DAN BILLANY

The Trap

London, Faber & Faber. 1950, Second Impression. Hardcover. Book, Cloth a little worn, spine dull, Foyle's label on flyleaf. Novel of second world war. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003476

Catalogue: Cornwall, Cornish Interest

Keywords: Fiction Novel Literature Hull World War Two Cornwall Modern Fiction

JAMES F. COBB

The Watchers on the Longships

London, Wells Gardner, Darton. 1899, Twenty-fourth Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Book, Spine & front cover faded, cover marked; spine torn at top; free endpapers detached; shaken. Frontispiece & 3 other engraved plates. Poor/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000991

Catalogue: Cornwall, Cornish Interest

Keywords: Fiction, Historical, Novel, Cornwall

SIR A. T. QUILLER-COUCH

The Astonishing History of Troy Town

London, J. M. Dent. 1934, Reprint. Hardcover, 4.5" x 7". Book, Wayfarer's Library. D/w frayed & torn edges & ends of spine, small stain bottom left of picture. Good/Fairly Good.

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Book number: 002072

Catalogue: Cornwall, Cornish Interest

Keywords: Fiction, Cornwall, West Country Vintage Fiction

SIR ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH

Studies in Literature, Second Series

London, Cambridge University Press. 1927, Pocket Edition. Cloth. Book, Pale blue cloth, gilt titles. 291 pages, edges uncut. Spine darkened, worn on lower end, small tear in side; few marks on back. Endpapers slightly brown, otherwise contents very good. Essays on Byron, Shelley, Milton, Anthony & Cleopatra, Chaucer, the Victorian Age. Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003190

Catalogue: Cornwall, Cornish Interest

Keywords: Literature, Essays, Poetry, Cornwall

S. BARING GOULD

The Red Spider

London, Literary Press. 9999, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Dark blue boards, gilt titles. Edges & corners worn, top of spine a little frayed, some foxing, corner torn from rear free endpaper. Text clean & tight. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003152

Catalogue: Cornwall, Cornish Interest

Keywords: Fiction, West Country, Novel, Devon, Cornwall, Country Life, Rural 19th Century Fiction

SILAS K. HOCKING

The Conquering Will

London, Frederick Warne. 1905, First ?. Hardcover. Ill.: Harold Piffard. Book, Brown embossed cloth, gilt decoration, bevelled boards, all edges gilt; 324 pages. 4 b/w plates. Few marks on cover, spine dull and bruised at ends; frontispiece detached; marks on a few pages; endpapers brown; name on flyleaf. "Silas Kitto Hocking (24 March 1850 - 15 September 1935) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist preacher. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.". Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003614

Catalogue: Cornwall, Cornish Interest

Keywords: Harold Piffardfiction Novel Moral Vintage Fiction

JOSEPH HOCKING

A Flame of Fire

London, Cassell. 9999, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Spine missing, boards worn, pages very brown and foxed. Reading copy. Red cloth, no date, cheap edition. "Being the history of the adventures of three Englishmen in Spain at the time of the Great Armada..by Rupert Hamstead, of..Barnet, in the county of Hertford". First chapter "The Coming of the Cornishman.". Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004845

Catalogue: Cornwall, Cornish Interest

Keywords: Historical Fiction Cornwall Novel Vintage Fiction

SILAS K. HOCKING

For Light and Liberty

London, Frederick Warne. 9999, Not Known. Hardcover. Ill.: Alfred Johnson. Book, Green embossed cloth, 370 pages, 4 b/w plates. Endpapers foxed, hinges weak. No date or edition given, previous owner's name dated 1933, but book probably earlier. "Silas Kitto Hocking (24 March 1850 - 15 September 1935) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist preacher. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.". Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003499

Catalogue: Cornwall, Cornish Interest

Keywords: Alfred Johnsonfiction Novel Victorian Christianity Vintage Fiction

SILAS K. HOCKING

For Such is Life

London, Frederick Warne. 1896, Second Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Lancelot Speed. Book, Red cloth gilt and embossed, rather worn; some foxing; a few pages loose, some corners creased. 439 pages + catalogue; 4 b/w plates by Lancelot Speed, also illustration in catalogue. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006132

Catalogue: Cornwall, Cornish Interest

Keywords: Lancelot Speedfiction Novel Cornwall Australia 19th Century Fiction

JOSEPH HOCKING

In the Sweat of Thy Brow

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 9999, Edition not known. Hardcover. Book, Red cloth, black lettering. Spine faded, front cover bit marked; slight damp staining to endpapers, name on flyleaf, front hinge weak. No date but 1939 written on flyleaf. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006061

Catalogue: Cornwall, Cornish Interest

Keywords: Fiction Novel Cornish Interest Vintage Fiction

SILAS K. HOCKING

Real Grit

London, Fredk. Warne. 0, Not Known. Pictorial Cloth. Book, Brown cloth dec. black & gilt. All edges gilt. 5 b/w plates Dalziel. "With Original Illustrations" No date, late 19th cent. Some damp damage to binding, especially back, and water stains to margins of plates, encroaching on picture slightly in some places. Flyleaf missing. Pictorial cloth gilt. "Silas Kitto Hocking (24 March 1850 - 15 September 1935) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist preacher. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.". Poor/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001950

Catalogue: Cornwall, Cornish Interest

Keywords: Fiction, Novel, Victorian Vintage Fiction 19th Century Fiction

JOSEPH HOCKING

Rosemary Carew

London, Hodder & Stoughton. Hardcover. Book, Red cloth, little worn on spine, name inside front cover with date 1925. Only a few bits of dustwrapper left, most of front missing. Good/Poor.

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Book number: 006749

Catalogue: Cornwall, Cornish Interest

Keywords: Novel Fiction Cornwall Vintage Fiction

ROBERT HUNT

Cornish Folk-lore (Folklore)

Penryn, Tor Mark Press. 1992, Reprint. (ISBN: 0850253055) Soft cover. Ill.: Linda Garland (cover). Book, Card covers; cover art by Linda Garland. 40 pages. Few page edges slightly cockled, small crease top corner of cover, else very good. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003977

Catalogue: Cornwall, Cornish Interest

Keywords: 0850253055 Linda Garland (Cover)Folklore_great Britain Cornwall Celtic Legend Tales Stories Folklore, Myth, Legend

WALLACE B. NICHOLS

King Perkin's Knight

London, Sir Isaac Pitman. 1938, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: H. J. White. Book, Yellow cloth, a little worn, faded on spine; name on flyleaf, some pages a bit thumb-marked. Monochrome frontispiece and b/w drawings. Set in Cornwall in 1497. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005136

Catalogue: Cornwall, Cornish Interest

Keywords: H.J. Whitefiction Historical Novel Cornwall Vintage Fiction

ATHELSTAN RIDGWAY

The Secret Net, a Cornish Romance

London, Andrew Melrose. First Edition ?. Hardcover. Book, Blue cloth, rather marked and stained; spine faded; contents very good bar a few spots of foxing on prelims. No date, early 20th century. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006034

Catalogue: Cornwall, Cornish Interest

Keywords: Fiction Novel Cornwall Vintage Fiction