The Widow of Ratchets - Owen Brookes - 1979 Diamond Books Paperback Victor Samuels The wood engraving illustrations are

The wood engraving illustrations are gorgeous and this is a lovely addition to any collection

There’s is a white knick in the cover

Decorations by Frank Utpatel

The title character also appears briefly in Porter's A Girl of the Limberlost

Three daring adventurers trek into the jungle-into the very heart of the Congo

The Widow of Ratchets - Owen Brookes - 1979 Diamond Books Paperback Victor Samuels The wood engraving illustrations areCondition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. Cover art: Blurb: THE HOUNDS OF HELL Lyndsay Dolben, tragically widowed, goes to her husband's family home. And the charming village of Ratchets has its own terrible reason for welcoming her. Alone and increasingly frightened, Lyndsay is drawn into a bewildering web of legend and superstition. Ratchets has been ruled since the Dark Ages by powerful rituals. Anyone who stands against them