Search Results: Cornwall, Cornish Interest from Marion Pitman Books

London: J. M. Dent, 1934. Wayfarer's Library. D/w frayed & torn edges & ends of spine, small stain bottom left of picture.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Fairly Good. 4.5" x 7".

London: Michael Joseph, 1962. B/w plts. Cloth quite badly stained, lower edge prelims bit dampstained.. Second Impression. Cloth. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

London: County Associations Ltd. , 9999. No date, guess 1950s - after 1945 and before Dr. Beeching massacred the railways. Hotel terms quoted in guineas. Incorporating The Cornish Guide. Introduction by A. Browning Lyne. Illustrations & maps. Covers a little soiled. Card covers. Nineteenth Edition . Soft Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket.

London: Frederick Warne, 1905. Brown embossed cloth, gilt decoration, bevelled boards, all edges gilt; 324 pages. 4 b/w plates. Few marks on cover, spine dull and bruised at ends; frontispiece detached; marks on a few pages; endpapers brown; name on flyleaf. "Silas Kitto Hocking (24 March 1850 - 15 September 1935) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist preacher. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.". First ?. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harold Piffard.

London & Glasgow: Blackie, 9999. Beautiful England series. 12 col. plates. Little wear on spine & edges. Not Given. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by E. W. Haslehust .

London: Collins Fontana, 1974. Short stories with short bits of folklore in between. Covers creased and stained, pages brown and somewhat water-stained at edges front and back. Authors - Quiller-Couch, J.D. Beresford, R.S. Hawker, A.L. Rowse, R. Ellis Robers, M. H., Eden Phillpotts, A.H. Manhood, Hugh Walpole, Daphne du Maurier, Robert Hunt, R. Chetwynd-Hayes. . Third Impression. Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

Penryn: Tor Mark Press , 1992. Card covers; cover art by Linda Garland. 40 pages. Few page edges slightly cockled, small crease top corner of cover, else very good. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Linda Garland (cover).

London: Collins Fontana, 1974. Short stories with short bits of folklore in between. Corners very slightly curled; some creasing of back cover. Page edges a little tanned. Authors - Quiller-Couch, J.D. Beresford, R.S. Hawker, A.L. Rowse, R. Ellis Robers, M. H., Eden Phillpotts, A.H. Manhood, Hugh Walpole, Daphne du Maurier, Robert Hunt, R. Chetwynd-Hayes. . Third Impression. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Truro: Tor Mark Press, 1969. Illustrated, 48 pages, card covers. Short chapters of Cornish history. Some small marks on front cover, otherwise very good condition. China clay, Lyonesse, Billy Bray, wreckers, Cornish language, pilchard seining, tinners' parliament, Falmouth packets, etc etc.. First. Soft Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket.

London: Cassell, 1928. Red cloth with black titles & decoration; 276 pages. Rather small print. Spine faded, worn on ends, leaning a bit; edges foxed; previous owner's name on flyleaf. Melodramatic novel set partly in Cornwall. . Popular Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Walker & Co., 1970. Off-white boards, 191 pages. Slight spine lean; corners slightly bruised; top edge spotted; discolouring on spine and a little on boards. Dustwrapper frayed & creased at edges, faded on spine, bit marked on back. Jacket design Fred Troller. Detective Henry Pym.. First US. Hard Cover. Fairly Good/Fairly Good.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1928. Red cloth rather marked; spine faded, worn and split; label W.H.Smith library inside front cover; hinges weak; some pages a little marked. Romantic novel. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fairly Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library.

London: Robson Bks, 1978. Glazed pictorial boards. Some discolouring margin of front board.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by John Astrop. 5.5" x 8".

Plymouth: Western Morning News, 1954. Red card covers bit marked and creased; some water stains to pages, mostly lower margin. Illus. photographs local events. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Ward, Lock, 9999. Ward Lock Illustrated Guide Books. No date, appears 1940s. Eleventh edition. 168 pages plus adverts. "A pictorial & descriptive guide to Falmouth, The Lizard, Truro, St. Austell, Fowey, Looe, and South Cornwall, with a special section for motorists. Plan of Falmouth & five district maps, fifty illustrations." All maps and illustrations in excellent condition; slight foxing in some margins, spine faded, splodge of paint on lower corner spine/front board, otherwise in very good condition. Includes short note on the Cornish language, and King Charles's letter of thanks to the Cornish people.. Eleventh Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Cassell, 9999. Spine missing, boards worn, pages very brown and foxed. Reading copy. Red cloth, no date, cheap edition. "Being the history of the adventures of three Englishmen in Spain at the time of the Great Armada...by Rupert Hamstead, of...Barnet, in the county of Hertford". First chapter "The Coming of the Cornishman.". Reprint. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

Bodmin, Cornwall : Bossiney Books, 1980. Few small creases to covers, back cover bit marked. Card covers. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Frederick Warne, 9999. Green embossed cloth, 370 pages, 4 b/w plates. Endpapers foxed, hinges weak. No date or edition given, previous owner's name dated 1933, but book probably earlier. "Silas Kitto Hocking (24 March 1850 - 15 September 1935) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist preacher. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.". Not Known. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Alfred Johnson .

London: Frederick Warne, 1896. Red cloth gilt and embossed, rather worn; some foxing; a few pages loose, some corners creased. 439 pages + catalogue; 4 b/w plates by Lancelot Speed, also illustration in catalogue.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fairly Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Lancelot Speed .

Reading, UK: Bowley Publications, 1957. Illustrated from photographs by J. Gibson, St. Mary's. Ends of spine bumped. Original address of publication, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, is overstuck with Reading address.. Fourth Edition. Paper Covered Bds. Good Plus/No Jacket.