Eden Phillpotts — My Devon Year

London, Methuen & Co, 1904. Cloth. A second edition of this travelogue of Devon by the English author Eden Phillpotts. A second edition of this interesting travelogue of Devon by English author, poet, dramatist, and friend of Agatha Christie, Eden Phillpotts. With thirty eight illustrations, collated and complete. Phillpotts was educated in the county and stayed there for the majority of his life, later becoming President of the Dartmoor Preservation Association. Many of his novels were about rural Devon life and some of his plays were distinguished by their use of regional dialect. Prior owner's bookplate to the front paste down. The book used to belong to a member of the Wilkinson family. Sticker from 'Eliah Johnson, Cambridge' to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, a little worn. Rubbed to the boards, with a split in the cloth that extends down the front joint. With a little cloth missing to the head and tail of the spine, and a centimetre horizontal tear to near the authors name to the spine. Lightly bumped and worn to the extremities. The front hinge is starting, but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are rather foxed to the front and rear, with fewer spots to the centre. Good Only . Ill.: J. Ley Pethybridge. Good Only .