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Old Cornwall Library

Antiquities

Ancient and Holy Wells of Cornwall

  By M. & L. Quillar Couch

   Published 1894  

Ancient Crosses & Other Antiquities in the East of Cornwall 

  By J.T. Blight

  Published  1858

Ancient Crosses & Other Antiquities in the West of Cornwall 

  By J.T. Blight

  Published  1858

Old Cornwall Crosses

  By Arthur G. Langdon

  Published  1896

Specimens of Ancient Cornish Crosses and Fonts

  By F.C.H.

  Published 1850

Churches of West Cornwall with notes of Antiquities of the District

  By J. T. Blight

  Published  1865

 

 

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Biography

Biographical Sketches in Cornwall Vol. One 

 by The Rev. R Polwhele  

 Published 1831

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Biographical Sketches in Cornwall Vol. Two 

 by The Rev. R Polwhele  

 Published 1831

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Biographical Sketches in Cornwall Vol. Three 

 by The Rev. R Polwhele  

 Published 1831

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Traditions and recollections; domestic, clerical and literary  Vol. one By Richard Polwhele  Published 1826
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Traditions and recollections; domestic, clerical and literary  Vol. two By Richard Polwhele  Published 1826
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The life of George Grenfell, Congo missionary and explorer By George Hawker Published 1909

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Cornish Worthie s Vol. One 

 by Walter H. Tregellas

 Published 1884

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Cornish Worthie s Vol. Two 

 by Walter H. Tregellas

 Published 1884

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The Life of Viscount Exmouth ( Edward Pellew) 

 by Edward Osler

 Published 1835

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A Narative on the Expedition to Algiers in the year 1816. Under the command of The Right Honorable Admiral Lord Viscount  Exmouth

  By Mr. A. Salame

 Published 1819

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Life of Richard Trevithick Vol. One  with an account of his inventions.

  by Francis Trevithick C.E.

  Published 1872

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Life of Richard Trevithick Vol. Two  with an account of his inventions.

  by Francis Trevithick C.E.

  Published 1872

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Life of Lord Courtney  by C.P. Gooch  Published 1920

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Men of Invention and Industry includes a chapter on Murdock

  by Samuel Smiles

  Published 1885

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Lives of the Engineers Vol 1.  Mentions Trevithick, Davy & Murdoch

by Samuel Smiles

  Published 1879

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Lives of Boulton and Watt: Principally from the Original Soho Mss ...lots about their time in Cornwall.

 by Samuel Smiles

  Published 1865

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Memorials Literary and Religious 

  by Thomas Garland

 Published 1868

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The Life of Sir Humphry Davy

 by John A. Paris

 Published 1831

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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart

 by His Brother John Davy M.D.

 Published 1836

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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart Vol. One

 by His Brother John Davy M.D.

 Published 1839

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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart Vol. Two

 by His Brother John Davy M.D.

 Published 1836

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Trelawny Papers

  Edited by William D. Cooper F.S.A.

  Published 1853

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The Lives of the Seven Bishops Committed to the Tower in 1688

  By Agnes Strickland

  Published 1866

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Edward Octavious Trevellas , Civil Engineer and Minister of the Gospel

  by Sarah E. Fox

 Published 1842

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The Life and Extrodinary Life of Sir William Courtney

 by Canterburiensis

 Published 1838

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Lives of Vice Admiral Sir Charles Vinicombe Penrose K.G.B. and Captain James Trevenen

  By Rev. John Penrose

  Published 1850

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The Adventures of Thomas Pellow. of Penryn, Mariner.

   Autobiography 

  Published 1840

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Memories of Mr. John Edward  Trezise of St Just in Penwith.

  By Richard Treffrey Jnr.

  Published 1837

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Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall

  By R.S. Hawker

  Published 1903

The Life and Letters of R.S. Hawker

  By C.E. Byles

  Published 1905

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Memorials of the Rev. Robert Stephen Hawker M.A. 

  By Rev. F.G. Lee D.C.I,

  Published 1876

The Vicar of Morwenstow, A Life of  R.S. Hawker M.A.

  By S. Baring Gould M.A.

