This page is an alphabetical list, in title order, of all our current books about Cornwall. Click on a title for more information.
- Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Elisabeth Stanbrook, £16.00
A heroic tribute to Victorian engineering, and still vital today.
- The Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 1934-1983, Michael Messenger, £39.00 NEW
One of Britain's earliest steam railways; its detailed story and that of the community it served.
- Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge, John Binding, £19.50 NEW SOFT BACK EDITION
Brunel's masterpiece and an icon for the south west.
- Caradon & Looe, Michael Messenger, TEMPORARILY OUT OF PRINT
The story of the canal, railways and mines of Caradon Hill.
- Cornwall's Heritage Series titles - see below
- Godrevy Light, Charles Thomas & Jessica Mann, £18.00
The full story of this iconic structure and the art it inspired
- Hevva! Cornish Fishing in the Days of Sail, Keith Harris, £5.99 REDUCED PRICE
The lives of hard men and sturdy boats ably recounted and beautifully illustrated
- Inclined Planes in the South West, Martin Bodman, £15.00 NOW AVAILABLE
A well illustrated gazetteer of over 200 locations
- The Kalmeter Journal, Justin Brooke (translator)
£19.50 LIMITED QUANTITIES
The journal of a visit to Cornwall, Devon and Somerset in 1724-25
- Passenger Steamers of the
River Fal, Alan Kittridge, £7.00 LIMITED QUANTITIES
Local steamer fleets in the west country's largest
estuary.
- Rendel's Floating Bridges, Alan Kittridge, £7.99 REDUCED PRICE
A successful alternative to a fixed bridge, Rendel's invention was used throughout the United Kingdom.
- Steamers & Ferries of the River Tamar & Three Towns District, Alan Kittridge, £15.00 REDUCED PRICE
Much loved ferry and steamer services that once crowded the waterways of Plymouth.
- The Struggle for the Cornwall Railway, Hugh Howes, £16.50 NOW AVAILABLE
The setbacks, failures but ultimate triumph of building Cornwall's main line.
- Tacky's Tugs, Captain Stephen Carter, £12.50
W J Reynolds of Torpoint had the last fleet of coal fired steam tugs in Great Britain.
- Tin Streams of
Wendron, Justin
Brooke, £13.00 LIMITED QUANTITIES
A full account of one of the oldest but least known aspects of
Cornish metal
mining.
Heritage Books:
- Cornwall's Archaeological
Heritage, Nicholas
Johnson and Peter Rose, £4.50
- Cornwall's Bridge & Viaduct Heritage, Eric Kentley
£4.50
- Cornwall's Communications
Heritage, John Moyle
£4.50
- Cornwall's Geological
Heritage, Peter Stanier £4.50
- Cornwall's Industrial
Heritage, Peter Stanier
£4.50
- Cornwall's Lifeboat
Heritage, Nicholas Leach, £4.50
- Cornwall's Lighthouse
Heritage, Michael
Tarrant, £4.50
- Cornwall's Maritime
Heritage, Alan Kittridge
£4.50
- Cornwall's Mining
Heritage, Peter Stanier
£4.50
- Cornwall's Railway
Heritage, John Stengelhofen
£4.50
If what you seek is not listed here try our Out of Print list. If not there either, then we have not published it.
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