Story Collection (single author)
THE ASH-TREE PRESS ANNUAL MACABRE 1998.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1998. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Collects six weird stories, "Told in the Inn at Algeciras" by William Somerset Maugham (1905), "Post-Mortem" by Arthur Ransome (1906), "The Medium's End" by Ford Madox Ford (1912), "Exactly as it Happened" by E. C. Bentley (1926), "The Unpleasant Room" by Hilaire Belloc (1928) and "Ho! The Merry Masons" by John Buchan (1933), with introduction and notes by editor Jack Adrian.
THE ASH-TREE PRESS ANNUAL MACABRE 1998.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1998. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Collects six weird stories, "Told in the Inn at Algeciras" by William Somerset Maugham (1905), "Post-Mortem" by Arthur Ransome (1906), "The Medium's End" by Ford Madox Ford (1912), "Exactly as it Happened" by E. C. Bentley (1926), "The Unpleasant Room" by Hilaire Belloc (1928) and "Ho! The Merry Masons" by John Buchan (1933), with introduction and notes by editor Jack Adrian.
THE ASH-TREE PRESS ANNUAL MACABRE 1999.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1999. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Collects six weird stories, "The House That Was Lost" by Tom Gallon (1908), "Tight and Loose" by Neil Gow (1932), "The Man Who Was Tomorrow" by Eric Ambrose (1933), "Newsreel" by W. J. Makin (1935), "Time- Piece" by Donald Showbridge (1939) and "Last Act First" by Laurence Meynell (1940), with introduction and notes by editor Jack Adrian.
THE ASH-TREE PRESS ANNUAL MACABRE 1999.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1999. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Collects six weird stories, "The House That Was Lost" by Tom Gallon (1908), "Tight and Loose" by Neil Gow (1932), "The Man Who Was Tomorrow" by Eric Ambrose (1933), "Newsreel" by W. J. Makin (1935), "Time- Piece" by Donald Showbridge (1939) and "Last Act First" by Laurence Meynell (1940), with introduction and notes by editor Jack Adrian.
THE ASH-TREE PRESS ANNUAL MACABRE 1999.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1999. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Collects six weird stories, "The House That Was Lost" by Tom Gallon (1908), "Tight and Loose" by Neil Gow (1932), "The Man Who Was Tomorrow" by Eric Ambrose (1933), "Newsreel" by W. J. Makin (1935), "Time- Piece" by Donald Showbridge (1939) and "Last Act First" by Laurence Meynell (1940), with introduction and notes by editor Jack Adrian.
THE ASH-TREE PRESS ANNUAL MACABRE 1999.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1999. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Collects six weird stories, "The House That Was Lost" by Tom Gallon (1908), "Tight and Loose" by Neil Gow (1932), "The Man Who Was Tomorrow" by Eric Ambrose (1933), "Newsreel" by W. J. Makin (1935), "Time- Piece" by Donald Showbridge (1939) and "Last Act First" by Laurence Meynell (1940), with introduction and notes by editor Jack Adrian.
WE ARE FOR THE DARK: SIX GHOST STORIES.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1951]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Aickman's scarce first book. Collects three stories by Aickman and three by Howard with Aickman's collaboration including the classic "Three Miles Up." [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 851. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-7].
COLD HAND IN MINE: EIGHT STRANGE STORIES.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1975. Octavo, boards. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. Collects eight stories. "Aickman's tales are clearly situated in the classic tradition of supernatural horror and achieve a rich and textured atmosphere of dread through meticulous orchestration of their events to an unsettling crescendo." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-3. The story "Pages From A Young Girl's Journey" was a World Fantasy award winner. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-3. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-1. King list, p. 389. Winter list, p. 267].
THE COLLECTED STRANGE STORIES.
