The Little Wax Doll: A Tale of Modern Witchcraft by Norah Lofts [BOOK CLUB EDITION / 1960]
The Little Wax Doll: A Tale of Modern Witchcraft by Norah Lofts [Formerly The Devil's Own by pseudonym Peter Curtis]
BOOK CLUB EDITION [1960] DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY
Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition. Dust jacket is in tact; overall very good with tanning and some edge / rub wear.
Book itself looks and reads like new; *name of orig. owner signed neatly inside cover.
The 1961 Edgar Award Nominated novel...
Miss Deborah Mayfield, the gentle school mistress, was charmed by the dashing and forceful Canon Thorby and the peaceful English village of Walwyck.
But there was a sinister figure in Walwyck, too; an old woman about whom there were whispers of witchcraft. It all seemed nonsense to Deborah. But logic began to crumble when a little boy was struck down with a strange illness, a wooden doll with a severed head was discovered, and a villager met with a grim death....
Then the quiet, peaceful village became a nightmare of terror for the school mistress. For with her growing fear, came a dark secret from her own past to haunt her. And she was suddenly thrown into a terrifying struggle to save herself and a young girl from one of the most ancient and bizarre evils known to man...