The Lymiad: A Poem in the Form of Letters from Lyme to a Friend at Bath: Written During the Autumn of 1818

In 1978 the artist Laurence Whistler gave this bound manuscript, some 80 pages long, to the Lyme Regis Philpot Museum, where it is on display. The edition is not a facsimile of the manuscript; it is designed as it might have appeared if it had been published in 1819: of some 200 pages, soft-back but with stitched pages and card covers marbled in the Regency manner. It will contain: an essay by John Fowles on 'Lyme in the early 1800s', which he polished in 2003 from his original introduction; a general introduction and textual note by John Constable; a transcription of the text, editorial notes by John Fowles, John Constable and Jo Draper; illustrations from the Museum's rich collection, selected by Jo Draper.