Author: Neil M. Gunn
Title: The Green Isle of the Great Deep
Description: London, Faber & Faber, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this dystopian novella by Neil M. Gunn, in the very scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.The work of prolific novelist and critic Neil M. Gunn known as one of the leading lights of the Scottish Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s, this work is an allegory about totalitarianism and the nature of freedom, and utilises the characters from his previous novel, 'Young Art and Old Hector&apos.Gunn was a Scottish nationalist and believed in small nations 'being humanity's last bulwark for personal expression against impersonal tyranny&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally fine. Light spotting to head of fore edge of text block. Dust wrapper back strip age toned, with handling marks to wraps. Light chipping to back strip tail, with small closed tear to head of rear wrap, and significant closed tear and loss to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Keywords: dystopian fiction Young Art and Old Hector Neil Miller Gunn Scottish Renaissance Young Art and Old Hector None


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