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KERR, JACOB: : The Green Man of Eshwood Hall

LONDON.SERPENT'S TAIL/an imprint of PROFILE BOOKS LIMITED,2022.

ISBN 9781800811492.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around black background with green pictorial illustration to front of dw/dj with green-lettered title and critic's review,capitalised,green-lettered author name; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as front,and publisher's green illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with black background,story's white-lettered prose extract and critic's green-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp, clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black ink lettered spine/backstrip,a dark green headband and immaculate n b/w illustrated endpapers.UK,slim, small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-212pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,9 sections each with b/w line illustrated headpiece; and with varying number of chapters to each,and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages with repeated b/w illustrated headpiece,a dedication, a verse (Edward Thomas,'And You,Helen'),a Contents list/tabble,a b/w map of Northalbion.    Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                    Eshwood Hall is a great English house surrounded by sprawling woods.In 1960, Izzy is thirteen, lives in the servants quarters and doesn't go to school. Neglected by her parents, she spends her moments of freedom exploring the forest and the village beyond. The more she comes to understand the history of the place and her own situation, the stranger are the things she hears and sees. The most tantalising of these is the Green Man who inhabits the woods, and seems to know all about her, even those desires she has buried deep inside.              A family story rooted in folk tale, 'The Green Man of Eshwood Hall' shows us the power that the wild still holds on our imagination, and the shocking nightmares to which it can give rise. Beautifully written and bone-chilling folk-horror in the tradition of 'Turn of the Screw' by Henry James and 'The Little Stranger' by Sarah Waters.                    Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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