{"product_id":"the-doll-maker-and-other-tales-of-the-uncanny-by-sarban-first-edition","title":"The Doll Maker and Other Tales of the Uncanny by Sarban (First Edition)","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e.description {font-size: 16px;}.heading {font-weight: bold;}.details {font-weight: normal;}\u003c\/style\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eThe Doll Maker and Other Tales of the Uncanny by Sarban (First Edition)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eAuthors: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003eSarban\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eLocation: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003eLondon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003ePeter Davies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eDate: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003e1953\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eEdition: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003eFirst Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eFeatures: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003eFirst published 1953, stated. Teal cloth with red lettering; 247 pp. Includes publisher's adverts laid in. Includes: \"The Doll Maker\"; \"The Trespassers\"; and, \"A House of Call\".\n\n\"Described by no less an authority as E.F. Bleiler as 'excellent', 'The Doll Maker' is the story of Clare Lydgate, a young woman studying at boarding school for her Oxford scholarship examinations. In the evenings, she escapes the school grounds by climbing over the wall of Brakenbine Hall. It is here that she encounters its charismatic and mysterious owner, Niall Sterne, the 'Doll Maker' of the title. The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural describes Sarban's stories as 'nicely written, with solid characterizations, convincingly detailed backgrounds... and a fine sense of pacing and atmosphere.' It notes that 'The Doll Maker' is Sarban's most intriguing work, and that Niall Sterne 'offers no ordinary seduction, and there is a delicate horror in his beautiful, sterile doll-world, the antithesis of life itself.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eBook Condition: \u003c\/span\u003eVery Good+: A firm copy with minor wear to spine edges and corners. Clean interior. Light age-toning to pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eDust Jacket Condition: \u003c\/span\u003eVery Good: Not price-clipped. A jacket with moderate wear to edges. Mild soiling to jacket. In clear protective cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eHCX24326-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Heartwood Books and Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44009917415535,"sku":"HCX24326-1","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/1291\/4287\/files\/57_a8e17b90-4b29-4126-89fc-baf159411d6e.jpg?v=1766522442","url":"https:\/\/heartwoodbooksandart.com\/products\/the-doll-maker-and-other-tales-of-the-uncanny-by-sarban-first-edition","provider":"Heartwood Books and Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}