GRAY, Nicholas Stuart.

£500 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

The Seventh Swan. First edition of this work of children's fantasy. Gray was an influence on Neil Gaiman, who described him as "unfairly forgotten, but who was, at his best, one of the most brilliant children's authors of the 20th century" (Guardian).Set in 16th-century Scotland and infused with fairytale elements, the novel follows a young man with a swan's wing for an arm.

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