SARBAN (PSEUDONYM OF JOHN WILLIAM WALL) — The Doll Maker

New York, NY: Ballantine Books, Inc, 1960. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB. 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). Very Good .