Signed titles
THE LONG NIGHT.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1956]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Caidin, "To Ward: / With my hopes / for a few sleepless / nights -- / Martin." Dated in the author's hand January 29. 1956. Author's first science fiction novel. A nuclear holocaust novel. "...a terse and vivid step-by-step portrait of a family and town confronted with an atomic explosion and resultant firestorm..." - Smith (ed.): Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers (1981), pp. 96-97.
RAINBOW'S END.
New York: Mason/Charter, 1975. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Cain on the half title page: "To-- / with love, / & the hope (?) / enjoy it / Jim / Hyattsville, Md / July 8, 1975."
THE BLACK STAR PASSES.
Reading: Fantasy Press, [1953]. Octavo, cover art by Ric Binkley, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Campbell on an inserted limitation leaf. Space opera. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-210.
THE BLACK STAR PASSES.
Reading: Fantasy Press, [1953]. Octavo, cover art by Ric Binkley, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Campbell on an inserted limitation leaf. Space opera. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-210.
CLOAK OF AESIR.
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1952. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of an undetermined number of signed subscriber copies with Campbell's signature on the front free end paper. Collection of stories first published in Astounding Science Fiction under the Don A. Stuart pseudonym. "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 INCREDIBLE PLANET.
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1949. Octavo, purple cloth, lettering stamped in gold on spine. First edition. One of 500 copies with inserted limitation leaf, this being one of 250 numbered copies actually signed by Campbell (he only signed 250 of the 500 with the limitation sheet). A continuation of adventures chronicled in The Mightiest Machine (1947). See Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-7. In 333.
INVADERS FROM THE INFINITE.
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, [1961]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 112 copies signed by Campbell. This issue, prepared for Fantasy Press subscribers, has the standard Fantasy Press limitation notice "... limited to 3000 copies of which 300 are numbered and autographed," which here is erroneous. These copies were not numbered by the publisher. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-12.
ISLANDS OF SPACE.
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1956. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 50 copies signed by Campbell on an inserted plate. The limitation leaf calls for 500 autographed copies, but only fifty were actually signed. An Arcot, Wade and Morley space adventure. See Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2- 12.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
MEDUSA ...
Round Top, NY: Footsteps Press, 1987. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. 326 copies printed of which this is one of 300 numbered copies signed by Campbell. A science-fiction novella with 11-page introduction by Dennis Etchison.
SLOW.
[Round Top, NY]: Bill Munster Publisher, [1986]. Octavo, illustrations by Allen Koszowski, pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Campbell. Booklet. Short story by Campbell with introduction by T. E. D. Klein.
WAKING NIGHTMARES.
[London]: Little, Brown and Company, [1992]. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Signed on the title page by Campbell. Collects nineteen stories.
WHISPERS.
Binhampton, NY: Stuart David Schiff, 1982. Octavo, single issue, cloth. Of 376 hardbound copies this is one of 350 numbered copies signed by Ramsey Campbell and publisher Stuart Schiff. The Ramsey Campbell issue. Contributors include Campbell, Ray Russell, Michael Shea, William F. Nolan, Gerald W. Page, Karl Edward Wagner and others.
CARDOGRAPHY.
Eugene, Oregon: Hypatia Press, 1987. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 750 signed copies offered for sale, comprising the trade edition. Signed by Card and David Hartwell (who wrote the introduction).
CARDOGRAPHY.
Eugene, Oregon: Hypatia Press, 1987. Octavo, leather. First edition. One 250 copies offered for sale, the "Leather edition", signed by Card and by David Hartwell (introducer). Also includes a separate booklet "Card Catalogue" a bibliography compiled by Dr. Michael R. Collings.
EMPIRE.
New York: Tor, [2006]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 100 numbered copies signed by Card. Novel of an attempted Left-wing coup in America and a new civil war with resistance by the right from the American heartland-see SFE online entry.
THE FOLK OF THE FRINGE.
West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press, 1989. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Trade edition. Signed by Card. Five stories about life on the fringe in America's future, when society has collapsed under the weight of war. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009.