privately published cornwall (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published in 2014 this book is the result of 35 years of study of West Country apples, particularly those of Cornwall and West Devon. Detailing one hundred and seventy varieties with a wide range of flavours and uses, all are disease-resistant in the moist climate of the South West. A natural gene-pool so valuable that it should be part of the continuing evolution of the Apple at this time of increasing climatic extremes. Profusely illustrated with the authors' own photographs. 128 p. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Cover photograph by L. Sedgwick (illustrator). Stapled booklet of texts and verses on gravestones in the churchyard.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Fine. First Edition, Frst Printing. Paperback. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, PHIL HADLEY, without dedication of title-page. Inscription reads, 'All the best/Phil Hadley'. 267pp. Illustrated with a map of Cornwall. Major Isaac Trevennel is back in Cornwall to test out the defences of some of Cornwall's strategic installations when he discovers all is not as it should be. In the spring of 1941, when fear of invasion is again on the rise, there is sabotage in the dockyard, lights on the hill above the aerodrome and a stranger n the village that is home to a top secret listening post of the Radio Security Service. A fine copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, PHIL HADLEY. Signed By Author, Phil Hadley.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Margaret Merry (illustrator). First Edition. Fine. First edition. Paperback. 60pp. SIGNED BY MARGARET MERRY, without dedication or inscription on verso of front cover. Profusely illustrated with the watercolours of Cornish artist Margaret Merry; including five paintings of Heligan. With text about the gardens of Cornwall. A fine copy of a SCARCE first edition SIGNED BY MARGARET MERRY. Signed by Author.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. VOlume 1 only [of 2] 64pp, illustrated, paperback ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Book - fine. Hardback - picture boards. Weight exceeds standard 1.0 kg rate - extra postage may be required for some overseas destinations.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Limited Edition. Wraps. Signed presentation copy: "Constance Andrews from Ian Kelway. 28.3.44" Limited Edition of 200 signed copies. Slim 8vo.pp.34. Original publisher's stapled wraps in Brown, with a title label on the front cover. Library copy: perforated circular stamp of Penzance library Front and rear pages. Library copy. Near very good. Very slight wear & slight marking of covers. Signedes.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Booklet. Dimensions 150mm x 95mm. pp.12. Limited Edition of 250 copies, this being No.673. Original publisher's wraps in glossy ivory, lettered Black with a small illustration on the front cover 'wallpaper preferred by Marinettes.' Original photocopied and hand coloured illustrations and tipped in. Very good indeed.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Dimensions 150mm x 95mm.pp.12. Signed by the author on the front cover in pencil. Limited Edition of 250 copies, this being No.673. Original publisher's wraps in glossy ivory, lettered Black with a small illustration on the front cover 'wallpaper preferred by Marinettes.' Original photocopied and hand coloured illustrations and tipped in. Very good indeed. Signedes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Slim 8vo.pp. 103. Recipes and anecdotes. Original publisher's cloth binding in dark navy blue, lettered gilt. Black and white illustrations by David Westby, with a frontispiece of a man out hunting with his dog "Luigi began to take speculative walks in the forest, gringo always at his sideÉ" loosely inserted address slip for the cookery school in Tuscany and Summerhill Studio, Falmouth, Cornwall, with a shorthand written note signed Leo & David. Very good. Very slight wear and slight marking of covers. Signedes.