The Gun Forester, C.S. [Pseud. Cecil Louis Troughton Smith] (1899-1966) Literature

[Modern Literature] VINTAGE PENGUIN EDITION, first Penguin Edition. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.245; [1]; [10], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's orange and white softcovers, matching dust-jacket with printed price of 6d. to front flap. Ex-libris stamp front paste-down, toning to edges of textblock and internally, toning to covers and jacket, wear to jacket extremities and backstrip tears repaired with archival tape. Very good. 'The Gun' is the story of an arduous journey undertaken by Spanish partisans to transport a massive cannon across inhospitable terrain so as to use it to break the siege of Salas. The novel was first published in 1933, and by Penguin in 1939.