Sleigh, Bernard

The Gates of Horn

Bernard Sleigh. The Gates of Horn, Being Sundry Records from the Proceedings of the Society for the Investigation of Faery Fact & Fallacy. London: Aldine House, 1926. First Edition.

“A tongue-in-cheek collection of stories purportedly written far a (mythical) society, but actually poking fun at A. C. Doyle’s acceptance of fairies.” (Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1480). Features a chapter that describes several hallucinogenic peyote trips.

Octavo. 244pp. Publisher’s blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, black top-stain, illustrated with frontispiece by Sleigh.

Rubbed and edgeworn; spine sunned; some foxing throughout, most prominent on endpapers and title page; bookseller sticker on front free endpaper. Very good. JBS-778. Item #778

Price: $1,500.00