John Blowey, published for the author at the National Temperance Publication Depot, London, 1887.
Rev. H. A. Simcoe. 'Tracts Printed at the Penheale-Press, On Various Subjects'. Volume I, first edition, 54 tracts bound in one vol, in original binding, good copy, scarce, pub by Rev. H .A. Simcoe, Near Launceston, Cornwall, 1839.It is interesting to note that this volume is not in the British Library, although the B.L. has another volume, with an entry under 'Tracts' dated 1854.
The Fox family. Three works, 'Records from Papers and Letters Respecting Charles Fox of Trebah, Near Falmouth. Obit April 18th 1878,' first edition, 52 pages, giving praise to Charles Fox from newspapers of the day to friends, original binding, a fine copy, R. C. Richards, 43 Market St , Falmouth, 1878.A Grandson. 'Two Homes,' first edition, this copy was the property of Margaret W. Fox (signed on the front endpaper), is of falmouth interest, the two homes referred to are Wodehouse Place and Glendurgan, 102 pages, original binding, a good copy, scarce, printed for private circulation, 1925.Wendy Monk. 'The Journals of Caroline Fox 1835-71,' first edition, Cornish Quaker interest, a fine copy, Elek Books, London, 1972. (3)
Two works on wrecking and one on the Bude Canal. Henry Dawson Lowry. 'Wreckers and Methodists and Other Stories,' first edition, with the signature of Thurstan C. Peter, bookplate of John Blowey and J. A. D. Bridger, an interesting newspaper cutting tipped in at the back, William Heinemann, London, 1893.Roger Parnall. 'Wreckers and Wrestlers. A History of St. Gennys Parish,' first edition, a fine copy of an interesting account of life in the early 19 century, H. E. Warne Ltd, St Austell, 1973.Helen Harris and Monica Ellis. 'The Bude Canal,' first edition, a fine copy, David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1972. (3)
V.M and F.J Chesher The Cornishman’s House ‘An Introduction to the History of Traditional Domestic Architecture in Cornwall’, published by D. Bradford Barton Ltd, Truro, 142 pages incl frontis, 21 b/w plates, 10 plans and one diagram dustwrapper clipped in top and bottom right corner, first edition,1968. A very good copy.
Sophia Duleep Singh, an album of handwritten letters, photographs and ephemera, primarily relating to Indian troops, with correspondence to and from Faraday House, Hampton Court; Prince Victor Albert Jay Duleep Singh - a brown pig skin document box, with sunken brass handle and applied silver coronet above, the interior rim stamped for 'Needs & Co, Late J Bramah, 100 New Bond St W, 43cm wide, 17cm high, 29cm deep, a leather cylindrical document case and a pair of Hunsicker & Alexis binoculars in leather case, each bearing initials W.D.S,the top of a string box with label 'Found by Dr. Sir John Login on the field of Sobraan.....and a volume the Memoirs of Prince Blucher, first edition 1932Follow the link below for further images of the pages ad letters and photographs contained.https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FuwyP-rPR4mEQjyyfPCx0B2o43FgY8Gf?usp=sharing
David Bowie: Limited Edition B£10 Brixton Pound Print, 2016 & Two First Day Cover Presentation Packs, 2017..- the print, offset lithograph, limited edition, 245/300, printed in orange fluorescent ink with die-cut metallic and holographic foiling on security watermarked banknote paper, titled ( 2016) in pencil, individually numbered in black and metallic ink, blind stamped 'This Aint RocknRoll', A3 sheet, 42 x 29.8cm; both sides of the note displayed, featuring Duffys photograph of Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust guise from the cover of Aladdin Sane; with a COA from the Brixton Pound, blind stamped and signed by Tom Shakhli and designers,Olive Russell and Charlie Waterhouse; together with Two First Day Cover Presentation Packs, Edinburgh: Royal Mail, 2017, comprises: the first - David Bowie Live, four postal stamps loosely inserted within original promotional card, 11.5 x 21.5cm and a printed white envelope with Aladdin Sane flashes franked in two places on 14.3.2017, four postal stamps and further image of David Bowie from the promotional card tipped-on the envelope with an image of Bowie seated lower left, 12.5 x 22cm; the second David Bowie, six postal stamps loosely inserted within original promotional card, 11.5 x 21.5cm, and a printed white envelope as above, six postal stamps tipped-on and the Aladdin Sane flashes franked in two places on 14.3.17. (4)David Bowie (1947-2016) The post office's first day covers, a celebration of Bowies life and work, were issued in the year after his death.Condition Report: Brixton Pound B£10 Print - near mint condition.First Day Covers Presentation Packs - near mint condition.