  Published 1876

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Shelburne Essays

  By Paul Elmer More

  Published 1907

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Prisoners of War in France 1804 - 1814

  By John Tregarthen Short & Thomas Williams, of St Ives, Cornwall

 Published 1914

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The Autobiography of a Cornish Smuggler - Captain Henry Carter of Prussia Cove - 1749- 1809

  Autobiography

  Published 1900

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John Knill 1733 - 1811

  J.J.R.  of Penrose.

  Published 1871

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A History of the Rev. Hugh Peters M.A. Principal Chaplain to the Lord Protector 1640 - 1660

 By Rev. Samuel Peters M.A.

  Published 1807

 

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Bibliography

Bibliotheca Cornubiensis Vol. One, A-O  

  By George Clement Boase & William Prideaux Courtney   

Published 1874

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Bibliotheca Cornubiensis Vol. Two P-Z  

  By George Clement Boase & William Prideaux Courtney   

Published  1878

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Bibliotheca Cornubiensis Vol. Three  Comprising a supplementary list of authors, Lists of Acts of Parliament and Civil War Tracts &c an Index of the Contents of all three volumes.

  By George Clement Boase & William Prideaux Courtney   

Published  1878

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A Catologue of the Books of the Penzance Public Library (Morrab Gardens) With an index of Titles and Subjects

  Edited by John Kinsman

 Published 1874

 

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Church History

County Churches "Cornwall 

 by J.Charles Cox L.L.D. F.S.A.

  Published 1912

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The Celtic Christianity of Cornwall

  by Thomas Taylor M.A. F.S.A.

  Published 1916

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The History of Glasney Collegiate Church

  by Thurston C. Peters

  Published 1903

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Churches of West Cornwall

  by J.T. Blight

  Published 1885

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Caradoc, or the Church in the Sands

  by Sampson Waters

  Published 1908

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The Bishopric of Truro, 1877 - 1902

  by Rev. Aug. B. Donaldson M.A.

  Published 1902

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Home Reunion, two papers read at the diocesan Conference held at Truro 

  by Rt. Hon. Earl Nelson & Rev. Paul Bush

  Published 1881

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Mother Charlotte, (Mrs Broadley of Carnmenellis)

  by Louisa Herbert

  Published 1882

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The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall  Vol. one

  by John Whitaker B.D.

  Published 1804

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The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall  Vol. two

  by John Whitaker B.D.

  Published 1804

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The Anglo Saxon Episcopate of Cornwall

  by E H Pedler

  Published 1856

A Collection of Sufferings of People Called Quakers

  by  Joseph Besse

  Published 1753

Historical Sketch of the Parish of St Neot, Cornwall

  by William A. Axworthy

  Published 1906

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The Cornish See and Cathedral, Historical & Architechtural Notes

  by 

   Published 

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Sermons preached in the Parish Church of St Feock, Cornwall  by the late William Hitchens B.A.

  

   Published 1851

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The Story of Stratton Church

  by Frederick James Bone M.A.

  Published 1919

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Perranzabuloe, The lost church found

  by Charles Trelawny Collins - Trelawny

  Published 1846

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Receipts & Expenses in the building of Bodmin Church

  by Rev. John James Wilkinson M.A.

  Published 1874

 

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History

A Compendium of the History of Cornwall 

  by Rev. J. J. Daniel

Published 1880

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An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall  Vol. 2

  by W. Penaluna

Published 1838

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The Parochial History of Cornwall Vol. 1

  by Hal / Tonkin / Davies

Published 1838

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The Parochial History of Cornwall Vol. 2.

  by Hal / Tonkin / Davies

Published 1838

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The Parochial History of Cornwall Vol. 3.

  by Hal / Tonkin / Davies

Published 1838

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The Parochial History of Cornwall Vol. 4.

  by Hal / Tonkin / Davies

Published 1838

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The Victoria History of the County of Cornwall Vol. 1.

