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Please click on the headings above to view our main range of books. Online Catalogue : Books from Cornwall and South West
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| Causley at 70
Peterloo PoetsISBN 0905291891 This paperback was originally published to celebrate Charles Causley's 70th birthday. Contains original work from Charles Causley, plus numerous other contributors including poetry from Alan Brownjohn, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, Roger McGough and many others, plus prose from D.M.Thomas, Colin McInnes and more. There are uncollected autobiographical prose, manuscript worksheets, plus photographs and a selective bibliography.
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| Charles Causley
Charles Causley: Living in Launceston and now in his eighties, Charles Causley is still writing. Having received numerous awards for his contribution to poetry, including the Kurt Maschler Award for 'Jack the Treacle Eater', the Signal Poetry Award for 'Early in the Morning' as well as the Queens Gold Medal for poetry, and the CBE for his services to poetry.We stock all of his books that are still in print, plus a wide range of those which are out of print. A full list of titles is available upon request.
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| Kernow A Land Apart
This is the first all-Cornish book from Deborah King. Cornwall has inspired the art and text, and been the place where the book has been printed and published. Deborah King has had several books published, the most recent being The Flight of the Snow Goose and Bear's Dream both from Harper Collins. There is also a slip cased version available at £25.00. Both versions are signed by the author.
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| Kernow A Land Apart scv
Slip cased version, signed by the author. This is the first all-Cornish book from Deborah King. Cornwall has inspired the art and text, and been the place where the book has been printed and published. Deborah King has had several books published, the most recent being The Flight of the Snow Goose and Bear's Dream both from Harper Collins.
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| Cornish Dictionary
0907064795 xGeorge, Dr Ken Cornish Language Board, £14.99 Hard cover 318 pages 01/11/00 This is the most commonly used Cornish dictionary, published by the Cornish Language Board and designed to support their courses. Contains around 1000 new words for the 21st century.
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| English-Cornish Dictionary
19040904XWilliams, Nicholas Agan Tavas £28.00 Hard cover 484 pages July 2000 Limited edition only 300 printed. All books are hand numbered. Nicholas Williams is on of the foremost experts on the Cornish language, a Cornish Bard and a Lecturer at University College, Dublin.
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| A New Cornish Dictionary
191409031Morton-Nance, Robert Agan Tavas £11.95 Hard cover 424 pages 1990 An updated version of the two Morton-Nance dictionaries, the 1938 Cornish/English and the 1952 English/Cornish. This edition was first issued to mark the 40th anniversary of the death of Robert Morton-Nance.
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| The Saints of Cornwall: 1500 Years of Christian Landscape
1873951396 John, Catherine Rachel Tabb House £9.99 Trade Paperback 150 pages 06/09/01 This is a new and updated edition of a book that was last in print in the late 1980's.
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| Mark Gibbons's Dartmoor
1899383263Gibbons, Mark Bossiney Books £7.99 Hard Cover 48 pages 01/05/99 A book of reproductions of Mark Gibbons's paintings of Dartmoor, all the pictures have an OS reference and a written description of the area where the picture is set.
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| The South Devon Coast
1899383425Gibbons, Mark Bossiney £8.99 Hard Cover 44 pages 05/04/01 Art book , reproductions of Mark Gibbons paintings of the South Devon Coast, there are descriptions of the settings of the paintings.
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| There's One Away
18999896436XJames, Trevor Orchard Publications £3.95 Mass Market 60 pages 31/12/98 Book full of true stories about Dartmoor Prison the escapes and attempted escapes.
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| Cornwalls Lost Railways
1840331453Dale, Peter Stenlake Publishing £6.99 Trade Paperback 48 pages 10/04/01 Photographic record of the pre Beeching era on Cornwall's railways.
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| Old Launceston
1840331399Neale, John Stenlake Publishing £6.99 Trade Paperback 48 pages 10/04/01 Local interest book with 52 black and white photographs of old Launceston. Signed copies usually available.
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| Bodmin Moor's Archaeological Heritage
1898166641Herring, Peter & Roase, Peter Cornwall Archaeological Unit £5.00 76 pages 07/03/01 Small book giving an introduction to the landscape, history and extremely important archaeological remains of Bodmin Moor.
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| Marine Animals of the South West 2nd Edition
0952283131Naylor, Paul Sound Diving Publications £11.95 Paperback 144 pages 30/05/00 200 photographs from the sea around Dorset, Devon and Cornwall, lots of information about where and how to see the marine animals.
