POLDARK'S CORNWALL.

UK,rectangular HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,re-issue with introduction by Andrew Winston.[Originally published 1983,London,The Bodley Head Limited.This book,this edn is the re-issue alongside the broadcasting of the new BBC TV series based on the novels - with Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlison in the lead roles of Poldark and Demelza respectively.The text is as it was written by Winston Graham in the early 1980s.References to towns+locations in Cornwall are therefore as they were at tha time and don't include recent developments.The only significant alterations are the omission of sections substantially concerned with the filming of the two Poldark TV series in the 1970s.All changes made with the agreement of Winston's Graham's family.] NMINT/NMINT. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,Cornish sceniccolour photographic illustrated dw/dj with glossy embossed white lettering to front,similar to grey spine/backstrip, scenic photographic rear panel unlettered; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – pristine,unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,paper-covered boards with dw/dj repeated scenic,colour photographs+lettering and clean plain black sets of endpapers.UK,rectangular 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus (re-issue),12-216pp [paginated] includes an Introduction by Andrew Graham - Winston's son - with accompanying contemporary portrait b/w photograph of Winston and wife,3 sections - Early Days, Cornish Sea and The Poldark World,a Postscript,profuse scenic,colour photographs,acknowledgements and credits and b/w contemporary photographs colour map Cornwall with 3 area inserts; plus [unpaginated] half-title,double-page scenic seascape colour photograph,double-page scenic moorland colour photograph to contents list/table,double-page harbour scenic photograph with explanation of previous photographic scene's location(s),publisher's note on included text to another double-page scenic woodland colour photograph,a b/w scenic seascape photograph with prose extract from Winston Graham's title 'The Angry Tide.' A laviishly illustrated companion to Winston Graham's beloved Poldark books,reissued alongside the broadcasting of the new (then 2015) BBC series based on the novels. Graham's saga of Cornish life in the 18thC has enthralled readers worldwide for seventy years,and the wild landscapes that inspired the novels have - even today - remained relatively unchanged.Cornwall then was a perilous world of pirates and shipwrecks: of rugged coast and mysterious smugllers' coves,of windswept moors and pictureesque villages such as Boscastle and Port Quin,and of beaches,tin mines and churches. With an introduction by winston Graham's son,Andrew,and illustrated with stunning photographs,it is a glorious evocation of the land of beauty, excitement,romance and imagination that Graham loved so well. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.