Edited by William Page

Published 1906

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Historical Records of the 32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry now the 1st Battalion the Duke of Cornwall's L.I. from the formation of the Regiment 1702 down to 1892  

Compiled and Edited by Colonel G. C. Swiney

Published 1893

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A Report on the case of the Borough of West Looe

by H.A. Merewether

Published 1823

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Official History of the Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board

by H.M. Stiles

Published 1919

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Half a century of Penzance (1825-1875)  by Louise Courtney & John S. Courtney Published 1878
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A guide to Penzance and its neighbourhood, including the islands of Scilly ... by J. S. Courtney Published 1845
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The Fabulous History of the Ancient Kingdom of Cornwall

 by Thomas Hogg

Published 1827

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Pendennis and St. Mawes: An Historical Sketch of Two Cornish Castles

by S. Pasfield Oliver

Published 1875

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The Gael and Cymbri : or, An inquiry into the origin and history of the Irish Scoti, Britons, and Gauls, and of the Caledonians, Picts, Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons

by Sir William Betham

Published 1834

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The Survey of Cornwall, And, An Epistle Concerning the Excellencies of the English Tongue

by Richard Carew

Published 1769

 

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Social History

A Glossary of Cornish Names

  by Rev. John Bannister LL.D

  Published 1871

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The Blizzard in the West 1891

 by Various

  Published 1891

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The Western Antiquary 1884/ 1885

  Edited by W.H.K. Wright

  Published 1885

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A plain statement of the bullion question in a letter to a friend

 By Davies Gilbert

 Published 1811

 

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Cornish Language

Archaeologia Cornu-British: An essay to preserve the ancient Cornish Language  William Pryce M.D.   Published 1740
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The preverbal particle Re in Cornish

 J.P. Williams

  Published 1908

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Gwreans an Bys =: a Cornish mystery

William Jordon

  Published 1864

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A handbook of the Cornish language : chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history Henry Jenner   Published 1904
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Mount Calvary; or, The history of the passion, death, and resurrection, of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, written in Cornish (as it may be conjectured) some centuries past;

Davies Gilbert FRS. FSA.

  Published 1826

 

 

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Cornish Names

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica, Or, The Etymology of Cornish Surnames  By R.S. Charnock   Published 1870
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A glossary of Cornish names

 By John Barrister

  Published 1869

 

 

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Cornish Dialect

Specimens of Cornish provincial dialect

 by Jan Trenoodle 

Published 1846

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The ancient language and the dialect of Cornwall : with an enlarged glossary of Cornish provincial words : also an appendix, containing a list of writers on Cornish dialect, and additional information about Dolly Pentreath, the last known person who spoke the ancient Cornish as her mother tongue

 by Fred W.P. Jago

Published 1882

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Glossary of words in use in Cornwall

by M.A. Courtney & Thomas Q Couch

Published 1880

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Randigal rhymes, and a glossary of Cornish words

by Joseph Thomas

Published 1895

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Tales and sayings of Wiliam Robert Hicks of Bodmin

by W.F. Collier

Published 1903

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The wizard of West Penwith, a tale of the Land's-End;

by W.B.Forfar

Published 1871

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Cornish tales in prose and verse

by I T Tregellas

Published 1868

 

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Folklore & Legends

Legend Land. Vol. 1 

George Basil Barnum  Talking Book

 Published 2007

Cornish characters and strange events

S. Baring Gould

 Published 1909

Cornish Saints & Sinners

J. Henry Harris

 Published 1915

Traditions and hearthside stories of West Cornwall

William Bottrell

 Published 1873

Popular romances of the west of England; or, The drolls, traditions, and superstitions of old Cornwall;

Robert Hunt FRS

 Published 1908

North Cornwall fairies and legends

Enys Tregarthan

 Published 1906

The Piskey-purse : legends and tales of North Cornwall

Enys Tregarthan

 Published 1905

The Age of the Saints: A Monograph of Early Christianity in Cornwall, with the Legends of the ...

William C. Borlase

 Published 1893

King Arthur in Cornwall

William Howship

 Published 1900

The lost land of King Arthur

John C. Walters

 Published 1909

 

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Mining

The Laws of the Stannaries of Cornwall: To which are Added the Several Acts of Parliament ...  Tregonning  Published 1808 
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Substance of a Report on the Laws and Jurisdiction of the Stannaries in Cornwall

By Sir George Harrison

Published 1835

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Observations on the rich parts of the lodes of Cornwall, 

 Prof. L. Moissenet

Published 1877

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A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon: With Instructions for Their Discrimination ...

