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ADBURGHAM, ALISON  A Radical Aristocrat : The Rt Hon. Sir William Molesworth of Pencarrow and His Wife Andalusia - Signed Copy
Padstow, Cornwall, Tabb House. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 090701884X) Hard Cover. HB + DW, 222 pages, in Fine + Fine condition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Fine/Fine.
GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 15.78 | JP¥ 1394] Book number: 43929
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BELLMAN, SIR HAROLD  Cornish Cockney Reminiscences and Reflections
London, Hutchinson. 1947, First Edition. Hard Cover. HB + DW, 263 pages, in VG + Poor condition, DW has a number of tears with loss and other scuffing, DW now protected. Very Good/Poor.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 38490
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BURTON, ANTHONY  Richard Trevithick : Giant of Steam
London, Aurum Press. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 1854107283) Hard Cover. HB + DW, 246 pages, in Fine + Fine condition. Please email us if you would like a scan of this book. Fine/Fine.
GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 | JP¥ 2641] Book number: 47552
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COOK, JUDITH  To Brave Every Danger : The epic life of Mary Bryant of Fowey
Truro, Cornwall, Truran. 1999, New Edition. (ISBN: 185022126X) Paperback. PB, 256 pages, in Fine condition. Fihe.
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.81 | JP¥ 514] Book number: 28901
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COUCH, BERTHA  Life of Jonathan Couch F.L.S., Etc. Of Polperro
Liskeard, Cornwall, John Philp. 1891, First Edition. Paperback. Grey card PB, 160 pages in VG condition. The front hige is a little strained, rubbing along the spine edges, owner's label inside front cover and a Cornwall record office stamp on the front end paper. Very Good.
GBP 68.00 [Appr.: EURO 75.5 US$ 112.95 | JP¥ 9979] Book number: 47978
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GEORGE, ANDREW (TRANSLATED AND WITH AN INTRO BY)  A View from the Bottom Left-Hand Corner : Impressions of a Raw Recruit Through Selected Parliamentary Sketches and Essays 1997-2002 - Signed Copy
Cornwall, The Patten Press. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 187222945X) Paperback. Ill.: Tony Evershed. Laminated PB, 189 pages, in VG condition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Very Good. Signed by Author.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 47569
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HARRIS, T R  Arthur Woolf The Cornish Engineer 1766-1837
Truro, Cornwall, D Bradford Barton. 1966, First Edition. Hard Cover. HB + DW, 112 pages, in VG + Good condition, book has slight browning at each end of book, the DW is scuffed around the edges with small tears and minor loss, DW now protected. Very Good/Good.
GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 15.78 | JP¥ 1394] Book number: 47428
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HOSKIN, MARGARET  Memories of Cornwall 1920-1945 - Signed Copy
St Austell, Cornwall, Printed By Gorsefield Graphics. 1996, First Edition. Paperback. Card covers, 91 pages, in Fine condition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "To Susan, from Margaret Hoskin with best wishes". Fine.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 38050
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KEAST, JOHN  "The King of Mid-Cornwall" : The Life of Thomas Joseph Treffry (1782-1850)
Redruth, Cornwall, Dyllanow Truran. 1982, First Paperback Edition. (ISBN: 0907566294) Paperback. PB, 205 pages, in Good condition, a few markings to the covers, minor foxing to the page ends. Good.
GBP 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 42.25 US$ 63.12 | JP¥ 5576] Book number: 48267
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KENT, ALAN M  Pulp Methodism : The Lives and Literature of Silas, Joseph and Salome Hocking, Three Cornish Novelists - Signed Copy
St Austell, Cornwall, Cornish Hillside Publications. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 1900147254) Hard Cover. HB + DW, 240 pages, in Fine + Fine condition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. The Hockings, three novelists from St Stephen, were amongst the best selling authors in the country at the turn of the twentieth century. Despite sometimes being dismissed by the literary establishment as only offering 'pulp' fiction they wrote over 200 novels mainly for a Mehodist readership. This is a lucid authoritative and well referenced introduction their works and gives a biographical account set in the culture and philosophy of their time. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author.
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: 47577
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KERSWELL, R G  The Bennets of Tresillian
Bishop Auckland, Pentland Press. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 1858211557) Hard Cover. HB + DW, 363 pages in Fine + Fine condition. This is a chronicle of a family who presided over the Manor of Tresillian for seven generations. The story begins and ends within the Parishes of St Columb, St Enoder, St Gwinear and St Newlyn. Tresillian was built in the thirteenth century and came into the hands of the Gully Bennets in the closing years of the seventeenth century. Fine/Fine.
GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 | JP¥ 1321] Book number: 2018
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MARTIN, CAROLYN  Cornwall's People A Biographical Dictionary
Launceston, Cornwall, Tamar Books. 2009, First Edition. (ISBN: 9781906474034) Paperback. Laminated PB, 184 pages in Fine condition. This book contains over 250 concise biographies and is an excellent reference guide for anyone with an interest in the County's past. It includes Cornish people who made their mark either in Cornwall or in the wider world, together with incomers whose lives changed the County. Fihe.