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| Launceston: Some Pages in History
1873443129Rendell, Joan Landfall Publications £9.99 Trade Paperback 94 pages 31/12/93 A local interest book with a lot of Launceston history supported by black and white photographs, from a local author of over 20 published books. Signed copies normally available.
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| Diversity & Vitality
189816679XLake, Jeremy., Cox, Jo. & Berry, Eric Cornwall Archaeological Unit £15.00 Trade Paperback 142 pages May 2001. A record of the Methodist and Nonconformist Chapels of Cornwall with detailed maps and photographs.
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| Around Launceston
0752407589Rendell, Joan Tempus Publishing £9.99 Trade paperback 128 pages Published in 1997 A pictorial history of Launceston nearly 200 old photographs, showing the town as it used to be. The author has over 20 published books. Signed copies normally available.
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| Morwellham's Child
0954062000Crosse, Tania Anne Garlandstone Press £7.95 Trade paperback 264 pages 18/07/01 The first published novel from this author, is a historical story based in Morwellham Quay ,Devon.
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| Tintagel & The Arthurian Myths
0951518399Broadhurst, Paul Pendragon Press £16.95 Trade paperback 204 pages 31/07/96 A look at the Arthurian legend, from a local author and well known specialist in myths and earth energies. Signed copies normally available.
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| Secret Shrines
0951518321Broadhurst, Paul Pendragon Press £22.00 Trade paperback 212 pages From one of Cornwall's specialist authors, this is the 3rd edition of Paul Broadhurst's comprehensive book on the 'Old Holy Wells of Cornwall'
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| The Dance of the Dragon
0951518356Broadhurst, Paul & Miller, Hamish with Shanley, Vivienne & Russell Ba Pendragon Press £16.95 Trade paperback 378 pages The authors spent over ten years researching this book, which traces earth energies and ley lines. across the South West of Britain and mainland Europe. A thoroughly comprehensive study that stimulates your brain cells.
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| Werrington Remembered
1898964459Rendell, Joan Orchard Publications £6.50 Trade paperback 54pages 26/07/01 Photographic history of small village in the Launceston area, the author has lived in the parish for a long time and writes from her own knowledge, one of her previous books was the parish of Werrington (1990). Over a period of years she has had over 20 books published, we can normally supply signed copies.
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| Penlee: The Loss of a Lifeboat
1850221286Sagar-Fenton, Michael Truran Trade paperback 88pages Revised edition 2000 Originally published by Bossiney Books in 1991, this is a new and revised edition of the book which relates the story of the loss, of the Penlee lifeboat on the night of 19th December 1981.
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| Cornish Privies
1853067067Bird, Sheila Countryside Books £7.95 Mass Market 96 pages 01/09/01 A history of 'Cornish Privies' , with photographs, some thing just a little different. But all in all an interesting subject.
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| The Age of the Saints
187853866Borlase, William Copeland Llanerch Publishers £9.50 Mass Market 208 pages 01/03/95 A facsimile reprint of the 1893 Joseph Pollard edition. This book has been faithfully copied from the original by a specialist publisher.
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| The Romance of the Stones
1899526668Payne Robin Alexander Associates £9.99 Trade paperback 260 pages 07/04/99 This book with has a wealth of information about Cornwall's prehistoric stone monuments, illustrated by Rosemarie Lewsey's drawings it is also available in a similar £45.00 hardback version.
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| A Royal Duchy
1874336393Burnett David The Dovecote Press £6.99 Hardback 160 pages 01/01/96 A coffee table style book, lavishly illustrated with nearly 200 colour photographs. The book shows the extent of the 'Duchy of Cornwall' with land and properties from Dorset to the Scilies.
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| The Great County Adit
187167851XBuckley J A Penhillick Publications £9.99 Mass Market 144 pages 01/09/00 The story of the Gwennap mine that was one of the largest of its kind, and a major Victorian engineering feat.
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| Castle- an - Dinas
1900147157Brooks Tony Cornish Hillside Publications £11.99 Mass Market 146 pages 23/03/01 An account of 'Cornwall's Premier Wolfram Mine' and short details of the other Tungsten Mines in Cornwall.
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| Behind the Canvas
1850221596Brittain Sarah & Cook Simon Truran Trade paperback 90 pages 23/08/01 This is a book featuring 40 artists living and working in Cornwall, each one has a short biography as well as photographs and interviews.
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