 J.H. Collins FRS

 Published 1871

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Observations on the tin trade of the ancients in Cornwall, and on the 'Ictis' of Diodorus Siculus

 Christopher Hawkins

  Published 1811

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Interviews with Mining Engineers Thomas A. Rickard  Published 1922
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Manual of mining tools, illustrated by an atlas William Morgans  Published 1871
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Mining Camps ; a study of American Frontier Government Charles E Shinn  Published 1885
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The Land Laws Sir Frederick Pollock  Published 1883 / 87 / 96
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A Sketch of the Geology of Cornwall: Including a Brief Description of the Mining Districts and ... B. Symonds  Published 1884
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Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales H.M.S.O.  Published 1846
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The Geology of Falmouth and Truro and of the Mining District of Camborne and Redruth J.B. Hill  Published 1906
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Observations on the Detrital Tin-ore of Cornwall W.J. Henwood  Published 1873
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Cornwall: its mines and miners J.R. Liefchild  Published 1855
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The Shirley letters from California mines in 1851-52; being a series of twenty-three letters from Dame Shirley (Mrs. Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) to her sister in Massachusetts, and now reprinted from the Pioneer magazine of 1854-55; with synopses of the letters, a foreword, and many typographical and other corrections and emendations Dame Shirley  Published 1922
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The recent geology of Cornwall William A E Ussher  Published 1879
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West Barbary', or Notes on the system of work and wages in the Cornish mines L.L. Price  Published 1891
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Travel and Description

The Cornwall Coast

  Arthur L Salmon

 Published 1910

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Cornwall and its Coast

  Alphonse Esquiros

 Published 1865

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Nooks & Corners of Cornwall

  C.A. Dawson Scott

 Published 19--?

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An unsentimental journey through Cornwall;

  D.M.M. Craik

 Published 1884

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Excursions in the county of Cornwall : comprising a concise historical and topographical delineation of the principal towns and villages, together with descriptions of the residences of the nobility and gentry, remains of antiquity, and every other interesting object of curiosity : forming a complete guide for the traveller and tourist : illustrated with fifty engravings, including a map of the county

  F.W.L. Stockdale

 Published 1824

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The Cornish Coast, south, and The Isles of Scilly

Charles G Harper

Published 1910

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A Handbook for Travellers in Cornwall

John Murray

Published 1882

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An illustrated itinerary of the county of Cornwall

Cyrus Redding

Published 1842

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The Land's End : a naturalist's impressions in West Cornwall

William Hudson

Published 1908

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A tour through Cornwall, in the autumn of 1808.

Richard Warner

Published 1809

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Rambles beyond railways, or, Notes in Cornwall taken a-foot

Wilkie Collins 

Published 1852

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Rambles in Western Cornwall by the footsteps of the giants; with notes on the Celtic remains of the Land's End District and the Islands of Scilly

J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps

Published 1861

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Cornwall

Arthur L. Salmon

Published 1950

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Cornwall

S. Baring-Gould

Published 1910

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Cornwall

Mitton, G. E.

Published 1915

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Tourist's guide to Cornwall and the Scilly Isles: containing succinct information concerning all principal places and objects of interest in the county

Walter H. Tregellas

Published 1878

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A guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End; comprehending the topography, botany, agriculture, fisheries, antiquities, mining, mineralogy and geology of western Cornwall

Paris, John Ayrton

Published 1828

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A west country pilgrimage

Phillpotts, Eden

Published 1920

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Cornwall

Beach, Lewis

Publish 1873

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Cornwall's wonderland

Quiller-Couch, Mabel

Published 1914

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Days in Cornwall

C. Lewis Hind

Published 1907

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A book of Cornwall

S. Baring-Gould

Published 1906

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Highways and byways in Devon and Cornwall

Arthur H. Norway

Published 1900

 

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History of Parishes

The story of an ancient parish, Breage with Germoe, with some account of its armigers, worthies and unworthies, smugglers and wreckers, its traditions and superstitions

  H.R. Coulthard

 Published 1913

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A history of the parishes of St. Ives, Lelant, Towednack and Zennor : in the county of Cornwall

J. H. Mathews 

 Published 1892

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Notes on the Parish of Mylor, Cornwall

Hugh P. Olivet

 Published 1907

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The registers of the parish of St. Columb Major, Cornwall, from the year 1539 to 1780

Arthur A. Jewers

 Published 1881

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The first book of the parish registers of Madron in Cornwall,

George B Millett

 Published 1887

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Parochial and family history of the parish and borough of Bodmin, in the county of Cornwall

Sir John Mclean

 Published 1870

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William A. Axworthy 

 Published 1906

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Parochial accounts, seventeenth century, St. Neot's, Cornwall

J.H. Lefroy

 Published 1891?

