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77. STUART-YOUNG, John Moray. Chits from West Africa. London: Arthur Stockwell (1923).
352pp. This voluminous collection of prose and poetry from the prolific Uranian author contains
previously unpublished material on a variety of subjects. A prominent member of the Uranian
group of writers, the deeply eccentric Stuart Young spent much of his life on the Gold Coast in
Africa, a posting that was something of a mixed blessing, as he states in the Foreword: "When
one gets the 'blues' it is hard to get out again without the stimulation of Johnny Walker - and that
way disaster lies!" Several of the stories concern the activities of House Boy Joseph and at the end
of the book are printed some unenthusiastic reviews of the author's work: "There is no excuse for
Mr. Young."
See d'Arch Smith (Love in Earmest @ 202-219). Covers little soiled, corners lightly bumped,
else a very good copy. $450.
78. SUMMERS, Montague. The Gothic Quest. London: Fortune Press [1938]. 446pp. 16 plates.
One of the seminal works on Gothic literature written by the eccentric cleric whose career as an
Anglican priest was ended by accusations of Satanism and pederasty. Summers' scholarly
approach to his subject extends to an appreciation of the elements of the Gothic perspective as an
ethical approach to life.
A good copy in the original red boards, somewhat browned and stained, spine dulled,
endpapers browned, corners a bit bumped. One of 950 copies, this example unnumbered, perhaps
a variant. Warmly inscribed by the author in 1946 and also by another undecipherable hand
in red ink. d'Arch Smith 529. $350.