Gerald Kersh – The Horrible Dummy – SIGNED First Edition 1944
£275.00
A first edition, first printing of ‘The Horrible Dummy’ by Gerald Kersh, published by Heinemann in 1944. A very good book with darkening to the top edge. No inscriptions. In a very good unclipped wrapper with to the spine and chipping. SIGNED and DATED by the Author and inscribed, ‘For Jack Bebbington/all good wishes/Gerald Kersh/ Sep 23 ‘44/. Bebbington was then Head of the Films Division at the Ministry of Information.
Gerald Kersh’s *The Horrible Dummy* is a chilling short story about a ventriloquist, Joseph, and his eerie dummy, Hugo. The dummy appears to have a sinister mind of its own, tormenting Joseph and others. As the story unfolds, reality blurs—does the dummy truly possess life, or is Joseph losing his grip on sanity? Kersh masterfully builds psychological horror, leaving readers unsettled with his dark, atmospheric storytelling and ambiguous, haunting ending.
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A first edition, first printing of ‘The Horrible Dummy’ by Gerald Kersh, published by Heinemann in 1944. A very good book with darkening to the top edge. No inscriptions. In a very good unclipped wrapper with to the spine and chipping. SIGNED and DATED by the Author and inscribed, ‘For Jack Bebbington/all good wishes/Gerald Kersh/ Sep 23 ‘44/. Bebbington was then Head of the Films Division at the Ministry of Information.
Gerald Kersh’s *The Horrible Dummy* is a chilling short story about a ventriloquist, Joseph, and his eerie dummy, Hugo. The dummy appears to have a sinister mind of its own, tormenting Joseph and others. As the story unfolds, reality blurs—does the dummy truly possess life, or is Joseph losing his grip on sanity? Kersh masterfully builds psychological horror, leaving readers unsettled with his dark, atmospheric storytelling and ambiguous, haunting ending.