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Mullyon: its history, scenery and antiquities; narratives of shipwrecks on its coast; its agriculture, fisheries, and mining; tales of the days of wrecking and smuggling; longevity of its inhabitants; names of places, their true Cornish renderings and significations, &c. .. Edmond George Harvey  Published 1875
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A Cornish parish: being an account of St. Austell, town, church, district and people Joseph Hammond  Published 1897
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The Cornwall Register : containing collections relative to the past and present state of the 209 parishes, forming the county, archdeaconry, parliamentary divisions and poor law unions of Cornwall, to which is added, A brief view of the adjoining towns and parishes in Devon, from Hartland to Plymouth John Wallis   Published 1847
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Old Falmouth Susan E Gay  Published 1903
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Launceston, past and present; a historical and descriptive sketch Sir Alfred Robbins  Published 1888
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An itinerary of Launceston, Cornwall : containing some account of its antiquities, compiled from various sources, with a glance at its prospects and commercial advantages, as connected with the opening of the railway   Gibbons  Published 1865
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The History of Mount's Bay, comprising Saint Michael's Mount, Marazion, Penzance, Newlyn, Mousehole, &c, &c  J. Thomas  Published 1820
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Parochial and family history of the parish of Blisland   J.M.   Published 1867
The Parochial and Family History of the Parishes of Forrabury and Minister  Sir John Mclean  Published 1873
Parochial and family history of the parishes of St. Teath and Temple, in the county of Cornwall  Sir John Mclean  Published 1876
The ancient borough of Helston; a short history and survey  Spencer H. Toy  Published 1912
Walks about St. Hilary, chiefly among the poor Pascoe, Charlotte Champion; Rogers, Charlotte; Rogers, Mary  Published 1879
The parish registers of Redruth in Cornwall, 1560-1716 Hoblyn & Taylor  Published 1894

 

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Fiction

Deep down; a tale of the Cornish mines R. M. Ballantyne Published 1883
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The Gaverocks; a tale of the Cornish coast Volume one S. Baring-Gould Published 1887
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The Gaverocks; a tale of the Cornish coast Volume Two S. Baring-Gould Published 1887
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The Gaverocks; a tale of the Cornish coast Volume Three S. Baring-Gould Published 1887
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Tregeagle's head : a romance of the Cornish cliffs  Silas K. Hocking Published 1890
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Ande Trembath : a tale of Old Cornwall England S. K. Mathew Published 1905
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The watchers on the Longships James F Cobb Published 1905
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Trelawny of Trelawne: A Romance of the West Anna Eliza Bray Published 
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Tamsin Rosewarne and her burdens  Nellie Cornwall Published 1892
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Menhardoc George Manville Fenn Published ?
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The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen William Strang Published 1895
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Roger Trewinion by Joseph Hocking Published ?
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The wizard of West Penwith, a tale of the Land's-End; William B. Forfar Published 1871
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Pendower: A STORY OF CORNWALL IN THE TIME OF HENRY THE EIGHTH. M. Filleul Published 1877
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Tregarthen Hall: a novel. Volume 1  James Garland Published 1871
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Tregarthen Hall: a novel. Volume 2  James Garland Published 1871
Tregarthen Hall: a novel. Volume 3  James Garland Published 1871
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Follow the Gleam: A Tale of the Time of Oliver Cromwell  Joseph Hocking Published 1903
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Our Little Town and Other Cornish Tales and Fancies  Charles Lee Published 1912
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 A Cornish harbour; a story of old Newquay  James Payn Published 1916
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In the roar of the sea; a tale of the Cornish coast  S. Baring-Gould Published 1892
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Kynance cove, or, The cornish smugglers : a tale of the last century William B. Forfar Published 1865
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Stratton hill : a tale of the civil wars Volume one John Carne Published 1829
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Stratton hill : a tale of the civil wars Volume two John Carne Published 1829
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Stratton hill : a tale of the civil wars Volume three John Carne Published 1829
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St. Knighton's keive: A Cornish Tale. With a Postscript and Glossary Francis Talbot O' Donoghue Published 1864
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St. Ives Robert Louis Stevenson Published 1812

