Author: BULLETT, GERALD
Title: Dreaming: An Essay
Description: New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1929. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's half black cloth over gold-flecked boards, printed label on spine, top edge red. Illustrated with color frontispiece portrait. Gerald William Bullett (1893-1958) was a British man of letters. He was known as a novelist, essayist, short story writer, critic and poet. He wrote both supernatural fiction and some children's literature. Bullett was born in London and educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. During World War II he worked for the BBC in London, and after the war was a radio broadcaster. Bullett also contributed to the Times Literary Supplement. Politically, Bullett described himself as a "liberal socialist" and claimed to detest "prudery, Prohibition, blood sports, central heating, and literary tea parties. Bullett was also an anti-fascist, describing fascism as "gangsterism on a national scale"; he publicly backed the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War.. This volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. The dust jacket, now in Mylar, is brittle and cracking along the folds. FINE/GOOD. The Pleasures of Life Series (edited by J. B. Priestley) Series. Color Frontispiece. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall. (x), 88 pp. Fine in Good dust jacket .

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