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A BOOK ABOUT SMUGGLING IN THE WEST COUNTRY, 1700-1
ISBN No:
09070188270
New ISBN No:
9780907018278
A BOOK ABOUT SMUGGLING IN THE WEST COUNTRY, 1700-1

£ 3.95
Author: ANTONY D. HIPPISLEY COXE   Published: 1991
Book Cover: Hardback  Pages: 112
Book size: Width: 135 mm Height: 205 mm
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Hardback: £7.95

The author has taken an exciting subject, and writes with an eye for the detail that makes history come alive. Opening with a general survey of the `trade', he describes the careers of a number of individual smugglers.

 
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The best work of our time on the subject - WMN
Included in the Times choice of interesting books

 


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A GLOSSARY OF THE CORNISH DIALECT
ISBN No:
0907018912
A GLOSSARY OF THE CORNISH DIALECT

£ 4.99
Author: K. C. PHILLIPPS   Published: 1998
Book Cover: Paperback  Pages: 80
Book size: Width: 130 mm Height: 198 mm
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An entertaining account of the Cornish dialect, by a fluent dialect speaker and Professor of English who came from Roche.

 
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Amusing and informative, easy-to-read format - Western Morning News
Explanations of sounds and spellings and suchlike are very helpful - The Year in Reference, 1993

 


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A GUIDE TO DEVON DIALECT
ISBN No:
187395123X
New ISBN No:
9781873951231
A GUIDE TO DEVON DIALECT

£ 5.95
Author: JOHN DOWNES   Published: 1998
Book Cover: Paperback  Pages: 112
Book size: Width: 135 mm Height: 205 mm
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‘Some delightful examples of dialect.' Western Morning News

‘A useful companion.' This England 

‘Marvellous stuff.’      SHN

‘Deserves to stimulate interest in the genuine dialect words of Devon.'

     Reports-Transactions of the Devonshire Assoc., Vol.118

 
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Hundreds of colourful Devonshire expressions - The Countryman
Clear and fascinating book - The Exmoor Review

 


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A NATURAL HISTORY OF LAND'S END
ISBN No:
187395140X
New ISBN No:
9781873951408
A NATURAL HISTORY OF LAND'S END

£ 13.99
Author: JEAN LAWMAN   Published: 2002
Book Cover: Hardback  Pages: 232
Book size: Width: 150 mm Height: 210 mm
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Foreword by STELLA TURK

A detailed account of the plants and wildlife of the Land’s End Peninsula in their various habitats, attractively and accurately described by word, drawing and coloured photograph, and listed in an Appendix.

 
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Attractive, generously illustrated, excellent value – The Cornishman

 


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A PORTRAIT OF PADSTOW
ISBN No:
1873951183
A PORTRAIT OF PADSTOW

£ 8.95
Author: FRANK SLUMAN   Published: 2004
Book Cover: Hardback  Pages: 112
Book size: Width: 120 mm Height: 150 mm
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Illustrated by PAUL SPENCER

A history of the ancient port of Padstow: the Ice Age, sacking by the Danes, Cornish rebellions, and the immemorial celebrations for May Day. Comparative photos of Padstow then and now. Walks in the area with clear maps.

 
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Lively & full of colourful incident - Dartmoor Magazine
A wealth of information - Western Morning News

 


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A RADICAL ARISTOCRAT: Sir William Molesworth of Pe
ISBN No:
9781873951514
A RADICAL ARISTOCRAT: Sir William Molesworth of Pe

£ 19.95
Author: ALISON ADBURGHAM   Published: 2007
Book Cover: Hardback  Pages: 242
Book size: Width: 148 mm Height: 232 mm
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This elegantly and entertainingly written portrait of William Molesworth, Cornish radical politician of the 1830s and ‘40s, is spiced by an account of his wife’s brilliant social life and its baneful effect on him.
 
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Adburgham writes with humour – TLS
A sympathetic portrait of the brilliant baronet – Sunday Telegraph

 


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ALONG THE SOUTH WEST WAY, Minehead to Bude
ISBN No:
0907018289
ALONG THE SOUTH WEST WAY, Minehead to Bude

£ 3.50
Author: A.G. COLLINGS   Published: 1985
Book Cover: Paperback  Pages: 1985
Book size: Width: 135 mm Height: 205 mm
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Hardback: £8.95

Sketch maps

A step-by-step companion drawing attention to the path, its wildlife, geological and archaelogical features, and maritime and literary associations. Minehead & Exmoor coast, N.Devon and N.E.Cornwall.

 
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Should become as essential as an ordnance survey map - Cornish Guardian
Marvellous value - Somerset County Gazette

 


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AVALON AND SEDGEMOOR
ISBN No:
0907018726
AVALON AND SEDGEMOOR

£ 9.95
Author: DESMOND HAWKINS   Published: 1989
Book Cover: Paperback  Pages: 192
Book size: Width: 155 mm Height: 210 mm
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By describing traditional activities like cider-making, bee-keeping and peat-cutting, and talking to farmers, naturalists, archaeologists and other people of the region, the author has uncovered the nature of the Somerset Levels.               

 
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This is a splendid book - Country Life
Undoubtedly the best guide to Central Somerset - Mid Somerset Journal

 


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