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8vo., First Edition, with endpaper pedigrees; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Eighth novel in the Poldark sequence.
4to., Second Impression, on laid paper, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and plate by the author; pictorial green cloth gilt, gilt back, top lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy. Published in the same month as the first edition. Hardy's great Arthurian verse drama is unusual among his works in that the two illustrations - 'Tintagel Castle' as frontispiece (repeated in gilt on front board) and the castle's 'Great Hall' - are the work of the author himself. Purdy, pp.227-231.
Sm. 4to., Sole Edition, with a portrait and illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in the dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES (this copy no. 226). The last of Rowse's works on his birthplace, published posthumously in celebration of the life of one of Cornwall's greatest men of letters. 'When Dr. Johnson was sleepless at night he occupied his mind composing Latin verses. Similarly when I can't get to sleep I take to making rhymes on Cornish place names.'
8vo, 24.6cm. Pp. viii,330, several pls., maps, tabs. and figs., refs. Orig. wrs. Little rubbing to covers but a good copy yet.
4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and tinted photographs throughout; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Nelhams, the resident gardener, gives a richly illustrated account of the family, garden and plants associated with this magnificent feature of the Scilly Isles.
8vo., First Edition, with double-page map as frontispiece, 91 plates on 64 and numerous illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, unusually clean copy. THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST WORK IN PEVSNER'S MONUMENTAL SERIES. Published as Penguin BE1, this unassuming volume marked the beginning of the most important architectural survey of the twentieth century. The work was originally published without a dustwrapper which first appeared with later issues of 1952-3. BE1; Cherry PC1. PJ1.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; orginal printed wrappers, covers unevenly sunned else a near fine copy. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
in-8 etroit, 238 pp., tres nombreuses illustrations en noir, figures et cartes, index, broche, couverture illustree en couleurs. Bel exemplaire. [MI-4] Toutes les routes et les distances.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 48 plates and large folding map; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter a little chafed at extremities. Published in Hale's seminal 'County Books' series.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 116 monochrome plates on 64, 5 illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. Published in Batsford's notable 'British Heritage' series.
8vo., First edition thus, with illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Enlarged version of the original edition ['Cornish Cats'] of 1974.
Sm. 8vo., Ninth Edition, with coloured map as frontispiece, plates, and maps and plans (a number folding); original series binding of red cloth, covers and backstrip printed in black, radial corners, a near fine copy. With front and rear endpaper trade advertisements. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 'A well-researched and useful little book' (Blythman). Blythman 195.
pp. vi, 122. Illustrated with photographs. Tall 8vo. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial wraps. Includes interviews with members of the community. PA PAMPH 20_14 BX5
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout, small signature on front paste-down; blue faux-morocco cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; white cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., with frontispiece, numerous illustrations (many full-page) in the text and folding map coloured in outline, small neat signature on front free endpaper, small stain on half-title; original series binding of dark blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, blue top, one corner bruised, lower hinge cracked (but binding entirely sound), else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 4pp series catalogue at end. First published in 1897. Brockett, 50140; Spielmann & Jerrold 20 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs, and line illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Collects favourite passages from sixteen volumes of the immensely popular Minack Chronicles, published between 1961 and 1990.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, top lightly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Collects six of the most important nineteenth century accounts of the Cornish mining economy.
255 p. Hardcover Good condition First published 1899
272pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
First Edition, 15,[1]pp., from the library of John Davies Enys, disbound.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 16 plates; some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, upper joint bumped near headband else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with one neat marginal repair on rear panel.