Horror
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.
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.
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.
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 INFLUENCE.
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, [1988]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-70.
TWO OBSCURE TALES.
[West Warwick, Rhode Island]: Necronomicon Press, [1993]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. Collects two early unpublished stories. Afterword by Campbell.
WAKING NIGHTMARES.
New York: Tor: A Thomas Doherty Associates Book, [1991]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A story collection.
WHISPERS.
Binghamton, New York: Whispers Press, 1982. Wrappers. First edition. Vol. 4, Number 3-4, March, 1982. Ramsey Campbell special double issue of Whispers magazine.
FROM DOOR TO DOOR: A BOOK OF ROMANCES, FANTASIES, WHIMSIES AND LEVITIES ...
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers, [1900]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-318 [319-324: blank] [note: title leaf tipped in; first and last three leaves are blanks], title page printed in orange and black, original decorated gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange and gold. First U.S. edition. Mixed collection of seventeen stories including ghostly tales, visionary fantasies, whimsies, and a werewolf story. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 195. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 70. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 132. Bleiler (1978), p. 39. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992).
THE BLACK REAPER. Introduction by Hugh Lamb.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1998. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 600 copies. Collects twenty-three stories. An expansion of Lamb's 1989 edition of THE BLACK REAPER published as part of the Equation Chillers series, augmented by eleven more stories, a revised introduction by Lamb, and foreword by Ian Burns, Capes' grandson.