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The Doll Maker
Sarban (John William Wall]
Published by Ballantine Books, New York, 1960
Used
Soft cover
From
Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
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Description:
Vintage Paperback Ballantine 431K. Sharp First American Edition and First Paperback Printing. October, 1960, $.35 Cover Price. The original, published by Perter Davies in the UK in 1953, had additional stories whereas this edition has only the title story. Square, tight and clean throughout with moderate toning. Some wear to edges and tips. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, or tears. A solid collectable copy. Seller Inventory # 016380
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Doll Maker
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
Publication Date: 1960
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good/Near Fine
Edition: 1st Paperback Edition.
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The Doll Maker
Published by
Black Curtain Press, London, 2013
ISBN 10: 1627551905
ISBN 13: 9781627551908
Used
Soft cover
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Slim 8vo., Wraps 148pp. Beautiful New Edition, First Printing with full number sequence, of Sarban's very creepy story of "willing slavery". Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, tears or toning. A sharp collectable copy at a great price. Seller Inventory # 013004
Quantity: 1 available
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The Doll Maker
Published by
Ballantine Books, Inc., New York, NY, 1960
Used
Paperback
First Edition
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Thiis is a First Separate Edition. This is a mass market paperback. Ballantine Books number 431K, with a price of .35cents. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping, rubbing and wear, along with one tiny chip to the bottom spine end. There is wear / rubbing / creasing to the edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright, though there is some beginninng generalized toning. "John William Wall (6 November 1910 11 April 1989) , pen name Sarban, was a British writer and diplomat. Wall's diplomatic career lasted more than thirty years, but his writing career as Sarban was brief and not prolific, ending during the early 1950s. Sarban is described in The Encyclopedia of Fantasy as "a subtle, literate teller of tales, conscious of the darker and less acceptable implications that underlie much popular literature". Wall cited the supernatural fiction of Arthur Machen and Walter de la Mare as influences on his work." (from Wikipedia). Seller Inventory # A48952
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The Doll Maker
Published by
Ballantine Books, 1953
Used
Soft cover
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Mass market paperback. Wraps crisp and unworn; text clean, crisp, and toned, with one narrow section of textblock protruding slightly at fore-edge-- unclear if this is a binding error or evidence of past repair. Seller Inventory # 046838
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The Doll Maker (First Separate Edition)
Published by
Ballantine, 1960
Used
Soft cover
First Edition
Seller: Clarkean Books, Stoney Creek, ON, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Uncredited (illustrator). 1st Edition. First U.S., paperback, and separate edition (1960 Ballantine 431K) with new cover art. Very Fine, unread and collectible condition. A sharp copy of this uncommon book. Seller Inventory # 004674
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The Doll Maker, and other Tales of the Uncanny.
Published by
Peter Davies, 1955
Used
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
FIRST EDITION, a couple of small spots to prelims, pp. [vi], 247, [2, ads], crown 8vo, original green cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a touch of rubbing to top edge of cloth, textblock edges a little spotted, Australian bookseller ticket to front pastedown, tape shadows (and a little residue) to endpapers and dustjacket flaps, the dustjacket bright externally, very good. His third book. From the collection of author and bibliophile John Baxter. Seller Inventory # 69994
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THE DOLL MAKER AND OTHER TALES OF THE UNCANNY
Published by
Tartarus Press [1999], [Horam, East Sussex], 1999
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First edition. Octavo, boards. Limited to 200 numbered copies. Collect the title story and two others. "Excellent." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1442. New introduction by Mark Valentine. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-261. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, pp. 1320-24]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (33575). Seller Inventory # 33575
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The Doll Maker and Other Tales of the Uncanny
Published by
Tartarus Press, Horam, East Sussex, UK, 1999
ISBN 10: 1872621414
ISBN 13: 9781872621418
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. 1st Edition. Tall 8vo., 227pp. Gorgeous First Edition, #74 of only 200 copies published. Bound in green cloth with titles in bronze on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (£25.00) is fresh and bight with no chipping, creases or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price. Seller Inventory # 012490
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The Doll Maker and Other Tales of the Uncanny
Published by
Tartarus Press, East Sussex UK, 1999
ISBN 10: 1872621414
ISBN 13: 9781872621418
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 6 x 8 5/8" 227 pages. Limited edition. This is copy 12/200. First published by Peter Davies 1953. Seller Inventory # 126759
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THE DOLL MAKER: AND OTHER TALES OF THE UNCANNY
Published by
Peter Davies [1953], London, 1953
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First edition. Octavo, original light green cloth, spine stamped in light red. Collect the title story and two others. "Excellent." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1442. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-261. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, pp. 1320-24]. Some patchy fade spots to upper front and rear covers, spine slightly faded, a very good to nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with slight wear to corner tips and spine ends, a few light green marks to lower right front corner, slight darkening to spine panel with color fade to ink of publisher lettering at base of spine, small closed tear to upper rear panel. (30519). Seller Inventory # 30519
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The Doll Maker and other Tales of the Uncanny
Published by
Peter Davies, London, 1953
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First edition. First edition. [vi], 246, [1], [2, ads], [1, blank] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Third book from the enigmatic Sarban, "diffident, compassionate, highly intelligent and sensitive" (Mark Valentine), containing the title story and two others, "The Trespassers" and "A House of Call". J.W. Wall (1910-1989) was a linguist and career diplomat and civil servant. In New Maps of Hell, Kingsley Amis observed that Sarban wrote The Sound of His Horn "in prose of greater energy and power than any sicence-fiction writer can command". The Doll Maker is a modern classic, and uncommon in dust jacket. Green cloth. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket (slight rubbing at bottom of spine panel) [vi], 246, [1], [2, ads], [1, blank] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Seller Inventory # 366541
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