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WINSTON GRAHAM. Five signed works. Including 'The Loving Cup', The Stranger From The Sea', 'The Four Swans', 'The Millers Dance', and 'The Angry T...

Eighteen works on Cornwall including F. E. Halliday, John Rowe, A. L. Rowe etc. F. E. HALLIDAY (ed). 'Richard Carew of Anthony,' first edition, or...

Fifteen works on Cornwall including Cowles, Arthur Mee, C. C. Rodgers and K. Hamilton Jenkin. FREDERICK I. COWLES. 'The Magic of Cornwall,' first ...

Thirteen works on the history and culture of Cornwall. JOHN KITTO. 'Memoirs of...,' by J. E. Ryland, contemporary half leather in a poor state, wa...

Twenty-one works on Cornwall including Vyvan, Trewin and Tregellas. THURSTAN C. PETER. 'History of Cornwall for Schools,' original cloth, preface ...

Six works by Jack Clemo. 'Wilding Graft,' first edition, original cloth, vg, Chatto and Windus, 1948; 'Confession of a Rebel,' first edition, lack...

Cornish journals and reviews. A collection of the 'Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall,' 'Old Cornwall', and the 'Cornish Review', all vg...

Signed A. L. Rowse A. L. ROWSE. 'Discovering Shakespeare: A Chapter in Literary History,' signed, first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, som...

Signed E. V. Thompson and Derek Tangye. E. V. THOMPSON. 'The Restless Sea,' signed, first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, light spotting to...

Ten books on the History and Culture of Cornwall. SHARRON SCHWARTZ and ROGER PARKER, 'Lanner, A Cornish Mining Parish', first edition, original cl...

A collection of Cornish journals. Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall New Series 1969-1974, 1978-1993, 1997 together with copies of Corni...

Lot 11

Old Cornwall.

Old Cornwall. Issued by The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies 1925-1995, together with two other Cornish publications. ...[more]

Eighteen works on Cornwall. Old Falmouth, The stories of the town from the days of the Killigrews to the earliest parts of the 19th century, origi...

Signed and inscribed John Betjeman. 'Cornwall' signed and inscribed 'Van Hangreaves from John Betjeman ONE & ALL AGAINST PROGRESS' clipped dj. .....

The Cornish Review Edited by DENYS VAL BAKER 1949-1951 complete run 1-10 together with Little Reviews Anthology 1945 edited DENYS VAL BAKER 1st e...

The Cornish Review Edited by DENYS VAL BAKER 1966-1974 issues 1-27 complete run. ...[more]

Crumbs from Cornwall With apologies to "Fragments to France" Xmas 1917, The Climax Rock Drill and Engineering Works, Limited Carn Brea Cornwall, ...

Cornish interest MARY KELLY, The Pageant of Launceston July 21st, 22nd and 23rd, 1931, together with various titles on the subject of Cornwall. (...

A.L. ROWSE, A comprehensive and varied collection. Fifteen signed editions of various titles and twenty unsigned editions. G to GV condition. (35)...

ITHELL COLQUHOUN. The Living Stones, 1st edition glassine clipped DJ. ...[more]

Lot 20

A. L. ROWSE

A. L. ROWSE The Poet Auden A Personal Memoir, 1st edition 1987 signed, together with twenty other titles by A L ROWSE or with a foreword by ROWSE,...

Lot 21

THOMAS HOGG

THOMAS HOGG St Michael's Mount a Poem 1811, re-bound. ...[more]

POLWHELE (RICHARD) The Old English Gentleman, 1797 re-bound. ...[more]

Lot 23

PEGGY POLLARD

PEGGY POLLARD Cornwall 1947, illustrations by Sven Berlin dj clipped boards bent, together with vols 1-2 Cornish Magazine, M. GRAHAM BROWN Trainin...

JOHN NORDEN jo Manuscript Maps of Cornwall and its Nine Hundreds Reproduced in facsimile by Collotype in colour and gold, 1972, together with ELIH...

ANNA ELIZA BRAY (Mrs) The Borders of the Tamar and Tavy volumes 1 and 2, 1879. (2) ...[more]

Six works about the Isles of Scilly. Including works by Crispin Gill, G. Forrester Matthews, Sue Lewington, rank Gibson and John Hunt. (6) ...[mo...

John Le Carre. One signed and five firsts. JOHN LE CARRE. 'The Pidgeon Tunnel,' signed by author, first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Vik...

L. T. C. ROLT. 'The Cornish Giant: The Story of Richard Trevithick, father of the steam locomotive,' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, ...

R. P. LAITY. 'St Ives in the 1800's'. Original cloth, nibbles and tears to unclipped dj, published by author, St Ives, n.d. ...[more]

'From The North Foreland To Penzance,' by Clive Holland. Illustrated by Maurice Randall, original decorative cloth, rubbed and bumped, Chatto and ...

