The cover artwork alone fills the frame: a gothic gouache of the empty oak staircase of a Northumberland manor at night, one candle burning on the landing, dust sheets below, the copy 'The Empty Stair' in a sharp serif and 'Imogen Hale' small beneath it. Flat and square-on, no border, paper edge, barcode, tagline or other words, no quotation marks. Mostra altro