Search Results: Fiction from Cornish Books

London: Michael Joseph, 1997. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. High Politics and Horse Racing blended into a Thriller. 271 Pages. Dustjacket not price clipped. Photo is of the actual book not a stock photo. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 3 books in one omnibus volume: "The Murder at the Villa Rose"; "The Secret of the House of the Aroow" and "The Mystery of the Prisoner in the Opal". Buff cloth cover with Black lettering & horizontal lines on front & spine. 1,037 p.pages, 8" Tall. Weighs just over 1 Kilo so shipping Outside UK will be a little extra. Some tanning to spine and light soiling to cover. Name and initials penciled on endpaper and tiny penciled price on ffep. No other inscriptions.

Edinburgh and London: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, 1893. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Novel about 2 sisters froma noble family left as Orphans after their father, the Laird of Aldersyde, dies. Frontispiece Illustration shows the 2 girls sitting together. Brown cloth cover with Black Lettering & Gilt Decoration to front & spine. Nice old Presentation Label, dated 1896, pasted to endpaper. 7 1/2" Tall. Slight edgewear. Spine leaning. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall

London: William Heinemann, 1938. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 13 Short Stories. 1522 Pages, 920g, 8" Tall. Brown cloth cover with rubbed Gilt lettering to spine. Closed tears to cloth most of the way down sides of spine. Penciled inscription on ffep dated 1935. Binding strained in 2 places and reinforced with white tape. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1949. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Regency Romance featuring Barnabas Barty, the Boxing Champion's son. Red cloth cover with Black Linear Border and Monogram to front. Black lettering & Lines to spine. 436 Pages, 420g, 7 1/2" Tall. Spine colour faded. Hinges sound and Binding Firm. Some spots of browning on fore page edges but faces of pages in nice clean condition. Previous owner's name in small letters at top of free endpaper. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Collins, 1977. First Edition. Cloth. Good+/Good. The 7th Poldark Novel. Genealogical Tables on Endpapers. Black cloth cover with Gilt Lettering on spine. 508 pages, 730g. No inscriptions. Some edge weat to jacket and a closed tear ( 1" lo0ng) on left corner of spine. Unclipped, price £4.95. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall

New York: Greenberg, 1944. First Edition. Cloth. Near Good/No Jacket. Peggy Bacon. 2nd Printing March 1944. 25 Stories including "Broomsticks" Walter de la Mare, "Cats will be Cats" P.G. Wodehouse and "The Cat that knew hell" D. Manners Sutton. 278 Pages. Illustrated with soft B&W Half Tone Drawings. Pages in good clean condition. Previous owner's name to endpaper. Grey cloth cover with a Cat blind stamped on front cover. Black lettering to spine. Dampstains to top corners which has bleached some colour and some fraying to top & bottom of spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Elek Books, 1957. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Translated by Alec Brown. 312 Pages. Slight foxing spots to page edges otherwise pages in very good clean condition. Black cloth cover with 1 corner and top & bottom of spine slightly bumped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A powerful, moving novel that stands with Le Carre's best". Red cloth cover with black lettering on spine. Sewn in Bookmark. 383 pages, 740g, 9 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Very faint tiny specks of browning on top page edges. Jacket very slightly faded at spine. Unclipped, price £18.99. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Hamish Hamilton, 2005. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. 305 Pages. Black cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. Dustjacket not price clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1978. Cloth Spine and Boards. Very Good/Very Good. A Novel by Elia Kazan, Film Director, about a woman, inner turmoil & Contemporary Americans. 435 Pages. No inscriptions, jacket not clipped Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Book Club Associates, 1974. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Introduction by Eric Ambler. 12 Sherlock Holmes Mysteries. Black cloth cover with Bright Gilt Lettering and a litttle decoration to spine. 8" Tall, 317 Pages, 460g. No inscriptions. SLight edge wear to jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

London: Macmillan and Co, 1881. Decorative Cloth. Poor/No Jacket. Crane, Walter. Beautifully Illustrated with 10 Full Page Plates by Walter Crane ( the last 2 of the 12 published are missing ). Light Brown cloth cover with Brown illustration of a small Boy climbing stairs, Brown Lettering. Cloth Backstrip missing. Black Endpapers. 171 Pages, 650g, 9 3/4" Tall. Hinges cracked and reinforced with hinge tape. No inscriptions. One Page and One Plate detached but present. One Plate has a closed tear (repaired from the back with clear tape. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Historical novel of the Napoleonic Period. Frontis is a Colour Illustration of 2 officers and a lady. 430 Pages + publisher's advert. Undated edition, Previous owner's inscription on ffep dated 1936. 7 1/2" Tall. Red cloth cover with Black Linear Borders and Lettering to front and spine. Spine colour sligtly faded. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Science Fiction Book Club, 1971. Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket. Science Fiction novel. 2 tone Grey cloth cover with Gilt lettering to spine. 191 Pages, 270g, 8" Tall. No inscriptions except old penciled price in corner of free endpaper. Nice, clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co 0. Decorative Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Richardson, H. L. Novel by the author "Her Benny". Illustrated with Monochrome Plates by H. L. Richardson. Frontis shows a life saving attempt at sea. Title Page illustrated with a Monochrome Mountain Scene. Brown cloth cover with Art Nouveau Floral Design & Gilt Lettering to front & spine. Beveled Edges. All page edges Gilt. Undated Edition, Prize label on Endpaper dated 1903. 8 1/4" Tall. 4 very small closed tears at spine ends (between 1/4" & 1/2" long). Hinges sound & Binding firm. Pages clean. No inscriptions except penciled bookseller note on ffep Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co 0. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Novel by the author "Her Benny" etc. Illustrated with some Full Page B&W Plates. Frontis shows a life saving attempt at sea. Dark red cloth cover with gilt decorative design and lettering to front & spine. Beveled Edges. All page edges Gilt. 7 1/2" Tall. Rear hinge cracked. Binding a little fragile. No inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall

London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1996. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Novel. Black cloth cover with Copper Lettering on spine. 9 1/2" Tall, 467 Pages, 920g. No inscriptions. Jacket has some edge wear. Unclipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1994. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Novel set in Cornwall. Purple cloth cover with Gilt lettering on spine. 246 Pages, 500g, 8 1/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket unclipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Collins, 1959. First Edition. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Novel about a Cornish family. Title taken from Cardinal Newman's prayer "O Lord, support us all the day long of this troublesome life." Comes with an interesting press cutting. Old WH Smith library label on endpaper, mostly concealed by jacket. previous owner's inscription in corner of ffep with white paper pasted over to obliterate it. No other inscriptions. Red cloth cover. 510 p.pages, 680g, 8 1/2" Tall. Half of front hinge cracked, rest sound & text block firm. Some faint specks of browning on fore page edges. Jacket has a few nicks at spine ends. Unclipped. Protected in removable clear plastic wrapper.