Herbert (James) Shrine
£250
London, New English Library, 1983.
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
An attractive signed copy of Herbert’s religious-horror novel: the deaf-mute Alice, the miraculous cures, the shrine beneath the oak, and the centuries-old corruption underneath it all, later loosely filmed as The Unholy (2021).
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Slight toning to margins as often; boards very good; jacket slightly sunned at spine, otherwise very good+.
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