Horror
SOMEONE IN THE ROOM: STRANGE TALES OLD AND NEW. Introduction by Jack Adrian.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1997. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Edited by Jack Adrian. This collects twenty - eight fictions, half of which comprise all the stories in the author's rare second collection of the same title (published in 1931 under the pseudonym 'Ex-Private X'), plus another twelve stories (seven in book form for the first time), plus two essays by the author on ghosts and ghost stories.
SOMEONE IN THE ROOM: STRANGE TALES OLD AND NEW. Introduction by Jack Adrian.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1997. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Edited by Jack Adrian. This collects twenty - eight fictions, half of which comprise all the stories in the author's rare second collection of the same title (published in 1931 under the pseudonym 'Ex-Private X'), plus another twelve stories (seven in book form for the first time), plus two essays by the author on ghosts and ghost stories.
UN-PAYING GUESTS.
N. p. The Ghost Story Society, 1989. Octavo, pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. Collects three pieces first published in magazines. "Un-Paying Guests," an article about ghost stores was published in Home Magazine, December 1919 as "Ghost Stories." The other two pieces are stories of the supernatural; "Behind the Panels" from Weekly Tale-Teller, 19 June 1915 and "The Black Diamond Tree" which has previously been anthologized in 1934. The Ghost Story Society Special Booklet Number 1.
CANYONS.
New York: Tor, [2000]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A werewolf novel. The author's fiction has been nominated for awards numerous times, she has won both the World Fantasy award and Bram Stoker award.
NIGHTLIGHT.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1989]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Author's highly regarded first novel.
NIGHTLIGHT.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. Wrappers. First edition. Uncorrected proof of the author's first novel.
THE COLD ROOM.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First U.S. edition. Review slip laid in. The author's second novel. Suspense novel set in East Berlin.
NOT EXACTLY GHOSTS: COLLECTED WEIRD TALES. Introduction by Stefan Dziemianowicz.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 2002. Octavo, cloth. First combined edition. Limited to 500 copies. This edition collects the stories from the two volumes published in his lifetime, NOT EXACTLY GHOSTS (1947) and FIRES BURN BLUE (1948).
WHO GOES THERE?: SEVEN TALES OF SCIENCE FICTION.
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1951. Octavo, original tan cloth with green lettering to the spine, top edge stained green. Second edition. Signed by Campbell on the front free end paper. The second edition (so stated on the copyright page) with the 1951 movie tie-in dust jacket. Classic collection of stories first published under Campbell's pseudonym, Don A. Stuart, in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION between 1934 and 1938. "These short stories are much better than the author's novel-length space operas, and constitute a fascinating body of work." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-13. The title story has been filmed twice, the first in 1951 as "The Thing From Another World", one of the classic Science Fiction films of the 1950s (with James Arness in the title role), and by John Carpenter in 1982 as "The Thing." See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-211. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 2003-07.
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.
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.
NEW TERRORS II.
New York: Published by Pocket Books, [1984]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U. S. edition. Paperback original. Original anthology of horror fiction. Author's include Robert Bloch, Joan Aiken, Graham Masterton, Charles L. Grant, Lisa Tuttle and others. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-411.
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, 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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.