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Cornish Explorers and World Travellers

Adventures of a Younger Son

  Edward John Trelawny

 Published 1840

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Trelawny papers

 James P. Baxter

Published 1884

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Notes and observations on the Ionian Islands and Malta; with some remarks on Constantinople and Turkey, and on the system of quarantine as at present conducted

 John Davy

Published 1892

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The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man Volume 1

 Robert Paltock

Published 1853

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The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man Volume 2

 Robert Paltock

Published 1853

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Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger volume 1 Richard and John Lander Published 1832
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Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger volume 2 Richard and John Lander Published 1832
Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger volume 3 Richard and John Lander Published 1832.
Captain Bligh's second voyage to the South Sea  Ida Lee Published 1920
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A narrative of the mutiny on board his majesty's ship Bounty: And the Subsequent Voyage  William Bligh Published 1838
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The story of Australasia: New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, New Zealand  G. P. Tregarthan Published 1893

 

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Poetry & Prose

A Budget of Cornish Poems  Various Published c 1890

Poems of Cornwall

Edited by W. H. Thomas

Published 1892

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.St. Michael's mount in Cornwall, a poem

By Thomas Hogg

Published 1811 

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.Echoes from Old Cornwall By Robert Stephen Hawker Published 1846
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Cornwall, the English Riviera; a poem By P. J. Kislingbury Published 1911
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.Sibyl of Cornwall ... and other poems By Nicholas Michell Published 1869
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The Voyage of Arundel and Other Rhymes from Cornwall

By Henry S. Stokes

Published 1884

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Warlike ode to faithful Cornwall [signed R.P.]. By Richard Polwhele Published 1803
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The West country garland: selected from the writings of the poets of Devon and Cornwall, from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, with folk songs and traditional verses By R. N. Worth Published 1875
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Jason of the golden fleece, a Cornish idyl of today ; a three volume novel in verse By Manners Stephenson Published 1895
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The inspiration of song, and other poems

By Annie E. Argall

Published 1894

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The ballad of the Royal Ann

By Crosbie Garstin

Published 1922

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The fair Isabel of Cotehele, : a Cornish romance, in six cantos. By Richard Polwhele Published 1815
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Original Cornish ballads [by M. Gervis] chiefly founded on stories told by mr. Tregellas. To By Marrianne Gervis Published 1846
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Reeds shaken with the wind [poems]. The second cluster, by the vicar of Morwenstow [R.S. Hawker]. By Robert Stephen Hawker Published 1844
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Poems By Alfred Capel Shaw Published 1874

 

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Drama

The old Cornish drama : with illustrations from ancient Cornish sacred poems and miracle plays of other lands : a lecture By Peter Thurston Collins Published 1906
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The ancient Cornish drama Vol. one By Edwin Norris Published 1859
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The ancient Cornish drama Vol. two By Edwin Norris Published 1859
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Gwreans an bys : the Creation of the World, a Cornish mystery By Whitley Stokes Published 1864
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Beunans Meriasek. The life of Saint Meriasek, bishop and confessor. A Cornish drama By Whitley Stokes Published 1872
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The wreckers = Les naufrageurs : Cornish drama in 3 acts By Ethel Smythe Published 1909
Dorset Cornwall - Records of Early English Drama By Various Published 1999

 

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Natrural History

A Cornish Fauna: Being a Compendium of the Natural History of the County  By Richard Quiller Couch Published 1878
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A supplement to F. Hamilton Davey's Flora of Cornwall  By Edgur Thurston & others Published 1922
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Wild life at the Land's End : observations of the habits and haunts of the fox, badger, otter, seal, hare, and of their pursuers in Cornwall  By J.C. Tregarthen Published 1904
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The story of a hare  By J.C. Tregarthen Published 1912
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The life story of an otter  By J.C. Tregarthen Published 1909
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The blizzard in the West : being a record and story of the disastrous storm which raged throughout Devon and Cornwall, and West Somerset, on the night of March 9th, 1891  By ? Published 1891
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The crustacea of Devon and Cornwall  By Alfred Merle Norman & Thomas Scott Published 1906
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A Botanical Tour Through Various Parts of the Counties of Devon and Cornwall  By John Pikes Jones Published 1820
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The Christian naturalist By Rev. Edward Budge B.A. Published 1838

