{"product_id":"things-i-took-from-the-dark-signed-first-edition","title":"Things I Took From The Dark - Signed First Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Shearsmith, Reece | Witchcraft, Occult Studies, Supernatural\u003cbr\u003ePublished 08\/10\/2026 by Quercus in the United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 384 pages \u003cbr\u003e198 x 153mm | \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned First Edition - Hardback - Publishes October 8th - please just order one copy per person if you don't mind as this is very limited.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA personal guided tour through an exhibition of the monsters, ghosts, occult objects and\u003cbr\u003etales of horror that have shaped League of Gentlemen and Inside No. 9 creator Reece Shearsmith's life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor decades, Reece Shearsmith has been collecting terrible and unexpected exhibits from\u003cbr\u003eour world and beyond, from the screaming skull of Glamis C astle to the Highgate\u003cbr\u003evampire, via sea devils, the Krampus and a talking mongoose called Gef. Some of them\u003cbr\u003ehe found, some of them found him, but they all reside here in his museum, carefully\u003cbr\u003estored and waiting for their stories to be told.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the lens of these items, Reece tells his own story, from a terrifying nighttime\u003cbr\u003evisitation on a council estate in Hull, via haunted inns and uncanny creatures that hovered\u003cbr\u003earound the edges of the League of Gentlemen, to the benevolent teaspoon poltergeist of\u003cbr\u003ethe Inside No. 9 tour. Beautifully illustrated throughout by the author, Things I Took from\u003cbr\u003ethe Dark is a memoir like no other. You'll come away knowing the author far better; but\u003cbr\u003ethe exhibits are quite interested in you too...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57092408508791,"sku":"9781529453133","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/thingsItookfromthedark.jpg?v=1778832044","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/things-i-took-from-the-dark-signed-first-edition","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}