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THE INHABITANT OF THE LAKE AND LESS WELCOME TENANTS.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House: Publishers, 1964. Octavo, endpapers consist of map of the Severn valley at Dorchester, jacket art by Frank Utpatel, cloth. First edition. This copy signed by Campbell on the title page: "Sincerely- / J. Ramsey Campbell," an early signature as he is still using his first initial of his first name. Author's first book, published when he was eighteen, a story collection. 2009 copies printed. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-60.
NEW TALES OF THE CTHULHU MYTHOS.
[Sauk City, WI]: Arkham House, 1980. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Original anthology of Mythos tales with nine stories by Stephen King, A. A. Attanasio, Brian Lumley, Frank Belknap Long, Basil Copper, T. E. D. Klein, H. P. Lovecraft and Martin S. Warnes, David Drake, and Ramsey Campbell. The Lovecraft/Warnes contribution is completion of a story fragment "The Book" which was first published in DAGON. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-353. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-249.
UNCANNY BANQUET.
London: Little, Brown and Company, 1992. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Horror anthology which includes a reprint of the very scarce short novel THE HOLE OF THE PIT by Adrian Ross which has not seen print since original publication in 1914.
SUPERHORROR.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1977]. Octavo, boards. First edition, U. S. issue. Original anthology with nine stories by Brian Lumley, R. A. Lafferty, David Drake, Manly Wade Wellman, Robert Aickman, Fritz Leiber, Campbell, and others.
ALONE WITH THE HORRORS: THE GREAT SHORT FICTION OF RAMSEY CAMPBELL 1961-1991 ...
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1993]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 3834 copies printed. Retrospective collection of thirty-nine stories. "A cornerstone collection of modern horror." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-65. "... Ramsey Campbell is likely to be remembered as the leading horror writer of his generation, and perhaps the most significant writer in the field since Lovecraft. His unflinchingly bleak vision, his richly allusive style and his chilling analysis of abnormal psychology are certainly not bestseller material; but his very bountiful output -- hundreds of short stories and nearly a score of novels-already represents a substantial contribution to weird fiction ..." - Pringle (ed), St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers, pp. 120-3.
ALONE WITH THE HORRORS: THE GREAT SHORT FICTION OF RAMSEY CAMPBELL 1961-1991.
[Sauk City, WI]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1993]. Octavo, illustrations by J. K. Potter, cloth. First edition. Retrospective collection of thirty-nine stories. "A cornerstone collection of modern horror." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-65. "...Ramsey Campbell is likely to be remembered as the leading horror writer of his generation, and perhaps the most significant writer in the field since Lovecraft. His unflinchingly bleak vision, his richly allusive style and his chilling analysis of abnormal psychology are certainly not best-seller material; but his very bountiful output-hundreds of short stories and nearly a score of novels-already represents a substantial contribution to weird fiction..." - Pringle (ed), St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers, pp. 120-123.
ALONE WITH THE HORRORS: THE GREAT SHORT FICTION OF RAMSEY CAMPBELL 1961-1991.
[Sauk City, WI]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1993]. Octavo, illustrations by J. K. Potter, cloth. First edition. Retrospective collection of thirty-nine stories. "A cornerstone collection of modern horror." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-65. "...Ramsey Campbell is likely to be remembered as the leading horror writer of his generation, and perhaps the most significant writer in the field since Lovecraft. His unflinchingly bleak vision, his richly allusive style and his chilling analysis of abnormal psychology are certainly not best-seller material; but his very bountiful output-hundreds of short stories and nearly a score of novels-already represents a substantial contribution to weird fiction..." - Pringle (ed), St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers, pp. 120-123.
THE COUNT OF ELEVEN.
New York: Tor: A Thomas Doherty Associates Book, [1992]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A novel of terror concerning a serial killer.
DARK COMPANIONS.
[London]: Fontana Paperbacks, [1982]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First British edition. Signed on the title page by Campbell. Collects twenty-one stories. Contents differ from those of the Macmillan edition. Drops four stories, "The Proxy," "The Invocation," " The Pattern," and "The Puppets," and adds four, "The Man in the Underpass," "Vacant Possession," " The Trick," and "The Change." Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-63. Winter list, p. 268.
DARK FEASTS: THE WORLD OF RAMSEY CAMPBELL.
London: Robinson, 1987. Octavo, boards. First edition. Story collection. First state of the book with printing error on page 233.
