Carberg, Jr., Dave Christensen, Grady Hendrix and Wendell Minor. The slipcase is covered in a custom designed paper wrap printed on Hahnemühle Bugra. Endsheets are Hahnemühle Bugra and the edition is printed offset on Mohawk Superfine. The Numbered edition of 250 copies is a quarter cloth, flatback binding with handmade Indiana Wheatstraw paper boards and a foil stamped cover. With echoes of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Stephen King’s Needful Things, Samson’s slow burn of understated violence builds to a climactic fever pitch with an ending that makes for one of the most unforgettable horror novels of all time. The Auctioneer found its way back to print in 2018 in a trade edition, returning at last to chill a new generation of readers.
Sadly, she passed away shortly after the book’s publication, edging the novel further into obscurity. Written by a young, talented, and promising author, The Auctioneer would ultimately be Joan Samson’s only novel. Newsday hailed it “a suspenseful, engrossing novel with the most gripping and violent ending we’ve encountered for some time.” The Grand Rapids Press lauded it, “a powerful novel by a powerful author.” The New York Times called it, “explosive and chilling… I challenge anyone to resist it after reading the first few pages.”ĭespite critical praise, sales of over a million copies, a popular television advertisement, and efforts to turn the novel into a film, The Auctioneer went out of print soon after its release and was considered a lost gem of a novel for subsequent decades. Upon its release in 1975, The Auctioneer was received with wide acclaim. As the auctioneer carries out his terrible, inscrutable plan, the Moores and their neighbors will find themselves gradually but inexorably stripped of their freedom, their possessions, and perhaps even their lives. But from the moment the charismatic Perly Dinsmore arrives in town, soliciting donations for his auctions, the community of Harlowe slowly and insidiously starts to change. In an isolated New Hampshire farming community where little has changed over the past several decades, John Moore and his wife Mim do their best to maintain the family farm and live a modest, hardworking life. One of the finest and bestselling horror novels of the 1970’s, Joan Samson’s The Auctioneer is a chilling masterpiece of terror. Limit 1 Per Customer/Household of each edition type
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