H. L. DOUGH. 'The Book of Truro'. Limited edition 374, original cloth, unclipped dj, some spotting, Barracuda Books, 1977. ...[more]

Signed A. L. Rowes. 'The Man of the Thirties,' signed, clipped dj, original cloth, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1979; With four other unsigned...

CYRIL NOALL. 'The Book of Hayle'. Original cloth, unclipped dj, slight spotting to inner flaps of dj and first and last leaves, Barracuda Books, 1...

CYRIL NOALL & DOUGLAS WILLIAMS. 'The Book of Penzance'. Original cloth, unclipped dj, g/f, Barracuda Books, 1983. ...[more]

E. V. THOMPSON. Six signed works. Including 'The Lost Years', 'Brothers in War', 'Paths of Destiny' (2), 'Tomorrow is For Ever', and 'No Less Than...

Eighty-eight pamphlets on Cornish history and culture. Including 'Cornish Review', 'Curious Cornwall', 'Old Cornwall', 'Veryan and the Roseland', ...

Lot 37

CECIL TORR

CECIL TORR Small Talk at Wreyland, 1918 together with the second and third series and G.H. DOBLE The Saints of Cornwall parts 1-5 and various titl...

CORNISH MINING Interest. 'The Cornish Miner in America,' by Arthur Cecil Todd, first edition, original cloth, clipped dj, owner signature to endpa...

Three works on Bernard Leach. BERNARD LEACH. 'Kenzan and His Tradition,' first edition original cloth, toning to unclipped dj, illustrations, Fabe...

Lot 40

THOMAS HARDY

THOMAS HARDY The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall, 1923 reprint, together with Sketches of English Life and Character with Pictures by Stan...

C. E. VULLIAMY. 'Unknown Cornwall,' Illustrated by Charles Simpson, first edition, original cloth, coloured plates, good to fine, John Lane The Bo...

A signed first edition of 'The Mousehole Cat'. Signd by Antonia Barber (author) and Nicola Bayley (illustrator), original cloth, unclipped dj, Wal...

CYRIL NOALL. 'The Illustrated Past: Penwith,' Original cloth, unclipped dj, Barracuda Books, 1978. ...[more]

Henry T. De La Beche. 'Report on The Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset,' Original cloth, soiling and toning to edges of leaves, some ...

Cornwall interest Devon & Cornwall Record Society, The Parliamentary Survey of the Duchy of Cornwall part 1 and 2 1982, part 1 with a foreword by ...

Nine books on Penzance. Including 'The Penzance Library 1818-1968' by Cyril Noall, 'Old Penzance' by (and signed by) E. A. Rees, and 'Around Penza...

A good collection of eighteen Derek Tangye. 'The Cherry Tree' 1986, 'The Confusion Room' 1996, 'The World of Minack' 1991, 'Jeannie. A Love Story'...

CYRIL NOALL. 'Yesterday's Town: St Ives'. Clipped dj, Barracuda Books, 1979. ...[more]

'Cornish Beam Engines in South Australian mines,' by G. J. Drew and J. E. Connell, Special publication no 9, pictorial boards, Department of Mines...

Seven books on Newlyn. Including 'Growing Up With Boats' by William Stevenson, 'Newlyn Copper' by John Curnow Laity, 'The Rosebud and the Newlyn C...

JOHN NORDEN. 'John Norden's Manuscript Maps of Cornwall and its Nine Hundreds'. Facsimile, cloth boards, colour illustrations with essay by Willia...

CYRIL NOALL. 'The Book of St Ives,' Signed by the author, original cloth, unclipped, some spotting to edge of textblock, mould to bottom of cloth,...

WILLIAM GEORGE MATON. 'Observations....Western Counties of England,' 'Observations Relative Chiefly to the Natural History, Picturesque Scenery, a...

Thirty-seven good books on the history and culture of Cornwall. A. G. FOLLIOTT-STOKES. 'The Cornish Coast and Moors,' original cloth, photographic...

Five late 19th century sketchbooks. A mix of watercolour, charcoal and graphite, the artist having a skill in portrature, thought to be conected t...

Seven 19th century books on Cornwall. C. TRELAWNY COLLINS. 'Peranzabuloe, The Lost Church Found....,' original pebbled cloth, frontis, vg textbloc...

R. C. E. and J. M. E. QUIXLEY. 'Antique Maps of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly'. The enlarged second edition, colour illustrations throughout, p...

'An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall,' Two vols, hand coloured engraved frontis of Helston and Launceston, marbled boards backed onto o...

REV. RICHARD WARNER. 'A Tour Through Cornwall in Autumn 1809'. Aquatint frontis, maps, half calf gilt, blind stamp to title page, label to pastedo...

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