CHOSEN BY JACK SIMMONS - A Devon Anthology

London England, Macmillan, 1971. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0333110226 Hadrback Hardback. First Edition. Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. Slight shelf wear and small tear to edge of D/J. Devon is a rich and varied county about which it is impossible to be indifferent. To one eye Lynton is 'one of the loveliest nooks in the Paradise of the world'. To another Okehampton is unattractive with ubiquitous dogs of unparalled ugliness and singular ferocity. You may take your pick in this entertaining anthology which ranges over the people, their speech, proverbs and customs, their history (from the Roman times to the Plymouth air-raids and the Lynmouth floods) to illuminate the character of the county. 285 pp.