[Horam, East Sussex]: Tartarus Press [and] Durtro Press, [1999]. Octavo, two volumes, boards. First edition, first printing. The major repository of Aickman's fiction. This two volume set collects Aickman's three contributions to WE ARE FOR THE DARK (1951) and the contents of DARK ENTRIES (1964), POWERS OF DARKNESS (1966), SUB ROSA (1968), COLD HAND IN MINE (1975), TALES OF LOVE AND DEATH (1977), INTRUSIONS (1980) and NIGHT VOICES (1985). Includes "Robert Aickman: An Appreciation" by David Tibet, "Robert Remembered" by Ramsey Campbell, and "An Essay" by Aickman written in response to receiving the World Fantasy Award in 1975 for best short story. "...it is not Aickman's quantity of output but his exceptional gifts as a writer - a prose style of impeccable fluidity, urbanity and elegance; a high sensitivity to those nuance and details productive of a weird scenario; a keen insight into all aspects of human psychology, not merely those touching upon the strange; and some very powerful weird conceptions that do not require copious, or any, bloodletting for the effectiveness-that distinguish him." - Pringle (ed), St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers, pp. 2-3. Limited to 500 copies.
DARK ENTRIES.
London: Collins, 1964. Octavo, boards. First edition. Aickman's first solo collection of short fiction. Collects six stories. [Reference: Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-2].
DARK ENTRIES.
London: Collins, 1964. Octavo, boards. First edition. Aickman's first solo collection of short fiction. Collects six stories. [Reference: Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-2].
NIGHT VOICES: STRANGE STORIES ...
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1985. Octavo, boards. First edition. Posthumous last collection of Aickman's short fiction, six stories, five first published here in an Aickman collection ("The Trains" was collected earlier in WE ARE FOR THE DARK), with introduction by Barry Humphries. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-5].
NIGHT VOICES: STRANGE STORIES ...
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1985. Octavo, boards. First edition. Posthumous last collection of Aickman's short fiction, six stories, five first published here in an Aickman collection ("The Trains" was collected earlier in WE ARE FOR THE DARK), with introduction by Barry Humphries. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-5].
POWERS OF DARKNESS.
London: Collins, 1966. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's second solo collection of macabre stories with six stories. [Reference: Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-7].
SUB ROSA.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1968. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. "Eight threatening, mysterious, subtle stories..." Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-8. [Reference: Jones & Newman: Horror: 100 Best Books #64].
SUB ROSA: STRANGE TALES.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1968. Octavo, boards. First edition. "Eight threatening, mysterious, subtle stories..." Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-8. [Reference: Jones & Newman: Horror: 100 Best Books #64].
SUB ROSA: STRANGE TALES.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1968. Octavo, boards. First edition. "Eight threatening, mysterious, subtle stories..." Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-8. [Reference: Jones & Newman: Horror: 100 Best Books #64].
TALES OF LOVE AND DEATH.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1977. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects seven stories. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-9. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-6. Winter list, p. 267].
NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES...
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1974]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Aiken to a mystery book publisher and book seller on the title page. Two brief notes signed by the author laid in. A collection of stories which appeared in previous collections of the author's work. No equivalent U.K.edition of this book.
A TOUCH OF CHILL: TALES FOR SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.
New York: Delacorte Press, [1980]. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Signed inscription by Aiken to a mystery book publisher and book seller on the title page. Publisher's review slip laid in. Collection of fifteen stories. The contents of this book differ from the U.K. title of the same name, (nearly half the stories differ). [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-11].
THE WINDSCREEN WEEPERS AND OTHER TALES OF HORROR SUSPENSE AND FANTASY.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1969. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed presentation copy by Aiken to her brother and sister-in-law. This collection of twenty-four stories is the major repository of Aiken's tales of horror and suspense for adult readers.
BEST SF STORIES OF BRIAN W. ALDISS.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1988. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-two stories, only nine of which appeared in earlier "best of" collections. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-6].
THE BRIGHTFOUNT DIARIES.
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, [1955]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first book, based on his experiences working in a bookstore.
INTANGIBLES INC. AND OTHER STORIES.
London: Faber and Faber, [1969]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects five novellas. The American edition title NEANDERTHAL PLANET (1970) has slightly different contents.
SPACE, TIME AND NATHANIEL.
London: Faber and Faber, [1957]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first SF book, a collection of fourteen short stories. Includes "The Shubshub Race," a satire set partly on Upotia, a destination planet for wealthy individuals. "Fourteen lyrical stories, comprising its author's first collection. Notable entries are 'Outside' (1955), 'Psyclops' (1956) and 'The Failed Men' (1957)." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 338. [Reference: Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 264].