Published by The Folio Society, London, 1987. Hardcover. The book is in excellent condition, bound with dark blue cloth boards with light blue title block and decoration of a haydoll on the front (as with all Folio Hardy editions), as well as silver letters on spine. It is encased within its blue slipcase which is also in excellent condition. The book contains illustrated map endpapers, as well as being introduced by Robert Gittings and wood engravings by Peter Reddick.
 
Collection of five novels with the following titles: The Three Strangers, The Withered Arm, Fellow-Townsmen, Interlopers at the Knap, and The Distracted Preacher. Common theme is how changes wrought by time can affect all human plans and hope.