A CARE FAMILY HISTORY: QUESTIONS FOR A GRANDFATHER AUTHOR  Edgar Wilson Care A Care Family History successfully combines a well researched family history with anecdotal stories of the author’s life. It is a wonderfully wise, informative and humerous effort. It is a gift to his grandchildren and their children, and a reminder to them to discover the persons behind the words of Mom and Dad.  Price incl. UK p&p £7.95 Quantity: Add to Basket

A CORNISH CHRONICLE AUTHOR  F.E.Halliday The story of three generations of the Carew family of Antony in Cornwall covering the period from the Armada to the Restoration. It is a sequel to Mr. Halliday’s “Richard Carew of Antony” and he has been able to add new material to his original study. Price incl. UK p&p £7.95 Quantity: Add to Basket

A HISTORY OF ST.IVES, LELANT ETC. AUTHOR  John Hobson Matthews John Hobson Matthews’ book, running to 560 pages, was the first printed history of the St. Ives district. In 34 chapters he covered a wide range of historical matters including the Borough Accounts from 1570 to 1776, local families, notabilities, churches, elections, customs, place names, to mention a few of his topics – a mine of information. Price incl. UK p&p £68.00 Quantity: Add to Basket

A MASTER MARINER OF THE 20th CENTURY: CAPTAIN JOHN KEMP M.B.E. AUTHOR  Eric Kemp A lifetime account of Captain John Kemp M.B.E. from his birth in the small fishing village of St. Ives and his early experiences growing up before and during the First World War, through to becoming a highly respected Captain in the Merchant Navy with over fifty years of seamanship. This is an insight into the Merchant Navy and a real piece of maritime history, with good accounts of the ships and a large number of black and white photographs. Price incl. UK p&p £17.90 Quantity: Add to Basket

A WORD IN YOUR EAR: HISTORY ABOUT ST. IVES AUTHOR Tom Richards Historical articles first published in The St. Ives Times & Echo, with black and white illustrations. Price incl. UK p&p £7.95 Quantity: Add to Basket

ALFRED WALLIS AND HIS FAMILY:  FACT AND FICTION AUTHOR  Peter Barnes Born in Devonport in 1855 Alfred Wallis moved to St. Ives with his family in 1894 where after the death of his wife, he became an amateur painter. He was ‘discovered’ by Ben Nicholson and Christopher Wood in the nineteen-twenties and is thought to have influenced the ‘primitive’ movement. Price incl. UK p&p £6.95 Quantity: Add to Basket

ANOTHER VIEW:  ART IN ST. IVES AUTHOR  Marion Whybrow. This is a selection of contemporary painters, potters and sculptors working in St Ives in the 1990s, many producing work in an abstract way. Each is illustrated in black and white by a photographic portrait of the artist and one of their works. Price incl. UK p&p £6.94 Quantity: Add to Basket

ART ABOUT ST. IVES AUTHORS  Henry G. Gilbert, Roy Ray and Colin Orchard, 2006 First published in 1987 this beautiful guide to the Art Colony in St. Ives has now been reprinted using today’s technology of computers, digital cameras and advanced printing technology. It has been updated and republished in full colour. It takes the reader on a tour of St. Ives, weaving together the past and the present of a community where for well over 120 years, art and artists have been a continuous and vital element. Price incl. UK p&p £11.95 Quantity: Add to Basket

BARBARA HEPWORTH An illustrated catalogue compiled by the St. Ives Council to commemorate the Honorary Freedom of the Borough to Bernard Leach and Barbara Hepworth, on September 23rd. 1968. It contains Hepworth’s awards, commissions and monographs and a detailed biography and bibliography. Price incl. UK p&p £4.95 Quantity: Add to Basket

BRYAN PEARCE AND HIS ARTIST FRIENDS AUTHOR  Janet Axten An illustrated publication produced to coincide with the exhibition of the same name at the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 6th March to 9th May 2004. It contains an important essay ‘The Idyllic Vision of Bryan Pearce’ by the eminent writer on art Mel Gooding. Price incl. UK p&p £11.95 Quantity: Add to Basket

CORNWALL RAILWAY SOCIETY EDITED BY  Keith Lloyd The quarterly magazine of the Cornwall Railway Society containing historical articles, current articles and news, and society reports. Illustrated and printed in black and white Price incl. UK p&p £4.94 Quantity: Add to Basket

