In their subtle elaboration of detail and the brooding sense of horror which they evoke, Miss Haynes has explored a new vein of the macabre, to which Mervyn Peake's illustrations form the perfect complement. Haynes' second book, a collection of short stories which includes the 1947 Tom-Gallon Award-winner, ''The Head.'' From the description on the front flap, these stories ''have a vivid, hallucinatory quality which owes nothing to the nursery books. Scottish supernatural/horror writer Dorothy K. Dust jacket has chip to bottom edge of front panel bit of minor chipping at spine ends and corners not price clipped light general soiling a few pieces of reinforcing tape on reverse side in an archival mylar sleeve. Eight full-page illustrations by Mervyn Peake. Produced by David Jackson Young and first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004. Five supernatural and unsettling short stories from Dorothy K Haynes’ award-winning collection first published in 1949 with illustrations by Mervyn Peake. Edge along foot of front board is lightly dust stained. BBC Radio: Dorothy K Haynes - Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch. Cream-colored cloth with burgundy lettering on spine and corner-vignette on front cover.
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