DARK FEASTS: THE WORLD OF RAMSEY CAMPBELL.
London: Robinson Publishing, [1987]. Octavo, boards. First edition, second printing. Signed on the title page by Campbell. All but about 400 copies of the first printing were recalled by the publisher to correct printing errors. Collects thirty stories. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 100.
THE DECORATIONS: A CHRISTMAS STORY BY RAMSEY CAMPBELL...
[Stockton, MN]: Alpenhouse Apparitions, 2005. Octavo, eleven engravings by Ladislav Hanka, black cloth with three quarter marble board front, fore and bottom edge uncut. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Campbell and artist Ladislav Hanka. A short ghost story specifically written for this publisher. David, a young boy, tries to navigate family tensions during a visit to his grandparents for the Christmas holidays. David’s mother has recently been abandoned by her husband, and David’s grandmother, who is struggling with dementia, obsesses over a plastic Santa Claus decoration coming loose from the roof of her house. The narrative slowly builds to a terrifying, ambiguous climax. THE DECORATIONS was later selected as the lead story by editor Stephen Jones for The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror (2006).
THE FACE THAT MUST DIE.
[Santa Cruz, California: Scream Press, 1983]. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. & First hardcover edition. Signed by Campbell. This edition restores previously deleted text and adds an autobiographical essay. Also includes a previously unpublished short story. "A thoroughly chilling book with one of the most disturbing and convincing characters in the genre." - Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-66.
THE FACE THAT MUST DIE.
[Santa Cruz, California: Scream Press, 1983]. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. & First hardcover edition. Signed by Campbell and the artist J.K. Potter. This edition restores previously deleted text and adds an autobiographical essay. Also includes a previously unpublished short story. "A thoroughly chilling book with one of the most disturbing and convincing characters in the genre." - Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-66.
THE FACE THAT MUST DIE.
[London]: A Star Book Published by the Paperback Division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd, [1979]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Signed by Campbell. "A thoroughly chilling book ..." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-66. "Giving oneself over to Campbell's writing feels a bit like losing one's mind. Sounds are heightened, perceptions warped, and squalor becomes synonymous with horror. Reading his books, you begin to feel that your room needs to be scrubbed clean, that bugs are crawling over your skin, and that the city is driving you mad." - Grady Hendrix, Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction, p. 123. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-69.
THE FACE THAT MUST DIE.
Santa Cruz, California: Scream Press, 1983. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. (and first hardcover) edition, first printing. Scream's "definitive edition" adds a chapter deleted from the British edition, a previously unpublished story "I Am It and It Is I," and an introduction; foreword by Robert Bloch. "A thoroughly chilling book..." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-66. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-69.
HEIGHT OF THE SCREAM.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1976. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 4348 copies printed. Collects eighteen stories. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-67. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-59. Winter list, p. 268.
HEIGHT OF THE SCREAM.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1976. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed inscription by Campbell to Richard Fawcett, founder of the August Derleth Society. Collects eighteen stories. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-67. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-59. Winter list, p. 268.
HEIGHT OF THE SCREAM.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1976. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 4348 copies printed. Collects eighteen stories. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-67. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-59. Winter list, p. 268.
THE HEIGHT OF THE SCREAM.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1976. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 4348 copies printed. Collects eighteen stories. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-67. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-59. Winter list, p. 268.
THE HUNGRY MOON.
New York: MacMillan, [1986]. Octavo, Cloth backed boards. First edition. A small town in Northern England comes under the thrall of a fundamentalist preacher. He descends into a pit to exorcise an ancient evil and is overcome. Upon his return the town becomes isolated and cut off as the evil pervades. Winner of the British Fantasy Award for best novel. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-68. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 96.
THE HUNGRY MOON.
New York: MacMillan, 1986. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Review slip and publisher's promotional letter laid in. A small town in Northern England comes under the thrall of a fundamentalist preacher. He descends into a pit to exorcise an ancient evil and is overcome. Upon his return the town becomes isolated and cut off as the evil pervades. Winner of the British Fantasy Award for best novel. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-68. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 96.
THE HUNGRY MOON.
London, Melbourne, Auckland, Johannesburg: Century, [1987]. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-68. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 96.
THE INFLUENCE.
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, [1988]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-70.
THE INFLUENCE.
London, Melbourne, Auckland, Johannesburg: Century, [1988]. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Signed and dated 5 March 1988 by Campbell on the title page. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-70.