TANGYE, Derek THE WORLD OF MINACK. A Place of Solitude , London: Michael Joseph, 1991.

Illustrated by Jeannie Tangye. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 0718134605 Book in fine condition, coloured cottage picture pasted on front free endpaper (3¼"w x 2"h). Dustjacket in very good condition, top of spine slightly creased, bottom front outer edge and top back outer edge very slightly rubbed. Price clipped. 238pp. With 22 colour and 17 black-and-white photographs, plus delightful pencil drawings throughout the book by Jeannie Tangye. A selection of favourite passages, many of them chosen by readers, from sixteen of the Minack Chronicles, of the time Derek Tangye spent at Minack with his wife Jeannie before she died in 1986. From the first discovery of the small grey cottage on the cliff that was to become their home, to the struggle of earning a living from a potato and flower farm; the cats and donkeys who were so much a part of their lives, and the moments of reflection by the cliffs and the sea. (9½"h x 7"w) (24cms x 17.5cms) approx. (Book ref. 7272)  £18.50

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