Out of Print - Books about Newlyn Print E-mail
Friday, 18 August 2006

The following list is of books now out of print but obtainable from libraries and antiquarian/secondhand bookshops. It is not a definitive list and more books will be added from time to time.
AUTHOR TITLE INFORMATION
BATTEN, Ben NEWLYN BOYHOOD Illustrated with drawings by Dorcie Sykes.
  NEWLYN HERITAGE Illust. with photographs. Published 1980
  NEWLYN OF YESTERDAY Illust. photos and drawings. Pub. 1983
  NEWLYN TOWNERS, FISHERMAN AND METHODISTS 1800 - 1978 Illustrated. Written to mark the Jubilee of Newlyn Centenary Methodist Church.
  OLD NEWLYN SPEECH Illust. by Michael Praed. Pub: 1984
  SCHOOL ON THE HILL Illustrated. Pub: 1979
  WALK NEWLYN WITH ME 20 page booklet. Map. Illustrated
All the above books were published by the author, the late Ben Batten, in the 1970s and 1980s
BECKERLEGGE, J WILLIAM LOVETT OF NEWLYN The Cornish Social Reformer. Pub. by author 1948. 19 page booklet
BIRD, Sheila BYGONE PENZANCE AND NEWLYN photographs with introduction. Pub: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. 1987
CORIN, John FISHERMEN'S CONFLICT The Story of Newlyn. Pub: Topos'l Books 1988. Illustrated
GREEN, Iris M ON NEWLYN HILL Illustrated. Published by the author 1992.
HOSKING, Harold IT'S ONLY THE VICAR Tales from a Cornish fishing community of a century ago. Pub: Gooday, 1987
HOLMES, Jonathan ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHS SERIES; PENZANCE AND NEWLYN Published 1992
KLISKY, Alfred J LOOKING BACK BY A NEWLYN TOWNER Published by the author, 1980
LACH-SZYRMA, Rev. W.S NEWLYN AND ITS PIER Booklet pub. by author in 1884 (very scarce)
WILLIAMS, Douglas AROUND NEWLYN, MOUSEHOLE AND PENZANCE Illustrated. Pub: Bossiney Books, 1988
A list of art books relating to the Newlyn School of Artists (some still available) will shortly be added to the books section., ALSO a list of books with a substantial content related to Newlyn AND of novels set in Newlyn. This list compiled by Margaret Perry who would welcome suggestions for additions
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written by john symons, March 31, 2009
Dear Sir,
I have just published a book about my Father and his six sisters, who grew up in Newlyn from the early 1990s. It is an extraordinary story, full of local interest.
Would you be interested in the deatails for your web-site?
many thanks,
Jojn Symons

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