Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition

Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition

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Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
  • Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition
Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition

Dolly; The Small Hand; The Travelling Bag (3 Volumes), Susan Hill — 1st Edition

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Publication: London, Profile Books, 2010–2016

Formatting: 8vo, 3 volumes. pp. [viii], 153; [viii], 168; [viii], 192.

Condition Report: Near Fine. All three volumes present exceptionally well, bound tightly and squarely with crisp, bright pictorial dust jackets that remain unclipped and free from any significant shelf-wear, showing only the most trivial, imperceptible rubbing to the extreme spine tips. The bindings themselves are firm with sharp, unbumped corners. Internally, the pages across all three volumes are immaculately clean, bright, and entirely free from foxing, toning, or any public-facing previous ownership inscriptions or markings. The hinges are perfectly sound, and the text blocks are flush. A highly attractive, sharp, and well-preserved set.

Catalogue Note: First Editions, First Printings. This is a handsome, three-volume collection of Susan Hill’s contemporary ghost stories. Both Dolly and The Small Hand retain their full ‘1 through 10’ number lines on the copyright pages, confirming their true first printing status. The books are presented in their striking original pictorial dust jackets.

Susan Hill, widely celebrated for her mastery of the modern Gothic and her classic The Woman in Black, continues the grand tradition of the English ghost story in these volumes.

While individual copies of these novellas are relatively common on the secondary market, true first editions in such sharp, unmarked condition are increasingly sought after by collectors of modern weird fiction. Presenting them as a unified, pristine set adds distinct appeal for the discerning collector. 

Master of the macabre Susan Hill delivers three chilling descents into the supernatural. In Dolly, a spoilt child’s terrifying tantrum over a birthday doll unleashes a dark, lingering malice in the brooding, damp isolation of the English Fens. The Small Hand follows an antiquarian bookseller plagued by the icy, invisible grip of a child after a wrong turn leads him to a ruined house. Finally, The Travelling Bag gathers a collection of flesh-creeping tales involving thwarted ambition, Victorian gentlemen’s clubs, and terrifying revenge. Together, these stories showcase Hill’s unparalleled ability to weave atmosphere, mounting dread, and elegant prose into unforgettable nightmares.

Book Condition: Near Fine

Book Authors: Susan Hill

Book Publisher: Profile Books

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Horror & Ghost Stories

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 153168192

Book Publication Year: 201020122016

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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