THE SHADOW ON THE HOUSE
by Hansom, Mark
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- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (30455)
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
[Vancleave, MS]: Ramble House, [2010]. New edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (30455). Octavo, cloth. Limitation slip signed by introducer John Pelan tipped in "Dancing Tuatara Special Edition / This is copy 15." Psychological horror novel. The author's first book, and the only one to have a U.S. edition. "Gothic horror thriller; suspected hauntings in old dark house, actually hereditary insanity at work. Post-Radcliffean situations, a la Masterman's CURSE OF THE RECKAVILLES. Praised by Karl Edward Wagner as number ten in the list of thirteen best non-supernatural horror stories, Twilight Zone magazine, June 1983." - Robert Knowlton. This Ramble House edition, their third under the Dancing Tuatara Press imprint, has a 4-page introduction by John Pelan. Barron (ed.), Horror Literature 3-78. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 104. Bleiler (1978), p. 93. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992).
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30455
- Title
- THE SHADOW ON THE HOUSE
- Author
- Hansom, Mark
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (30455)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Ramble House
- Place of Publication
- [Vancleave, MS]
- Date Published
- [2010]
- Keywords
- Horror
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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