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GLYN MACEY'S CORNWALL
Written by Glyn Macey; Vivien Minton.
Illustrated by Glyn Macey.
Stock no. 1829243
Published by Halsgrove.
1st
2008.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Glyn Macey is one of Cornwall's foremost young artists whose fresh approach to painting is bringing a new vibrancy to the art scene in the county. Macey's landscape paintings. Oblong format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. 144 pages. ISBN: 9781841147246. Lower edges of boards very lightly knocked else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
MERMAID TO MERRYMAID: JOURNEY TO THE STONES
Written by Ian Cooke.
Stock no. 1829159
Published by Men-An-Tol.
2nd
1996.
Very good condition.
Second Edition. Mermaid To Merrymaid. Nine walks to ancient sites in the Land's End peninsula, Cornwall. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos and a few colour. B/w illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0951237179. Covers a little scuffed. Text block and page edges browned. Else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- CORNWALL
- WALKING
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
CORNWALL IN THE AGE OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Written by John Rowe; A.L. Rowse; E.V Thompson.
Stock no. 1829113
Published by Cornish Hillside Publications.
2nd
1993.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Second (Enlarged) Edition. This edition includes two chapters on religious and subsequent social change which were written for the first edition but had to be omitted for reasons of space. Introductions by A.L. Rowse & E.V. Thompson. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xv and 375 pages including index. ISBN: 0951941925. Boards grubby and scuffed. Pencil smudge to front endpaper else contents clean. Yellow dustwrapper is faded to front and spine, rubbed at edges, scuffed to rear panel.
A REVIEW OF THE CORNISH FLORA 1980
Written by L.J. Margetts; R.W. David.
Stock no. 1828883
Published by Institute Of Cornish Studies.
1st
1981.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The first comprehensive survey of all the flowering plants and ferns of Cornwall (including casuals) to appear since Davey's 'Flora' (1909) and Thurston and Vigurs' 'Supplement' (1922). Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. vi and 388 pages including index. ISBN: 0903686341. Boards clean. Name in ink to front pastedown. Text block lightly browned. A few pencilled marks to a few page margins. Else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper has creased laminate.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- COUNTY FLORA
- FLORA
- SOUTH WEST UK
- CORNWALL
CORNWALL (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Enid Radcliffe.
Stock no. 1828837
Published by Yale University Press.
1st thus
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Revised second edition. Black vinyl. B/w photos. 282 pages plus list of titles to rear. ISBN: 0300095899. Neat name in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
WEST COUNTRY FARMS: HOUSE-AND-ESTATE SURVEYS, 1598-1764
Written by Nat Alcock; Cary Carson.
Stock no. 1828362
Published by Oxbow Books.
1st
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
This major innovative study explores the significance of a unique type of document that has hitherto been almost unknown to scholars. House-and-estate surveys - which add details of the village's houses, outhouses, and farm buildings to the standard evidence of an estate survey - survive for South-West England for the period from the end of the 16th to the mid-18th century. Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and colour photos. ISBN: 9781842172995. Previous owner's initials and date in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- SOMERSET
- DORSET
- DEVON
- CORNWALL
- HISTORY
- FARMING
- BUILDINGS
A WEST COUNTRY PILGRIMAGE
Written by Eden Phillpotts.
Illustrated by A.T. Benthall.
Stock no. 1327770
Published by Leonard Parsons.
1st
1920.
Almost very good condition.
Black cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. 16 tipped-in colour plates mounted on blue paper. 115 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Slight scuffing to covers. Endpapers browned. Some light foxing to contents which are generally clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- DEVON
- CORNWALL
A PASSION FOR PLANTS: THE TRESEDERS OF TRURO
Written by Suzanne Treseder.
Stock no. 1827788
Published by Alison Hodge.
1st
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The story of the Treseder family's passion for plants and of six generations of Treseders who were nurserymen for over 150 years. Matt pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780906720370. Light bumping to board corners. Minor foxing to text block and gutter edge of endpapers. A few pages have pale brown foxspots.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- CORNWALL
- COMPANY HISTORY
WEEK ST. MARY VILLAGE: A COMMUNITY AT LARGE
Written by David M. Martin.
Stock no. 1826055
Published by David Martin.
1st
2007.
Nearly fine condition.
The village of Week St. Mary, in North Cornwall, has a rich and varied history reaching back some 2,000 years. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780955721908. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- CORNWALL
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
MENHARDOC
Written by George Manville Fenn.
Illustrated by C.J. Staniland.
Stock no. 1323787
Published by Blackie & Son.
Circa
1888.
Almost very good condition.
A story of Cornish nets and mines. Brown pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 8 b/w plates. vii + 352 pages + 48 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few spots to covers. Prize inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing, mainly to textblock but also effecting the page margins.
THE HISTORY OF THE DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY 1914-1919
Written by Everard Wyrall.
Stock no. 2137730
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd..
1st
1932.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette/crest to front cover. With a foreword by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall. With 21 illustrations and 21 maps, some folding. Some light wear to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown. A couple of plates are loosely inserted to front, as is dedication page. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is scuffed with marks; tears and chips; name in pencil to top of front panel; minimal loss.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (UK)
- CORNWALL
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARMY
- INFANTRY
- GENEALOGY
THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY
Written by E.B. Selwood; E.M. Durrance; C.M. Bristow.
Stock no. 1823556
Published by University Of Exeter.
1st
1998.
Fine condition.
Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos & b/w charts. ISBN: 0859895297. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- CORNWALL
- GEOLOGY
- SCILLY ISLES