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Please offer any of the items listed below at any time.
Copies which are faulty, or need binding attention can sometimes be acceptable.
This is a selection of some of the works which I am looking for.
In some instances editions other than the ones noted could be of interest.
We have more than one client looking for many of these items.
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If there are any items which you are particularly looking for please let me know.



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  1. Allan (Robert) A MANUAL OF MINERALOGY 1834.

  2. Barton (D.B) A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON. 1st edition, Truro: 1961.

  3. Betham (William) BARONETAGE OF ENGLAND

  4. Bettey (J.H) RURAL LIFE IN WESSEX

  5. Borlase (W.C) DOLMENS OF IRELAND 1897.

  6. Catcott (A) A TREATISE ON THE DELUGE.....

  7. Collins (J.H) A HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, 1st edition, Truro and London: 1871.

  8. Davies (D.C) A TREATISE ON METALLIFEROUS MINERALS AND MINING. Fourth Edition. 1888.

  9. Davies (E.H) MACHINERY FOR METALLIFEROUS MINES 1894.

  10. Dawson (W), Conybeare (W.D) & Buckland (Mrs Mary) TEN PLATES COMPRISING A PLAN, SECTIONS AND VIEWS, 1840.

  11. Delderfield (E.R) WEST COUNTRY HISTORIC HOUSES AND THEIR FAMILIES. 1st edition 1968.

  12. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries VOLUME 16. Exeter: 1930 - 1931.

  13. Earle (Peter) MONMOUTH'S REBELS. 1977.

  14. Finberg (H.P.R) THE EARLY CHARTERS OF WESSEX. 1st edition, Leicester University Press: 1964.

  15. Finberg LUCERNA 1964.

  16. Fuller (Margaret) WEST COUNTRY FRIENDLY SOCIETY 1964.

  17. Glencross (R.M) Ed. CALENDAR OF WILLS, ADMINISTRATIONS AND ACCOUNTS 1929.

  18. Gough (J.W) THE SUPERLATIVE PRODIGALL. 1932.

  19. Gough (R) SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN 1786-96

  20. Greenhill (Basil) & Giffard (Ann) WESTCOUNTRYMEN IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLE 1967

  21. Harrison, Harrod & Co's POSTAL DIRECTORY AND GAZETTEER OF DEVONSHIRE AND CORNWALL 1862.

  22. Hartshorne (A) THE RECUMBENT MONUMENTAL EFFIGIES IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1876.

  23. Hewittt (H.J) THE BLACK PRINCE'S EXPEDITION OF 1355 - 1357. 1958.

  24. Hogg (I.V) COAST DEFENCES OF ENGLAND AND WALES 1856 - 1956. 1974.

  25. Hunt & Co's DIRECTORY & COURT GUIDE FOR THE CITIES OF BATH & WELLS AND THE TOWNS OF BRADFORD, CALNE, CHIPPENHAM.... 1848.

  26. Hunt & Co's DIRECTORY & TOPOGRAPHY FOR THE CITIES OF GLOUCESTER & BRISTOL, AND THE TOWNS OF ABERAYRON.... MONMOUTH.... NEWPORT.... USK &c. 1849.

  27. Hunt (Robert) BRITISH MINING. Any edition.

  28. L'Anson (A.B) ? THE HISTORY OF THE MARTYN FAMILY

  29. Maton (William George) OBSERVATIONS RELATIVE CHIEFLY TO THE NATURAL HISTORY, PICTURESQUE SCENERY & ANTIQUITIES OF THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF ENGLAND, Salisbury: 1797.

  30. Owen & Co's DIRECTORY OF BRISTOL & SOMERSET 1880.

  31. Phillimore COLLECTIONS RELATING TO THE FAMILY OF CLUTTERBUCK

  32. Pulman (George P.R) THE BOOK OF THE AXE; Reprinted, Bath: 1975.

  33. Smith (J.C.D) CHURCH WOOD CARVING A WEST COUNTRY STUDY

  34. Snell (Lawrence S) THE SUPPRESSION OF THE RELIGIOUS FOUNDATIONS OF DEVON AND CORNWALL. 1st edition, Marazion: 1967.

  35. Sowerby (Henry) POPULAR MINERALOGY; 1850.

  36. Spargo (Thomas) THE STATISTICS AND OBSERVATIONS UPON THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, Any early edition.

  37. Sturt A SMALL BOY IN THE SIXTIES

  38. Telford (Thomas) & Nicholls (Captain) SHIP CANAL, FOR THE JUNCTION OF THE ENGLISH AND BRISTOL CHANNELS, 1824.

  39. Temple (Nigel) JOHN NASH & THE VILLAGE PICTURESQUE Gloucester: 1979.

  40. Willett (M) THE STRANGERS GUIDE TO THE BANKS OF THE WYE,

  41. Witchell (M.E.N) & Hudleston (C.R) AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF CLUTTERBUCK

  42. Wright (W.H.K) Ed. THE WESTERN ANTIQUARY any vols especially:- Vols 9 - 12 inclusive 1890 - 1895.


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