 

 

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Society Reports and Journals

Royal Geological Society of Cornwall

Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall Volume I 1814-1818

Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall Volume V 1843

Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall Volume VIII Part two 1871

Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall Volume IX Part one 1875

Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall Volume X 1878-1887

Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall Volume XI 1895

Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 28th Annual Report 1841

Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society

Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society 1861

Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society 1911-1913

Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society 1917-1921

Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall

Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall No. XVI October 1874

Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall Vol. 6 1878-1881

Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall Vol. 7 1881-1883

Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall Vol 9 1886 1889

Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall Vol. X 1890 1891 

Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall Vol. XI 1891-1892

Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall Vol. XII 1893-4-5

 

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Scilly Isles

Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Islands of Scilly: And Their Importance to ... By William Borlase Published 1756
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A view of the present state of the Scilly islands By Rev. George Woodley Published 1822
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Scilly and Its Legends By Henry John Whitfield Published 1852
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Scilly and the Scillonians

  By J. G. Uren Published 1904
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The Cornish Coast, south, and The Isles of Scilly By C. G. Harper Published 1910
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The Isles of Scilly Their Story, Their Folk and Their Flowers

By I.W. North M.A. Chaplain

Published 1919
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A Week in the Isles of Scilly

By I.W. North M.A. Chaplain

Published 1850

A week in the Isles of Scilly

Revised and rewritten by Leonard H. Courtney (1867)

Published 1867
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A guide to Penzance and its neighbourhood, including the islands of Scilly ... By J.S. Courtney Published 1845
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The geology of the Isles of Scilly By George Barrow Published 1906
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The Shipwreck of Sir Cloudesley Shovell on the Scilly Islands, in 1707 By James H Cooke Published 1883
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Unvisited places of old Europe By Robert Shackleton Published 1922
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A Londoner's walk to the Land's End; and a trip to the Scilly isles By Walter White Published 1855

 

 

 

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Science

The scientific papers of John Couch Adams Volume 1 Edited by J G Adams Published 1896
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The scientific papers of  John Couch Adams Volume 2 Edited by J G Adams Published 1900
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Fragmentary remains, literary and scientific, of Sir Humphry, Davy, bart., late president of the Royal society, etc., with a sketch of his life and selections from his correspondence By Sir Humphry Davy Published 1858
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Salmonia; or, Days of fly fishing. In a series of conversations. With some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus Salmo By Sir Humphry Davy Published 1851

 

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Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

On the Art of Reading   Q. Published 1920
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The Astonishing History of Troy Town   Q. Published 1898
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The Mayor of Troy Town   Q. Published 1906
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Hocken and Hunken, A Tale of Troy Town   Q. Published 1912
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Poems and Ballads   Q. Published 1896
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I Saw Three Ships And Other Winter Tales   Q. Published 1898
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The Delectable Duchy   Q. Published 1893
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IA   Q. Published 1896
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The Laird's Luck And Other Fireside Tales   Q.  Published 1896
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Two Sides of the Face Mid-Winter Tales   Q. Published 1903
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The White Wolf And Other Fireside Tales   Q. Published 1902
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Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts   Q. Published 1900
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The Splendid Spur Q. Published 1898
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Dead Man's Rock Q. Published 1887
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Poison Island Q. Published 1907
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Shining Ferry Q. Published 1905
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The Adventures of Harry Revel Q. Published 1903
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Merry - Garden And Other Stories Q. Published 1907
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A Spanish Maid Q. Published 1898
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News From The Duchy Q. Published 1914
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Noughts & Crosses   Q Published 1891
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Shakespeare's Christmas And Other Stories Q Published 1905
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Corporal Sam Q Published 1910
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The Delectable Duchy Q Published 1899

 

 

 

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Smuggling

The Kings Customs       By Henry Atton & Henry H. Holland Published 1908
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The Kings Customs Volume Two   By Henry Atton & Henry H. Holland Published 1910
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Kings Cutters and Smugglers 1700 - 1855  By E. Keble Chatterton Published 1912
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The smugglers; picturesque chapters in the story of an ancient craft  by Charles George Harper Published 1909
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An Alphabetical Abridgment of the Laws for the Prevention of Smuggling: From 12 Car. II. to 58 ...   By Government of Great Britain Published 1818

 

 

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