History from Cornish Books

London: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1951. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good+. Descriptions of places and events as seen through the eyes of Jonathan Swift, the Bronte girls, Milton's Family, Byron, D.H. Lawrence, Thomas Hardy, and more. Comes with an interesting press cutting review. Blue cloth cover gilt lettering on spine. 245 Pages, 440g, 8 3/4" Tall. No inscriptions… Read more about this item

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1909. Decorative Cloth. Good. Frontis illus. is a B&W portrait of the Author. Part 1, the Negro in Africs; Part 2, the Negro as a Slave. part 1 Includes "the African at home" and The West Coast background of the American Negro.". Part 2 includes: The first and last Slave Ship; the Negro's life… Read more about this item

London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, 1926. Cloth. Near Very Good. Includes Transportation, Education and the lives of the Rich, Middle Class, Servants and the poor. Well illustrated with 48 B&W Plates. Green cloth cover with Gilt lettering on front and spine. 258 p.pages + adverts. Initials on ffep dated 1926. No other inscriptions. Spine colour faded.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1955. Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket. Begins with the immediate expansion of England, over the borders of Cornwall and Wales. Next ioreland. Then the great Sea Voyages and the Colonies. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine and Gilt facsimilie signature of Elizabeth I on the front. Illustrated in B&W. 450 Pages, 870g, 9" Tall.… Read more about this item

Fontana Press (Harpercollins), 1985. Paperback. Near Very Good. Includes the birth of the Dutch Republic, Spanish Armada and repulse of the Ottoman Empire. 432 p.pages, 7 3/4" tall. Very slight edge wear. Spine has 1 crease and is a little faded. Text block firm. No inscriptions.

The Folio Society, 2001. Hardcover. Fine. Papercovered boards with large Colour pastedown illus of Ladies weaving on front. Bright gilt lettering on spine. in Red slipcase. 9" tall, 640g. No inscriptions. A few very faint specks of browning on page edges.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1995. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. Life of the working classes, life in rural districts and during the industrial revolution. 2 boioks. 418 p.pages and 203 p.pages. 8 1/2" tall, 740g. Very slight edge wear. No inscriptions. Spines uncreased. Books seem unread.

Gramercy Books, 1994. First Edition. Quarter Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Accounts by Eyewitneses and the Gunfighters themselves." Includes: Billy the Kid, Wild Bill Hickock, John Wesley Hardin and Kid Curry. Illustrated with many B&W p[hotos etc. 312 p.pages, 1.2 kilos, 11" tall. No inscriptions. Jacket protected in clear plastic wrapper. Weight, 1.2 kilos so shipping Outside… Read more about this item

London: Folio Society, 2003. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. Introduced by Shirley Leckie. Well illustrated history with Colour reproductions and sepia photographs. Green cloth cover with Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Coplour pastedown of a Native American Indian Chief on front. 489 p.pages, 1.5 kilos, 10" tall. In Green slipcase. No inscriptions. Small scrapes to side of slipcase… Read more about this item

Chambers, 1993. Soft cover. Very Good. Text arranged in Double Columns. 1008 p.pages, 1.4 kilos, 9 3/4" tall. No inscriptions. Very slifht edge wear. Weight, 1.4 kilos so shipping Outside UK will be extra.

London: Oxford University Press, 1964. Cloth. Very Good/Good+. Edited and with a Preface by Simon Nowell-Smith. 15 Essays by qualified Authors, including: The King; Political Scene; Economy; Domestic Life; Science; Reading; Architecture; Theatre; Sport; Navy; Army; Childhood. Red cloth cover with Gilt lettering on green ground to spine. XXV / 25 preliminary pages, main text 610 pages. 9… Read more about this item

W&N, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good +. Very well illustrated History with many Monochrome Photos and B&W and Colour reproductions. 444 p.pages, 1.6 kilos, 11" tall. No inscriptions except penciled price. Very slight edge wear. Spine uncreased. Weight, 1.6 kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be extra.

Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1981. Cloth. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. Includes the CalusTribe of the Southwest Florida coast, the Tocobagas of Tampa Bay region, the Timucuans of northern Florida and Southeastern Georgia, the Guale of the Georgia coast and the Seminoles migration into Florida, 217 p.pages, 9 1/4" tall. No inscriptions. Bottom fore core of front… Read more about this item

Little, Brown and Company, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Beguiling account of a turbulent and frequently misunderstood period. " Illustrated with B&W photos. 520 p.pages, 1 kilo, 9 1/2" tall. Penciled inscription on back of ffep. No other inscriptions. Slight edge wear to jacket. Weighs over 1 kilo packed so shipping Outside UK will be a… Read more about this item

The Folio Society, 1999. Hardcover. Fine. Papercovered boards with large Colour pastedown illus of Ladies weaving on front. Bright gilt lettering on spine. in Red slipcase. 9" tall, 640g. No inscriptions. A few very faint specks of browning on top page edges.

Barnes & Noble, 1995. Quarter Cloth. Near Fine/Near Very Good. Action packed rip=roaring compendium of facts. over 2,500 Entries. 570 p.pages, 960g, 9 1/4" Tall. No inscriptions except penciled price on ffep. Very small closed tear to jacket at top of spine ( 1/4" long ) repaired from inside with clear tape. Weighs just over 1 kilo packed… Read more about this item

London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2001. Soft cover. Near Fine. Unlocking the Secrets of past Civilizations". 304 p.pages, 1.4 Kilos, 10 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Shipping Outside UK will be extra.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1969. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Comprehensive account of the History and Culture of India from the early civilization of the Indus Valley, covering all aspects of Indian Life. Illustrated with 200 illustrations in Half-tone (B&W photos) and Colour (Frontis), with Line Illustrations and Maps. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Endpapers illustrated with… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1997. Soft cover. Good+. Text arranged in Double Columns with Siubject Words in Bold trype. 1044 p.pages, 1850g, 10" Tall. Some creases to cover and small closed tear at top left corner of spine (1/2" long). No inscriptions.

Macmillan Education, 1993. Soft cover. Good+. Second edition. 349 p.pages + index. 9 3/4" tall. Several small corner creases to cover. Penciled number and price on half-title page. No other inscriptions.