Worst Horror Novel?
The Lair of the White Worm
Notes: Foulsham's Mayflower Library 8. A horror novel. Wikipedia says it is "widely considered one of the worst books ever written." Stoker, being dead by the time Foulsham published this version, could not applaud or protest the 12 chapters cut from the novel in an attempt to make it more readable, or at least shorter.
"Stoker's last significant work, which reads at times more like the summary of a bad dream than an organized work of fiction."—Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction.
190 pages plus one leaf of publisher's ads
Edition + Condition: A very good copy in a very good, slightly spine faded dust jacket. Neat prior owner's signature dated 1942. The advertised books are 1s and 2s, suggesting an earlier date than the ownership signature. This version has a wide blue stripe on the front panel of the dust jacket and a white spine. Jacket priced 2/- net on the spine.
Publication: London: W. Foulsham & Co., [n.d. but 1920s?].
Item No: #362683
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