The Other

Stated First Edition. Clean unfaded red cloth boards with silver lettering on cover and spine. Hint of slightest surface wear to lower spine corners, no bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean bright endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 280 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped, white and bright, no age-toning. Review copy, with publisher's review slip laid in. A fine, collectable quality first edition of a suspenseful, well written psychological horror story, and Thomas Tryon's debut novel.

Thomas Tryon was a noted actor before turning to novels. His first novel, The Other, was successfully filmed in 1972. Other novels include Harvest Home, Crowned Heads, and The Night of the Moonbow. He died in 1991. The Oxford Companion to English Literature describes Ramsey Campbell as "Britain's most respected living horror writer". He has been given more awards than any other writer in the field, including the Grand Master Award of the World Horror Convention and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association.