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8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
19 vols., 8vo., First Edition, variously with frontispieces, plates, illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers, two or three volumes with small inscriptions, first volume with front free endpaper clipped; cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper, two or three wrappers chipped at head and tail. THIRD AND FIFTEENTH VOLUMES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The Chronicles comprise: A Gull on the Roof (1961); A Cat in the Window (1962); A Drake at the Door (1963); A Donkey in the Meadow (1965); Lama (1966); The Way to Minack (1968); A Cornish Summer (1970); Cottage on a Cliff (1972); A Cat Affair (1974); Sun on the Lintel (1976); The Winding Lane (1978); When the Winds Blow (1980); The Ambrose Rock (1982); A Quiet Year (1984); The Cherry Tree (1986); Jeannie (1988); The Evening Gull (1990); Monty's Leap (1993); The Confusion Room (1996). When Derek and Jean Tangye relocated from the bustle of the West End of London to the clifftop solitude of Minack in Cornwall, they began an idyllic lifestyle entwining romance, rural enterprise, much-loved pets and a variety of other creatures. Derek's evocative retelling of the story, enlivened by Jeannie's illustrations, led to the 'Chronicles', a unique, thirty-five year sequence of narratives followed eagerly by readers throughout the world. Unsurprisingly, the Tangye's Minack became, and remains, a popular focus of pilgrimage to this day. COMPLETE SETS ARE SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE.
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, with coloured and monochrome photographs, and line illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Collects favourite passages from sixteen volumes of the immensely popular Minack Chronicles, published between 1961 and 1990.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and facsimiles throughout; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and large folding map on japon, endpapers lightly browned; pictorial green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in green and black, uncut, a very good, bright copy.
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.
8vo., with photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. 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 a frontispiece; blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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 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.'
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; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, covers very lightly faded else a near fine copy.
First Edition, 15,[1]pp., 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, 28pp., from the library of John Davies Enys, disbound.
VG paperback reprint. 9632. eng
