CORNWALL AND ITS PEOPLE
Written by A.K. Hamilton Jenkin; Arthur Quiller-Couch.
Stock no. 1831634
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1946. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Comprising Cornish Seafarers, Cornwall and the Cornish, Cornish Homes and Customs. Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. xvi and 487 pages including index. Reprint. Minor spotting to front board. A few minor foxspots present, mainly to prelims and text block. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby with a few tiny chips, top corner of front flap has been torn away.

GREENWITCH
Written by Susan Cooper.
Stock no. 1831399
Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The third book of The Dark is Rising series. In this dreamlike novel set in Cornwall, magic often occurs during the hours of darkness and yet readers are not left with the feeling that experiences have been merely imagined. The Greenwitch, a figure created by village women, comes into possession of a great secret coveted by the powers of Light and Dark. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 147 pages. ISBN: 0701150483. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly bumped. Tail of spine slightly discoloured. Small knock to top edge of front board. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Includes publisher's compliments slip. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to front panel gutter edge and top edge, rear panel is grubby and has the remains of a label.

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF R.S. HAWKER (SOMETIME VICAR OF MORWENSTOW)
Written by C.E. Byles. Illustrated by J. Ley Pethybridge.
Stock no. 1831152
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1905. Almost very good condition.

A biography written by Hawker's son-in-law, Charles Edward Byles, about the life of Robert Stephen Hawker, a prominent English clergyman and poet who served as the vicar of Morwenstow in Cornwall for over 40 years. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. xxviii and 689 pages including index. Top edge gilt. Spine faded. Light fading to edges of boards. A few marks to boards. Corners lightly bumped. Text block browned. A few foxspots present but generally contents are very nice.

THE FALMOUTH PACKETS 1689-1851
Written by Tony Pawlyn.
Stock no. 1831019
Published by Truran. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

First full length study of this unique maritime service to be published for over 100years. For 160 years Falmouth was the centre of international communications between Britain and her allies and colonies on the Atlantic run. At its peak over forty vessels were employed as mail-packets, working out of Falmouth ferrying official dispatches, mail, passengers and bullion. Built for speed and lightly armed these small vessels had not only to contend with the elements but hostile navies and privateers. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos/illustrations. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 1850221758. A very nice copy.

A YEAR AND A DAY
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830967
Published by Walker Books Ltd. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Walker Treasures series. Dark pink boards with colour illustration to front. Colour illustrations to text. ISBN: 0744567548. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Boards clean. Light finger marks to rear endpaper else contents clean.

THE CORNISH BEAM ENGINE
Written by D.B. Barton.
Stock no. 1830880
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A survey of its history and development in the mines of Cornwall and Devon from before 1800 to the present day, with something of its use elsewhere in Britain and abroad. Blue mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and plans. 285 pages including index. Light bumping to board corners. Boadrs clean. Text block a little browned with a couple of minor foxspots. Small name in coloured pencil to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

THE FLYING FISH ADVENTURE
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1330591
Published by John Murray. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Michael and Mary are sent to the Cornish coast to recover from whooping cough; there they meet John and their adventures begin... A thrilling mystery story. Light blue cloth, red titles. B/w drawings. 174 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly browned. Tiny dent to top edge of front cover. Page edges are lightly browned and spotted. Price-cut wrapper is well worn and torn with repairs on verso. Rear panel is grubby.

ROMAN MOSAICS OF BRITAIN VOLUME II SOUTH-WEST BRITAIN
Written by David S. Neale; Stephen R. Cosh.
Stock no. 1829564
Published by Illuminata Publishers. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The 4 volumes of this work (of which this is the second) amounts to a complete illustrated catalogue of every known Roman mosaic in Britain. Mosaics from the city and county of Bristol, from the counties of Cornwall & Devon, Dorset, Somerset, and Wiltshire. Published for The Society of Antiquaries of London. Large, heavy format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. xiii and406 pages including index. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780954791612. Boards clean and bright. A few marks to text block. Contents clean. White dustwrapper has a few minor marks.

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.

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.

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.

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.