Buy this book on-line DAY, KENNETH F: : EDEN PHILLPOTTS ON DARTMOORUK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.FOREST PUBLISHING 2002. ISBN 095368525X.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally and first published in 1981 by David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd.,by the same author and republished in this edition.]FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip - absence of publisher's price to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,Dartmoor scenic colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with white lettering,black lettering to a white spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners appears unread apart from my collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn thus,9-248pp [paginated] includes Forewords to each of the 1st and 2nd editions,Eden Phillpotts Memorial Volume,20 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w scenic (the majority) and biographical photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book, b/w facsimile reproductions of Philpotts handwritten letters to author; b/w map: locations of the 'Dartmoor Cycle' novels,Note of Reference lists,list of topographical features+ place-names and a Dictionary of Characters.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and Contents list/table. For many lovers of Dartmoor,the eighteen novels of Eden Phillpotts' 'Dartmoor Cycle' are an unrivalled evocation of the Moor - a sensitive and intimate portrayal of its landscape,its changing moods and seasons,and the ways of its people.
'Eden Phillpotts on Dartmoor' is intended to be the definitive record of this remarkable portrait.Each novel of the 'Cycle' is discussed and generously quoted from,and the author has included a memoir of his friendship with Eden Phillpotts,a list of topographical features mentioned in the 'Cycle' (with Ordnance Survey map references) and a complete dictionary of characters.The reader will marvel at Eden Phillpotts closeness to the mysterious heartbeat of the Moor and delight in his evocative and closely observed descriptions of identifiable locations.Those who have already fallen under the Dartmoor spell will come upon this book like an old friend; newcomers will find it an inspiring initiation.
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