Sun Circle
First Edition:
SUN CIRCLE | BY | NEIL M. GUNN | [line] | [space] | EDINBURGH | [line] | THE PORPOISE PRESS
Collation:
[A] (8), B - I (8), No J, K - U (8), No V & W, X - Z (8), 2A (8),
2B (4), 196 leaves.
p. [1] SUN CIRCLE; p. [2] By the same author; p. [3] Title page; p. [4] Publisher's and Printer's notices: FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1933; p. [5] TO J.B.SALMOND; p. [6] blank; pp. 7 - 391 Text; p. [392] blank.
5" x 7 5/8". Bound in red cloth, spine stamped in gold:
SUN | CIRCLE | NEIL M. | GUNN | [space] | PORPOISE | PRESS
Other Editions:
Souvenir Press | London | April 1983
Canongate | Edinburgh | May 1996 As one of the "Canongate Classics" series, with an introduction by J.B. Pick
The introduction to this novel, "The Outline", also appeared in: The Scots Magazine | Dundee | March 1933 | pp. 424 - 426.
Storm and Precipice | Faber and Faber | London | 1st. October 1942 | pp. 7 - 9.
Notes:
A letter from Faber, 23rd. July 1965, confirmed that the copyright had reverted to Gunn.
An historical novel set in Gunn's native Caithness at the time of the Viking incursions. It shows the interplay between differing traditions, heritage and religions.