Herbert (James) The Fog
£575
London, New English Library, 1975.
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Herbert’s second horror novel, which he described as making horror accessible by writing about working-class characters in recognisably ordinary England rather than remote castles or Gothic mansions.
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A near fine copy in very good/near fine jacket.
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