Hamish Hamilton, London, 1981, 1^st.  ISBN 0-241-10477-7.  Hard cover, 400 pages including Glossary.  Very good plus; burgundy boards with gold lettering on spine, light bump to lower rear corner, negligible bumping to spine ends.  Binding sound.  Dust jacket with price intact shows very light edge wear, very light rubs; sticker ghost on lower front flap.  No ownership markings in interior; small pink smudge in fore-edge margin of p. 4; pages very lightly toned.  Black and white map; introduction by John Fowles.  Author’s only book.  “… the record of an ancient Guernseyman who has lived on the island from before the Boer War until the 1960s.  His view of the world is circumscribed by the sea and the rocks and the distant coast of France.  Yet, like many people who live close to the land and the sea, he has a much deeper perception of events and people than others more ‘cultured’ than himself. … A way of life that has disappeared is vividly remembered and peopled with colourful characters moulded by values and beliefs which are often no longer held.  It is an absorbing story of passionate friendships, sadness, joy and animosity towards Jerseymen.’ (from front flap)