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8vo., with numerous photographs in the text and large folding street plan; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, title-vignette, 12 plates, 3 pedigrees on 2 folders and a double-page map in the text; original blue cloth gilt, backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Already scarce, especially in this condition
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, title-vignette, 12 plates, 3 pedigrees on 2 folders and a double-page map in the text; original blue cloth gilt, backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Already scarce, especially in this condition
72 pages. Features: Why Britain's biggest stars flopped on TV; Leslie Frost's masquerade as teh common man - the nation's second most important politician - article with many photos; Bruce Hutchison visits Zsa Zsa Gabor - article with photos; The Night of Terror We'll Never Forget - Victor Desgroseilliers, manager of the Dominion store in Cornwall, Ontario, and his family are terrorized by bandits - article with photos; Can we avoid a shooting battle for Berlin?; Self-Hypnosis could help you beat your tensions; Peter Gzowski writes about what it's like to have a famous ancestor (Sir Casimir Stanislaus Gzowski); Breakout at Amiens Prison - amazing article with great photos; Great Tanners Association of Canada colour ad promotes giving leather shoes to dad for Father's Day; How do you get to be a magazine editor?; Nice colour photo ad for Bulova watches on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Brief biographical account of his childhood in Cornwall and his education at Oxford. Edited with an introduction by S.C.Roberts. 106p. index ne note by previous owner on ffep..light foxing. Dj repaired and now in a plastic sleeve Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 69pp. Periodical magazine with feature articles on the Duchy of Cornwall, General Oglethorpe in Georgia and England, the trade of Courtiership - the Countess of Bedford and the Bedford Memorials 1585-1607, Matthew Arnold's school inspections pt 1 from 1851, the London Austin Friars from 1253 to the Dutch Church, the Panjdeh Crisis 1885 - Russians and British in Central Asia, the Seven Churches of Asia - the spreading of Christianity in the first century AD plus book reviews and letters.
VG paperback reprint. 9632. eng
First Edition, 28pp., from the library of John Davies Enys, disbound.
8vo., First Edition, with a fine autotype portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and a large folding map, fore-edges very lightly spotted, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and black, gilt back, uncut, backstrip chipped at head and tail else a very good, clean copy. The first dedicated avifauna of the county, edited by Harting after the author's death. Rodd's splendid collection passed to his nephew F R Rodd of Trebartha Hall, Launceston. Scarce in any condition. Mullens & Swann, p.495; Tate, p.217.
First Edition, 15,[1]pp., from the library of John Davies Enys, disbound.
8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, covers very lightly faded else a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges.
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. 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.'
No inscriptions or marks. Very slight crease to rear cover, none to front or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 132pp. Real life stories about the four cats owned and loved by historian A L Rowse.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, and 114 charming ilustrations and a full-page map in the texct; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Brockett, 63910
First Edition, 54pp., from the library of John Davies Enys, disbound. A practical inquiry into the number, means of employment, and wages, of agricultural labourers.
Vg (no dj, pictorial card covers, slight rub to fore-edge of front cover, trace of erased pencil price front free endpaper, a very good clean copy with no other marks or inscriptions) quarto 120pp. Nearly 200 captioned old picture postcards from the Peter Dryden collection (b/w). First edition.
64 pages. Featuers: Woman's Weekly Whispers; New Ways to Beauty; Trevallion (opening chapters); The Little Girl of Two-To-Four; Knit it in an Evening - hat; Simple Wrap-Around Dress; With a High Collarless Neck; Every Minute of the Day; They are All So Becoming; The Young Gloucesters - photo article of the young sons of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester; Give Me One Friend (story); On a See-Saw; Children's Ailments; Cardigans in Three Sizes; Shoes for the Doll; Tempting Cheese Dishes; A Cotton Jersey in Two Sizes; The First Year (story); Touring Cornwall; An Added Yoke in Check; Mrs. Marryat Advises; Nice vintage ads. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge and traces of handling. 183pp. Fascinating insight into the life of author Daphne du Maurier by a close friend who knew her for over twenty years including during her most reclusive period.
français 0 1865' p. 353 à 400 (48 p.). Fascicule orig., extrait de la série TOUR DU MONDE de l'année et semestre indiqués. Gravures ou photographies in-t et h-t. Format 21 x 29cm. Ex. collé en couverture d'attente, illustrée, carton rouge ou vert. Bonne présentation. TOUR-DU-MONDE VOYAGES GRANDE-BRETAGNE MINES CORNOUAILLES
8vo., with a frontispiece; blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE.
PARIS, W. Coquebert - Non daté (vers 1850) - In-8 - Reliure 1/2 chagrin - Dos à nerfs, à caissons ornés (1mors cassé) - rousseurs - Gravures NB en frontispice et HT - Illustré de nombreuses gravures NB en texte - 238 pages.
8vo., with photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. SCARCE.
No marks or inscriptions. Small crease to upper corner of rear cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 73pp. The essential guide to the Gardens & wider estate near St Austell in Cornwall.
