64pp stapled booklet in laminated light card covers. 8vo. Gentle edge wear to card covers else neat, clean and tight throughout.
A collection of essays on aspects of Shropshire examining, for example the geology, archaeology, landscape, customs and folklore and history of the county; a particularly interesting chapter on Shropshire writers, including A E Housman (albeit it is said he never set foot in the county), William Wycherley, Richard Baxter, Ellis Peters, Wilfred Owen, Barbara Pym and Mary Webb. It argues (very briefly) that 'Children's fiction was virtually invented' in the county, making reference to Mrs Sherwood and her series, 'History of the Fairchild Family, Hesba Stratton, Malcolm Saville and others.