After Emek Golan, Lords of Acid, Clutch Cargo's, Pontiac, Michigan, 1997 silkscreen music poster, first edition, signed and dated in pencil by the artist lower right, printed by SREA, Madison Hts., MI., 21 ¼ x 16 inches within mount, 26 x 21 ½ inches overall, framed and glazed. Condition Report: overall good condition with strong signature.
After Bob Fried, Blue Cheer Vintage Concert Poster, 1967 first edition, first and only printing of the music poster for the concert at Denver Dog, Denver, Colorado, Nov 3, 1967, performers included Blue Cheer, The Superfine Dandelion, Lantern Works Light Show, signed in the print by the artist, 13 ½ x 19 ¾ within frame, 17 ¼ x 23 ½ inches overall, framed and glazed.Condition Report: some toning to edges and margins, otherwise overall good condition.
David Bowie / Terry O Neill Limited edition boxed black T-shirt, 1974 - from the 1974 Los Angeles Universal Amphitheater Show during the Diamond Dogs Tour, label reads L, Iconic by Terry O. Neill 1974, Limited edition no. 68, unworn, housed in original black and gilt lettered clamshell presentation box and further within original Iconic Images card box.Terry O Neill first met David Bowie in 1973, at the end of Bowies Ziggy Stardust persona. These garments were fashioned using Terry ONeills favourite images of Bowie and each design was created with the full cooperation of the artist. Condition Report: overall good condition.
Autographs: Horse Racing, Cricket and Rugby related- a group of five Signed books, seven Signed photographs and a Signed print includes, Horse Racing: Wilson (Julian) 100 Greatest Racehorses, hardback book Signed by Bob Champion, published by Queen Anne Press, 1991, former jump jockeys signature in black marker to page 182; six Autographed colour photographs signed by Willie Carson, Jimmy Fortune, Mick Fitzgerald, Frankie Dettori, A.P. McCoy, and Kieran Fallon, various sizes, the largest 11 ¾ x 8 ¼ inches; Stuart McIntyre, Tribute to Leicester Piggott, 1996, open edition print, Signed in black marker pen by Lester Piggott, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest flat racing jockeys of all time, further Signed by the artist , 60 x 43 ½ cm; Cricket: Murrell (Adrian) Cricket Impressions, hardback book multi Signed, published by Kingswood Press, 1987, first edition, signed by Allan Lamb p.28, David Gower and Ian Botham p.41, Desmond Haynes p.54, Derek Randall p.93, David Lawrence p.116, John Emburey p.121, David Lawrence p. 123, Mike Gatting p.132, and Keith Fletcher, p.133, dust-jacket unclipped; Botham (Ian) My Autobiography, hardback book Signed, published by Collins Willow, 1994, first edition, signed by Ian Botham on title, dust-jacket unclipped; Warne (Shane) My Illustrated Career, hardback book Signed, published by Cassell, 1998, first edition, second printing, signed by Shane Warne on title, dust-jacket unclipped; Rugby: O Driscoll (Brian) and Alan English, The Test My Autobiography, hardback book Signed, published by Penguin, 2014, first edition, signed on the title by Brian ODriscoll, former outside centre, British Irish Lions and Ireland captain, dust-jacket unclipped; together with, Gareth Edwards Autographed colour photograph, 8 x 10 inches. (13) Provenance: The vendor is an autograph collector and collected this in person. Condition Report: overall good conditions with strong signatures.
