Fiction from Cornish Books

New York: Duell Sloan and Pearce, 1950. Cloth. Good+/Poor. Dale Nichols. ISigned by Author(s). Signed by Author(s) Jacket Colour illustration clipped and included. The Book is not signed but comes with a letter from the author, advising on researching the Apache, signed by Him "Elliott Arnold". Colour frontis illus of an Indian Chief. Title page has B&W Vignette… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Magnificent Biography is a detailed examination of the life and writing of George Eliot." 465 p.pages, 940g, 9 1/2" tall. No inscriptions except small penciled ref at top of half-title page. Jacket unclipped.

London and Basingstoke: MacMillan, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. ISigned by Author(s). Signed by Author(s) FLAT SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR " E. V. THOMPSON " on title page with no other inscriptions. Comes with a press cutting on the author. Exciting historical novel, Daniel Retallick, Cornish son of Josh and Miriam, set in Africa. 444 p.pages,… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Novel starting with a boy watching recruits in Machester during World war I. He's sent to Cornwall and later meets 2 women, one younger, one older than himself. 448 p.pages, 580g, 8 1/2" Tall. Gift inscription on ffep. No other inscriptions. Jacket has 2 closed tears on spine and a… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1952. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Crime thriller. A wealthy businessman, Silas Kane is murdered and 2 families are the suspects. Red cloth cover with dull gilt lettering to spine. 312 p.pages, 350g, 7 1/2" Tall. Slight edge wear. 4 small spots and little paches of fading on front cover where liquid must have splashed it… Read more about this item

London: Chatto and Windus, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A collection of short pieces. 419 p.pages, 730g, 9 1/2" tall. No inscriptions. Jacket unclipped.

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… Read more about this item

121 Charing Cross Road, London: The Thriller Book Club, 1951. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Exciting spy story. Red cloth cover with black lettering on spine. Hooded Thug vignette on title page. 256 Pages, 300g, 7 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Marginal tanning to paper. Jacket has a small piece missing at bottom of spine, some edge wear and several small,… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Novel about one man coming to terms with the mutable past. Top page edges black. 150 p.pages. 280g, 8 1/4" tall. No inscrfiptions. Jacket unclipped.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near Very Good. ISigned by Author(s). Signed by Author(s) Comes with a SIGNED letter from Norman Levine to Crime Author Jessica Mann and her husband Professor Charles Thomas, Cornish Author and Historian. Their illustrated Bookplate is on the endpaper. 9 Short stories including: A Sabbath Walk; The Playground; The Cocks… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1956. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Unusual story. Amid fears of Russia, the H Bomb and the reappearance of Hitler an Angel is shot down. Red cloth cover with dull gilt lettering on spine. 59 p.pages. 7 1/2" tall. Spine colour faded. no inscriptions.1/112=161252

London: Bantam Press, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Type: Book Novel about Russia in 1999. Right wing party leader, KGB, CIA, thrilling cocktail of political realism and suspense. 446 p.pages, 760g, 9 1/2" tall. No inscriptions. Paper slightly tanned. Jacket unclipped. Protected in removable clear plastic wrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Michael Joseph, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Epic novel set at time of the First World war. One of the greatest novels about a country at war. 589 p.pages, 850g, 8 3/4" tall. No inscriptions. Jacket unclipped.

Retailer-exclusive titles, 2006. Decorative Cloth. As New/As New. ISigned by Author(s). Signed by Author(s) Novel. Blue cloth with White illus of 2 men and a lamp post on spine, white lettering above. In original blue slipcase with white titl;e on one side and white author's name on other. Book as new in original shrinkwrap. 9" tall, 820g, This… Read more about this item

London: The Sylvan Press, 1945. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Biro. 20 Short Stories. Illustrated with B&W Woodcuts by Biro. Black cloth cover with Gilt design on front and gilt lettering on spine. 168 p.pages, 8 1/2" Tall. Edge wear. Hinges sound & text block firm. No inscriptions except a date stamp on the back.… Read more about this item

London: The Book Club. Cloth. Good+/Good. Delightful Regency Romance. Beautiful, witty, High spirited and Aristocratic Heroine with a younger and lovely Mother in Law! A jilted sharp tempered Marquis, a handsome, sensitive ex fiance from the Napoleonic Wars and other minor players make up a very amusing Romantic cats cradle between them! Red cloth cover with black lettering… Read more about this item

Mundanus Ltd ? Victor Gollancz Publisher, 1931. Original Wraps. Good+. Superb novel "painful excitement, danger and anxiety; of a passionate belief in spiritual realities; and of a sense of evil as actual and omnipresent as the sense of good". Yellow wraps. 288 p.pages, 7 1/4" tall. Spine tanned and creased. Very small crease to tip of top fore… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Novel set in Machester and Sussex. 288 p.pages, 8 1/2" Tall. Penciled inscription on ffep. No other inscriptions. Jacket Unclipped.

London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd ( an Alison Press Book ), 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4 other stories are: What Kind of Day Did You Have?; Zetland; a Silver Dish; Cousins. Brown cloth cover with Gilt Lettering on spine. 294 Pages, 530g, 8 3/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket. Unclipped. Protected in removable, clear plastic… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1950. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Hilarious Regency Romance which begins with a young Governess persuaded by Lord Carlyon to marry a dying man. Included are Napoleonic intrigue and a Wonderful character in "Bouncer" the dog. Orange cloth cover with red lettering to front & spine and GH monogram in bottom corner. 306 Pages, 280g, 7… Read more about this item