GLASTONBURY - P. W. THOMPSON. Glastonbury, London, 1927, 8vo, FINELY BOUND in red crushed morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY, heavily annotated throughout in pencil by Lionel Smithett Lewis.

GLASTONBURY - P. W. THOMPSON (dates unknown).  Glastonbury. London: Charles Murray, 1927. 8vo (177 x 120mm). Half title, 5-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end all for books by the same author. FINELY BOUND in contemporary red crushed morocco gilt [the binding unsigned], the upper cover lettered in gilt with a single gilt fillet border and small ornamental cornerpieces, the lower cover with a central floral spray and circles stamped in gilt, the spine gilt in six compartments, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "Lionel Smithett Lewis, with best wishes from Carol A. M. Cannon, July 1941." Lionel Smithett Lewis (d.1953), the recipient of the gift of this book, was (clearly) an authority on the folklore and history of Glastonbury, a former vicar of the town, and a man of strong opinions. His withering, acerbic and often exasperated pencil annotations, with multiple deployments of the exclamation mark, appear on virtually every page of the present copy: there are too many examples to give a satisfactory impression with a few judicious quotations, but his note, written on the title page, will suffice to set the general tone of his assessment of the author: "[the author is] a British-Israel Accountant, suffering from acute mental dyspepsia. This book is written to relieve him. You must make allowance for an invalid. He means well. L.S.L." We have been unable to establish the identity of Carol A. M. Cannon, who presented the book to him.