A Pair of boxed Mini model cars includes, Dinky 107 Stripey The Magic Mini (1967-1969) with red interior, opening doors, opening bonnet, tipping seats and jewelled headlamps, spun hubs, complete with Candy and The Bearandas, the Magic Mini was based on the 183 Morris Mini Morris Minor (automatic) first produced in 1966, the model was issued in 1967 and deleted in 1968; within original box: Corgi Toys 51693 Austin Mini Metro Royal Wedding Special Edition 1981, A British Car for A British Occasion, produced to commemorate the wedding of Prince Charles (later King Charles) and Lady Diana Spencer which took place July 29, 1981. (2)
The Battle of Britain: A par of signed prints Hurricane by Robert Taylor, first edition print, signed in pencil by Wing Commander Bob Stanford Tuck, rolled, 24 x 20 inches; The Battle of Britain Memorial Window, Westminster Abbey, 1940, with 10 signatures on lower margin, including Sir John Stanley Travers Bradley Air Marshal, Sir Guy Royle Admiral, Hugh Caswall Dowding Air Chief Marshal, Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair Secretary of State for Air, Sir Frederick William Bowhill Air Chief Marshall, and others, rolled, 22 x 30 inches. (2)
Musicals, Singers, and Big Bands. a group of 15+ modern books, comprises: Rubin (Martin) Showstoppers Busby Berkeley and the Tradition of Spectacle, New York: Columbia University Press, (1993); Kobal (John) A History of Movie Musicals Gotta Sing Gotta Dance, Spring Books, 1983, revised edition; Shepherd (John) Tin Pan Alley, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982: Chaplin (Saul) The Golden Age of Movie Musicals and Me, University of Oklahoma Press, 1994: Simon (George T.) The Big Bands, Collier Books, 1974; with others relating to Al Jolson, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, and The Andrew Sisters, mostly first editions, within dust-jackets and clear wrappers, a few paperback editions, 4to, 8vo. (19)Condition Report: mostly mint condition.
A group of six Signed first edition books includes, MILLS (John). Still Memories: An Autobiography in Photography, Signed by British actor John Mills on half-title, with a further dedication below written on his behalf his daughter, Juliet, photo. illustrated throughout, oblong 4to, dust-jacket unclipped, publishers maroon cloth, gilt, published by Hutchinson, 2000; WISDOM (Norman) and William Hall. Dont Laugh at Me: An Autobiography, Signed dedication by Norman Wisdom on the title-page, published by Century Random House, 1992; LULU. I Dont Want to Fight, Signed on the title-page, published by Time Warner, 2002; GREAVSIE. The Autobiography, Signed on the title-page by Jimmy Greaves and Ian Saint John, published by Time Warner, 2003; together with two Signed first edition paperbacks by Carol Drinkwater and Abi Titmus. 8vo. 12mo. (6)Provenance: Signed in person for the vendors brother. John Mills, aged 92 at the time of signing his Autobiography, had lost his sight and so his actress daughter, Juliet Mills, guided his hand to sign and wrote the dedication for him. Condition Report: overall good conditions with strong signatures.
Autographs: a group of five Signed first edition hardback books includes HESTON (Charlton). In the Arena, Signed on the title page, published by Harper Collins, 1955; HOTCHNER (A.E.) Sophia Living and Loving: Her Own Story, Signed on the half-title by Sophia Loren, published by Michael Joseph, 1979; TIBBETS (Paul). Return of The Enola Gay, Signed and dated by crew member and pilot of the Enola Gay, Paul Tibbets, directly under the group photograph on first page, published by Mid Coast Marketing, Ohio, 1998; COWELL (Simon). with Tony Cowell. I Dont Mean To Be Rude, But . . ., Signed by Simon Cowell on the title-page, published by Ebury Press, 2003; and Montgomerie (Colin). The Thinking Mans Guide to Golf, Signed on the pictorial front endpaper, published by Orion, 2003. (5)Condition Report: overall good condition with strong signatures.
