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	BOWLEY, R L The Fortunate Islands : A History of the Isles of Scilly Reading, Berkshire, Bowley Publications. 1968, 6th Edition. Hard Cover. HB + DW, 132 pages, in VG + VG condition. This is the standard book on the Isles of Scilly. It contains chapters covering the lost land of Lyonesse, Bronze Age habitation, the Vikings in Scilly, the Middle Ages. the foundations of the present relative prosperity in the 19th Century, wrecks and lighthouses, the flower industry, legends, folklore and customs. There are many photographs, an appendix, an index and a detailed bibliography of the older books on Scilly. Rex Bowley was a Schoolmaster with a long association with the islands. The book is still in print having been first published in 1945. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.81 \| JP¥ 514] Book number: 29166 Click here to order or inquire at recollectionsbookshop.co.uk.
	COWAN, ZELIDE Francis Frith's The Isles of Scilly : Photographic Memories Salisbury, Frith Book Company. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 1859371361) Hard Cover. HB + DW, 119 pages, in Fine + Fine condition. Fine/Fine. GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.12 \| JP¥ 1247] Book number: 30186 Click here to order or inquire at recollectionsbookshop.co.uk.
	MUMFORD, CLIVE Portrait of the Isles of Scilly London, Robert Hale. 1976, Reprint. (ISBN: 0709117183) Hard Cover. HB + DW, 236 pages, in VG + VG condition, minor fading to the DW spine. In this comprehensive book the author traces island history to the 1960s and dwells as arrestingly on sea pilotage, smuggling and wrecking as on flower growing and tourism. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.64 \| JP¥ 587] Book number: 22601 Click here to order or inquire at recollectionsbookshop.co.uk.
	WIGGLESWORTH, ANGELA People of Scilly Stroud, Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing, Limited. 1994, Reprint. (ISBN: 0750906634) Paperback. PB, 142 pages, in Fine condition. Fine. GBP 2.50 [Appr.: EURO 3 US$ 4.15 \| JP¥ 367] Book number: 34374 Click here to order or inquire at recollectionsbookshop.co.uk.

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	BOWLEY, R L The Fortunate Islands : A History of the Isles of Scilly Reading, Berkshire, Bowley Publications. 1968, 6th Edition. Hard Cover. HB + DW, 132 pages, in VG + VG condition. This is the standard book on the Isles of Scilly. It contains chapters covering the lost land of Lyonesse, Bronze Age habitation, the Vikings in Scilly, the Middle Ages. the foundations of the present relative prosperity in the 19th Century, wrecks and lighthouses, the flower industry, legends, folklore and customs. There are many photographs, an appendix, an index and a detailed bibliography of the older books on Scilly. Rex Bowley was a Schoolmaster with a long association with the islands. The book is still in print having been first published in 1945. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.81 \| JP¥ 514] Book number: 29166 Click here to order or inquire at recollectionsbookshop.co.uk.
	COWAN, ZELIDE Francis Frith's The Isles of Scilly : Photographic Memories Salisbury, Frith Book Company. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 1859371361) Hard Cover. HB + DW, 119 pages, in Fine + Fine condition. Fine/Fine. GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.12 \| JP¥ 1247] Book number: 30186 Click here to order or inquire at recollectionsbookshop.co.uk.
	MUMFORD, CLIVE Portrait of the Isles of Scilly London, Robert Hale. 1976, Reprint. (ISBN: 0709117183) Hard Cover. HB + DW, 236 pages, in VG + VG condition, minor fading to the DW spine. In this comprehensive book the author traces island history to the 1960s and dwells as arrestingly on sea pilotage, smuggling and wrecking as on flower growing and tourism. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.64 \| JP¥ 587] Book number: 22601 Click here to order or inquire at recollectionsbookshop.co.uk.
	WIGGLESWORTH, ANGELA People of Scilly Stroud, Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing, Limited. 1994, Reprint. (ISBN: 0750906634) Paperback. PB, 142 pages, in Fine condition. Fine. GBP 2.50 [Appr.: EURO 3 US$ 4.15 \| JP¥ 367] Book number: 34374 Click here to order or inquire at recollectionsbookshop.co.uk.