The Doll and One Other
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1946. Octavo. 138 pp. First edition, first printing. One of 3,490 copies printed. Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Original Ronald Clyne dust jacket unclipped. Binding square and firm, cloth clean with light extremity wear and bright gilt. Interior clean with expected age-toning to paper and endpapers. Light rubbing, toning, and small areas of edgewear at spine ends and corners.
A compact collection of two late supernatural tales by Algernon Blackwood, "The Doll" and "The Trod." Blackwood was one of the most influential British writers of supernatural fiction in the early twentieth century, admired for his evocation of unseen forces, altered states of perception, and the uncanny presence of the natural world. An appealing early Arkham House publication in Ronald Clyne's distinctive original jacket. M4. Near Fine / Very Good+. Item #1098
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