James Bond and related books The Man With the Golden Gun Ian Fleming first edition, publishers brown cloth, second state binding without the golden gun to front board, Published Jonathan Cape, 1965; together with a group of 20+ related volumes, mostly first editions, includes, BROSNAN (John). James Bond in the Cinema, A.S. Barnes, Tantivy Press, second edition (1981) multi-signed on half-title, dust jacket unclipped; MOSELEY (Roy). Philip and Martin Masheter, Roger Moore A Biography, 1985 multi-signed by the three authors on title; together with twelve Ian Fleming Pan paperback books, 1960s-70s, first and early printings, including some duplicates. (23) Condition Report: overall good condition -The Man With the Golden Gun - light marks to bright boards, light foxing and some marks to edges, internally clean with some slight toning.Pan paperbacks with loss to some of the spines, toning to edges and pages.
DEVINE (Campbell). RocknRoll Sweepstakes: The Authorised Biography of Ian Hunter Volume Two, Hardback Book Limited Signed Slipcase Edition, published by Omnibus Press, 2020. first edition, one of a limitation of 500 copies signed by Ian Hunter, publishers black cloth, lettered in red to spine, dust-jacket unclipped, 8vo, with related memorabilia contained within a removeable black card box, includes, Mott the Hoople Like a Rolling Stone CD, lost1971 BBC Radio session recording; four Ian Hunter tour passes; 5 Mott/Hunter postcards; Sixties Hurricane Henry and the Shriekers business card; Mott the Hoople Sea Divers fan club membership card; Hunters handwritten 'Violence' lyrics from theMottsessions; and CBS Canada 1976 promotional biography, all contained within a black card slipcase with titles in white and yellow text. The second part of a two-volume authorised biography based on interviews with Ian Hunter and inside stories from Hunters solo career following his departure from Mott the Hoople, including his collaborations with Mick Ronson, Queen, and Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Condition Report: near mint condition, within original labelled packing box.
Biographies: Music and related Signed first edition books a group of nine Hardback books, comprises: SMITH (Adrian) Monsters of River Rock My Life As Iron Maidens Compulsive Angler, signed by the author on a titled label pasted to front endpaper, published by Virgin Books, London, 2020, publishers black cloth, lettered in red to spine, dust-jacket unclipped; TUTTI (Cosey Fanni ) Re-Sisters, signed by the author on the half-title page, published by Faber and Faber, London, 2022; SONEFIELD (Jim) Swimming with the Blowfish, signed by the author on the preliminary page, published by Omnibus Press, 2022; KRIEGER (Robby) Set the Night on Fire, signed by the author on the title page, published by Wiedenfeld & Nicholson, 2021; FERANNA (Frank) and Nikki Sixx, The First 21: How I became Nikki Sixx, signed by Nikki Sixx on a titled label pasted on half-title page, published by Constable, 2021; JOHNSON (Brian) The Lives of Brian, signed by Brian Johnson with official stamp on preliminary page, published by Penguin Random House UK, 2022; HARRY (Debbie) Face It, signed by Debbie Harry on photo. illustrated preliminary page, published by Harper Collins, 2019; ROBERTS (Chris) The Velvet Underground, signed on the half-title by the author, published by Palazzo Editions, 2022; FRAMPTON (Peter) with Alan Light. Do You Feel Like I Do?, first trade paperback edition, signed on a paper label pasted on half-title, published by Hatchette Books, New York, 2021. (9)Condition Report: overall near mint conditions.
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