Foot, Sarah. The Cornish Countryside. Bossiney Books, 1983. 9 1/2" x 8 3/4", 120 pp. Softcover book. Little shelfwear; an attractive copy, securely bound with clean interior. The rich and varied landscape of Cornwall is presented in both words and photographs in this engaging book. The author travelled "from one end of Cornwall to the other, meeting and talking with people who live and work in the countryside. . . . from blacksmiths to sheep shearers and farm labourers who remember still the days of working with horses as thte happiest of their lives." Of the 130 illustrations, 44 are in color. $15.00
Morton, E.T. Navigation for the Amateur. Macmillan, 1926. Later printing (orig pub 1912). 123 pp. Hardcover book; decorative cloth binding. Some spotting/staining to exterior. small stain to front edge of text block; firmly bound. Good+ condition overall. A handbook on the simpler forms of navigation, with chapters on fundamental terms; time; the Sumner Line; the day's work, equal altitude, and ex-meridian sights; star sights; and hints on taking observations. $25.00
Packard, Robert. Refractions: Writers and Places. Carroll & Graf, 1990. First Edition. 170 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Shallow scrape to top edge of text block, otherwise book is in very good condition. Jacket is moderately worn & considerably rubbed. Looks at the association of writers and places: Homer, Chaucer & Troy; Proust & Illiers-Combray; Byron & Sintra; Dostoyevsky & Florence; the Alhambra & Irving; Venice & Mark Twain; La Mancha & Cervantes; and Cape Cod & Thoreau. $8.00
Toynbee, Arnold J. East to West: A Journey Round the World. Oxford, 1958. 21.6 cm, 243 pp. Discoloration to front endpaper; otherwise very good in lightly worn, price-clipped dustjacket with some fading to spine. $11.50