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Alexander Laing was an American novelist and essayist. He is best known for his novel The Sea Witch (1933). E was a professor at Dartmouth College.

Alexander Laing was an American novelist and essayist. He is best known for his novel The Sea Witch (1933).

One of the greatest crime and horror novels ever written, this long unavailable work (originally published in 1934) is now back in print with a new introduction by William Hjortsberg, who had the luxury of studying under Dr Laing, and so is able to provide offer new insights into the author's life as well as his fiction We are reprinting the complete novel, with Mr Laing's extensive footnotes that discuss, among others, the history of medical abnormalities – not the more common abridged edition side from an engaging story with excellent characters, The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck is also a terrific mystery.

Imited to 300 numbered copies, each book is signed by William Hjortsberg We are down to approximately 20 copies.

Edition Details

• Limited to 300 copies, each signed by William Hjortsberg.
• Introduction by William Hjortsberg.
• Includes several essays by Laing, collected together for the first time.
• Frontispiece and cover artwork by Lynd Ward.
• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, three-piece cloth construction.

External Links

• The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck. Centipede Press page for The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck
• Alexander Laing (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for Alexander Laing