Dialect from Tabb House Books of Cornwall, UK

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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
Illustrated
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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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
‘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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ISBN No:
0907018459
New ISBN No:
9780907018452

TALES VRUM DEBN
£ 2.25
Author: DERRICK V. RUGG		Published: 1985
Book Cover: Paperback		Pages: 48
Book size: Width: 134 mm Height: 204 mm
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The Devon humour and dialect of Derrick V. Rugg’s pub stories are here again, in Tales that contain some of the best of his newspaper articles.

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Imagination as rich as a Devonshire cream tea or sharp as a pint of
scrumpy; the characters are recognisable, rich and warm - Pulmans Weekly News

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ISBN No:
1873951094
New ISBN No:
9781873951095

THE CORNISH JOURNAL OF CHARLES LEE
£ 6.95
Author: CHARLES LEE		Published: 1995
Book Cover: Paperback		Pages: 128
Book size: Width: 130 mm Height: 198 mm
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Edited by K. C. PHILLIPPS Hardback: £11.95 Charles Lee’s Cornish diaries, from the 1890s to 1900s, record notable anecdotes about, and from, the lives of people from Newlyn, St Mawgan and others, capturing their humour, wit and graphic turn of phrase.

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All the authenticity of a vanished way of life ... vivacity, folkfore and fun - A L Rowse
Acute observations of the Cornish character - Western Morning News

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ISBN No:
0907018386
New ISBN No:
9780907018391

THE HAUNTING
£ 5.95
Author: C. A. DAWSON SCOTT		Published: 1985
Book Cover: Paperback		Pages: 248
Book size: Width: 135 mm Height: 205 mm
Hardback: £9.95 Foreword by FRANCIS KING Two brothers quarrel over their hoarded riches; murder follows, and then a haunting that creates a strong frisson of suspense. Compelling reading, and evocative of a small Cornish port (Padstow).

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One of her richly plotted, strenuous novels - TLS
I recommend this as a late night solitary read - Literary Review

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