HIDDEN DOORS. Edinburgh: The Porpoise Press, 1929. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7-221 [222-224: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Gunn's second book and first collection of short fiction; fifteen stories, some or all previously published in various periodicals such as THE DUBLIN MAGAZINE, THE CORNHILL, and other periodicals. "Scottish writer noted for realistic accounts of Highland life. Several stories in HIDDEN DOORS involve visions of some sort; the title story and 'Such Stuff as Dreams' are marginal fantasies." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 442. Light damp stain to lower fore-edge margin which does not penetrate into text block, else a bright about near fine copy in very good 6/- pictorial dust jacket (art deco illustration signed "RSE") with some staining and dust soiling. Overall a fairly presentable example of this uncommon jacket. (#170812).
Price: $450.00
"FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1929..." on copyright page.