CREATING A SPLASH:  THE ST. IVES SOCIETY OF ARTISTS: THE FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS (1927-1952) AUTHOR  David Tovey Catalogue and Dictionary of Members of the St. Ives Society of Artists for the first 25 years 1927-1952, which accompanied an exhibition of the same name touring six venues around Britain between June 2003 and July 2004. Price incl. UK p&p £43.50 Quantity: Add to Basket

EIGHTY FROM THE EIGHTIES Interview written for PENINSULAR VOICE, a monthly magazine published in Penzance from 1983 until 1991. The 80 artists, musicians and writers chosen reflect the enthusiasms of the contributors at the time. Whilst not a comprehensive list, it does give an idea of what was going on in the community of West Cornwall during the nineteen-eighties. Price incl. UK p&p £11.85 Quantity: Add to Basket

FRIENDS FOR LIFE: THE STORY OF OUR HOSPITAL AUTHOR  Mary Quick This is the history of the Edward Hain Memorial Hospital in St. Ives which was opened in 1920 in memory of the son of Sir Edward Hain who died at Galipoli during the First World War. It was written at a time when its future was uncertain due the financial restraints by the Health Authority. Due to the efforts of the community it was saved and is still an important amenity in the town. Price incl. UK p&p £2.95 Quantity: Add to Basket

GASWORKS TO GALLERY: THE STORY OF TATE ST IVES AUTHOR  Janet Axten The history of the campaign for and the building of The Tate Gallery in St. Ives from early plans in 1988 to the day the gallery opened in June 1993 The story begins at the end of the First World War when the town first had the idea of creating an art gallery to commemorate the men who had died in the war. Price incl. UK p&p £15.00 Quantity: Add to Basket

GORSEMOOR COTTAGE AUTHOR  Marion Whybrow Zillah inherits Gorsemoor Cottage in Zennor. She also inherits her grandma and her great grandmother’s diaries. Through reading the diaries she experiences the history of her family in farming, fishing and mining. The artists too brought both fame and shame to Cornish villages. Will Zillah allow the secrets she uncovers to change her life? Price incl. UK p&p £8.94 Quantity: Add to Basket

GUIDO: PRINTING FOR FRIENDS AUTHOR Michael Bridge with illustrations by David Berriman. The People and Places of some Saint Ives Latin Press Printings. An Exhibition at the St. Ives Trust Archive Study Centre 9th. To 23rd. September 2006. With a guide to visiting the Places in Downalong. Price incl. UK p&p £3.95 Quantity: Add to Basket

LEACH POTTERY ST. IVES: THE LEGACY OF BERNARD LEACH AUTHOR Marion Whybrow The Leach Pottery is important, not only because it served as a base for Bernard Leach to put his ideas into practice, but also because it involved a team of workers, jointly sharing their passion for clay. From students, apprentices and professional potters, to clay mixers, kiln firers and pot packers, the Leach Pottery, encouraged, nurtured and trained the art of the potter. Price incl. UK p&p £23.49 Quantity: Add to Basket

MARITIME ST. IVES AUTHOR  John McWilliams. Twenty-five maritime photographs (including five in colour) from the Archive Study Centre’s extensive collection are brought together in a small volume to celebrate the importance of St Ives harbour. The dates of these range from the beginning of the century to the 1970s. Subjects include: the St Ives herring season, 1920s; the ‘Lady Thomas’ unloading coal, c.1936; Destroyer HMS ‘Foresight’ in St Ives Bay, June 1937; Boys sailing washtrays in the Harbour; French crabbers race, St Ives Regatta, 1930s and the diving raft at Porthminster Beach, 1938. Price incl. UK p&p £6.45 Quantity: Add to Basket

MARTIN COCK’S GUIDE TO ST. IVES: Its Surroundings, Scenery, Curiosities, Antiquities, History and Traditions  AUTHOR  John Hobson Matthews. A facsimile of the fourth edition  of John Hobson Matthews Guide to St. Ives originally published by Martin Cock in 1909. The guide was first published in 1884 and it provided a comprehensive survey of St. Ives and surrounding area for the visitors who were beginning to come to the town in growing numbers. Price incl. UK p&p £11.90 Quantity: Add to Basket

MEMORIES OF WARTIME ST. IVES AUTHOR