The Doll Maker: And Other Tales Of The Uncanny
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very good. Jacket: Worn/faded, chipped at top edge of spine and corners, some minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed with some foxing. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Intact.
A landmark collection of weird fiction, The Doll Maker and Other Tales of the Uncanny presents some of the most quietly disturbing short stories in the British fantasy tradition. Written by Sarban — the pen name of British diplomat John William Wall — the collection chronicles a series of deeply unsettling encounters with the supernatural, each rendered in prose of remarkable elegance and menace. The title story centres on a mysterious craftsman whose uncanny creations blur the boundary between the animate and inanimate, drawing readers into a world where the familiar becomes profoundly strange. With a tone that is measured and literary yet suffused with dread, Sarban's work stands alongside the finest of M.R. James and Algernon Blackwood as a masterpiece of understated horror.
Author: Sarban
Format: Hardback
Published: 1953, Peter Davies, London
Genre: Horror
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very good. Jacket: Worn/faded, chipped at top edge of spine and corners, some minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed with some foxing. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Intact.
A landmark collection of weird fiction, The Doll Maker and Other Tales of the Uncanny presents some of the most quietly disturbing short stories in the British fantasy tradition. Written by Sarban — the pen name of British diplomat John William Wall — the collection chronicles a series of deeply unsettling encounters with the supernatural, each rendered in prose of remarkable elegance and menace. The title story centres on a mysterious craftsman whose uncanny creations blur the boundary between the animate and inanimate, drawing readers into a world where the familiar becomes profoundly strange. With a tone that is measured and literary yet suffused with dread, Sarban's work stands alongside the finest of M.R. James and Algernon Blackwood as a masterpiece of understated horror.