Guy Thorne [Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull] — The Love Hater

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited , 1921 . First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce first edition of this novel telling the story of a young professional conjuror, Charles Staveley, written by Guy Thorne. First edition, in the publisher's original smart cloth binding. Very scarce. Written by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull under the pseudonym Guy Thorne. Gull was a prominent English journalist and novelist, best known for his Christian novel 'When It Was Dark&apos. 'The Love Hater' tells the story of a young man named Charles Staveley, who dreams of being a professional conjuror, must to the dismay of his father and those around him.With sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent, with light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and one mark to the rear board. Light spotting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with light spotting to the fore edge and to the occasional page perimeter. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .