C. Ranger Gull — The City in the Clouds

London, Hurst & Blackett, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of C. Ranger's Gulls's fantastical novel about a floating city over London. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.In this fantastical novel, an airborne pleasure palace floats above London. The wealthy Brazilian businessman responsible for the construction of the city, however, has really built it for his own protection, and a journalist named Thomas Kirby sets out to investigate.With a fifteen page publisher's catalogue to the rear, dated August, 1921. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with a touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, and light bumping to back strip head. Rear board a touch bowed. Back strip reinforced with paper to the entirety of the reverse. Light handling marks dust wrapper to rear wrap and back strip. Tape repairs to dust wrapper at head and tail of folds over front and rear joints, back strip tail, and head and tails of folds over flyleaves. Loss of paper and a significant closed tear to back strip head, with small closed tears and minor losses to the tail of the front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good Only.