Peake (Mervyn, illustrator); Haynes (Dorothy K.) Thou Shalt not Suffer a Witch
£120
and other stories
London, Methuen, 1949.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 9s.6d.
The first anthology by this influential Scottish author, a collection of tales often, as intimated darkly by the title, with a supernatural aspect. The suitably slightly disturbing illustrations are by the author’s friend Mervyn Peake, creator of the Gormenghast trilogy.
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Cloth VG+; jacket with some spotting and marking, old tape repairs at spine ends, some loss to head of spine.
Illustrations and jacket artwork by Mervyn Peake.
From the collection of renowned reviewer, compiler and collector of the weird & wonderful, Richard Dalby.
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