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Peter Ackroyd. Hawksmoor. London: Hamish Hamilton, [1985]....
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Peter Ackroyd. Hawksmoor. London: Hamish Hamilton, [1985].8vo. Original brown cloth-textured boards, spine stamped in gilt; dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION. Ackroyd's horror novel "won great praise from literary critics, and deservedly so, the evil Dyer [is] a monster worthy of a place beside Mr. Hyde, Dr. Moreau and Count Dracula" (Pringle).
Condition: Binding fine; some marginal toning to the text paper (as usual). A fine copy in a fine unclipped dust jacket.
References: Barron, Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-1; Barron, Fantasy Literature 4A-1; Barron, Horror Literature 4-1; Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 92.
Provenance: The Library of a Minnesota Collector.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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