The Doll Who Ate His Mother, Campbell, Ramsey. Published by Millington Books, London, 1976. First UK Edition. 8vo up to 9½” tall. 209pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. Tiny remainder dot to outer bottom edge; small dust mark outer edge and otherwise volume is in fine condition. Unclipped jacket has light top edge ruffling and is otherwise, fine.
The Doll Who Ate His Mother was Campbell’s first novel; it was nominated for the World Fantasy Novel Award and appears as Number 16 of Nightmare Magazines Top 100 Horror Books.
Ramsey Campbell has won more awards than any other living author of horror or dark fantasy, including four World Fantasy Awards, nine British Fantasy Awards, three Bram Stoker Awards, and two International Horror Guild Awards. Critically acclaimed both in the US and in England, Campbell is widely regarded as one of the genre’s literary lights for both his short fiction and his novels.