GBP 11.50 [Appr.: EURO 13 US$ 19.1 | JP¥ 1688] Book number: 47747
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MOCK, RUDI  A Cornish Rhapsody : From a Penny Halfpenny an Hour to a Fortune - Signed Copy
Camborne, Cornwall, Mount's Bay Press. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0953999106) Hard Cover. HB + DW, 194 pages, in Fine + Fine condition. SIGNED COPY BY THE AUTHOR on the front endpaper underneath his own Publisher's stamp. This is a true story of a man that was brought to this country against his will but who volunteered to stay when given the opportunity in 1948. Once he was a German Prisoner-of-War, he is now a self-made millionaire. Fine/Fine.
GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 | JP¥ 1101] Book number: 37463
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MOCK, RUDI  A Cornish Rhapsody : From a Penny Halfpenny an Hour to a Fortune
Camborne, Cornwall, Mount's Bay Press. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0953999106) Hard Cover. HB + DW, 194 pages, in Fine + Fine condition. Fine/Fine.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 42214
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MORRISON, BILL  Jack of All Trades
St Agnes, Cornwall, W H Morrison. 2001, First Edition. Paperback. PB, in VG condition. Very Good.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 31159
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OLLARD, RICHARD  Man of Contradictions : A Life of A L Rowse
London, Allan Lane. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0713993537) Hard Cover. HB + DW, 368 pages, in VG + Fine condition, the book has a slight lean. Very Good/Fine.
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: 47639
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ROWSE, A.L.  The Controversial Colensos
Redruth, Cornwall, Dyllansow Truran. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 1850220476) Hard Cover. HB + DW, 153 pages, in Fine + Fine condition. South Africa and New Zealand are world news today. This is the story of two remarkable Cornishmen who played leading roles in that history. Bishop Colenso was in his day the foremost defender of the blacks in Natal. William Colenso was one of New Zealand's greatest naturalists. They are brought together by A L Rowse in this book. Fine/Fine.
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.81 | JP¥ 514] Book number: 39518
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SMITH, M G  Fighting Joshua : A Study of the Career of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 1650-1721, Bishop of Bristol, Exeter and Winchester
Redruth, Cornwall, Dyllansow Truran. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0907566995) Hard Cover. HB + DW, 200 pages, in Fine + Fine condition, The career of Jonathan Trelawny, Bishop successively of Bristol, Exeter and Winchester, spans a decisive period int he history of the Church of England. He was instrumental in securing the smooth accession of George Trelawney who enjoyed a remarkable career as a Borough Manager in Cornish parliamentary elections, an interest best understood against the background of the rivalries between Cornish landed families. Fine/Fine.
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.81 | JP¥ 514] Book number: 39519
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TRENEER, ANNE  Cornish Years
London, Jonathan Cape. 1949, 2nd Impression. Hard Cover. HB + DW, 284 pages in Good + Good condition, foxing to endpapers and page ends, couple of previous owner's names on front endpaper, DW has some fading and discolouration with some scuffing around the edges, some loss to corners and spine ends and on the spine, DW now protected. Good/Good.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 6185
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TRENEER, ANNE  The Mercurial Chemist : A Life of Sir Humphrey Davy
London, Methuen. 1963, First Edition. Hard Cover. HB + DW, 264 pages, in VG + Good condition, scuffing to top edge of DW including a small tear. Please email us if you would like a scan of this book. Very Good/Good.
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 | JP¥ 2935] Book number: 47554
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TREWIN, J C  Up from the Lizard
London, Carroll & Nicholson. 1948, First Edition. Hard Cover. HB + DW, 294 pages, in G + Poor condition, book has small stain on spine over title and first plate is nearly detached, DW is discoloured and scuffed and torn along top edge with some loss, DW protected. Good/Poor.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 8060
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VYVYAN, C C  Letters from a Cornish Garden
London, Michael Joseph. 1972, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718110145) Hard Cover. HB + DW, 190 pages, in VG + VG condition, light scuffing to top edge of DW, previous owner's name and date on front endpaper. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.81 | JP¥ 514] Book number: 38625
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WALKE, BERNARD  Twenty Years at St Hilary
Truro, Cornwall, Truran. 2002, Reprint. (ISBN: 1850221642) Paperback. PB, 252 pages, in Fine condition. Fine.
GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.8 | JP¥ 954] Book number: 39081
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WESTON, DAVID  Epic Onwards - Signed Copy
Mevagissey, David Weston. 1995. (ISBN: 0951729039) Hard Cover. HB + DW, 93 pages, in Fine + Fine condition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. The voyage around Cornwall in the eleven foot dinghy, Epic continues in this second volume. Seeking adventure, the solitary sailor ventured into tangled creeks, and with trepidation round rugged headlands. Watercolour paintings by the author illustrate the eventful voyage. Fine/Fiar.
GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.5 US$ 36.54 | JP¥ 3228] Book number: 3805
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