I Say Sunrise.
London: Andrew Dakers, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. xviii + 182pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Philosophical reminiscences by English born writer Talbot Mundy (William Lancaster Gribbon 1879-1940), who travelled widely through India, Africa, and Asia and the Near East, before settling in America; these writings touch on elements on mysticism and belief. One enthusiastic essayist, R. T. Gault, has termed Mundy as the "Master of the Mystical Adventure." Mundy had a long-term and serious interest in the mysticism and religions of the East, and also in Theosophy, and he often interwove a serious exploration of themes such as karma and reincarnation, through his otherwise rather swashbuckling narratives. Unusually for his time, he also evidenced a genuine respect for the native peoples he described, many of whom still suffered under the yoke of colonialism. His work is said to have had a great influence on many later writers, particularly those of science and speculative fiction such as Marion Zimmer Bradley, Robert A. Heinlein, Fritz Leiber and Andre Norton. Page-edges foxed, tiny bump to top-corner of front board, very light chafing to extremities, otherwise a lovely clean VG+ copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket chipped with loss especially at upper edge of front panel, edge creases, rear panel slightly discolored, inner flaps creased). Item #51956
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