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We Are For The Dark: Available Copies

North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press:, 2011. Second printing, Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 258 pp. This edition limited to 350 copies. "We Are for the Dark is a remarkable collection, and one that can be said to have kick-started the 'Aickmanesque' short story. Credit for the genesis of this sub-genre of the ghost story should be given jointly to Robert Aickman and his collaborator in We Are for the Dark, Elizabeth Jane Howard. Contributing three tales each, the authors were not identified with their own stories when the book was first published in 1951. We Are for the Dark contains six stories: 'The Trains', 'The View' and 'The Insufficient Answer' are by Robert Aickman, while 'Three Miles Up', 'Left Luggage' and 'Perfect Love' are by Elizabeth Jane Howard." Second printing, Hardcover, New in dust jacket,

Originally published in the UK by Jonathan Cape in 1951. First paperback edition. Browning to the white panel on the front cover. Light edge and surface wear to the front and rear covers. Browning and quite heavy reading creasing to the spine. Book shop stamp to the first page. Pages browned but otherwise clean and unmarked. First printing.

Octavo. Bound in red linson boards, spine and front panel titled in gilt and silver, black endpapers, head-and tail-bands, red satin bookmark. Dust jacket Illustration by Stephen J. Clark. 258 pp. The first Tartarus printing was issued in 2011 and was limited to 350 copies; this is the second Tartarus Press Edition issued in 2016. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, price corner intact. Collects six fantastic & supernatural stories. Originally published by Jonathan Cape in 1951, this edition has a New Introduction by R.B. Russell. "We Are for the Dark is a remarkable collection, and one that can be said to have kick-started the 'Aickmanesque' short story. Credit for the genesis of this sub-genre of the ghost story should be given jointly to Robert Aickman and his collaborator in We Are for the Dark, Elizabeth Jane Howard. Contributing three tales each, the authors were not identified with their own stories when the book was first published in 1951. We Are for the Dark contains six stories: 'The Trains', 'The View' and 'The Insufficient Answer' are by Robert Aickman, while 'Three Miles Up', 'Left Luggage' and 'Perfect Love' are by Elizabeth Jane Howard."

All books outside UK sent airmail. All dustwrappers are film protected. Paypal accepted. With introduction by R B Russell following an interview with Elizabeth Jane Howard limited to 350 copies. Dustwrapper is complete with original price. Originally published in 1951.

North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press:, 2011. First printing, Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket, 258 pp. This edition limited to 350 copies. "We Are for the Dark is a remarkable collection, and one that can be said to have kick-started the 'Aickmanesque' short story. Credit for the genesis of this sub-genre of the ghost story should be given jointly to Robert Aickman and his collaborator in We Are for the Dark, Elizabeth Jane Howard. Contributing three tales each, the authors were not identified with their own stories when the book was first published in 1951. We Are for the Dark contains six stories: 'The Trains', 'The View' and 'The Insufficient Answer' are by Robert Aickman, while 'Three Miles Up', 'Left Luggage' and 'Perfect Love' are by Elizabeth Jane Howard." First printing, Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket,

The boards have a few light marks to the rear panel and slight fading to the spine and bend a little outwards at the fore edges but are otherwise unmarked with bright and clear lettering. Small book shop label to the bottom corner of the front pastedown. The page edges are a little browned with a scratch across the top edges but other than a little browning around the edges the pages are clean and unmarked. No jacket. First printing.

First UK Edition, First Printing. Octavo. 285pp. This is a true first UK edition, first printing (first impression) with 1951 and no statement of reprint on the copyright page. A very good copy, with a large bookseller stamp to the title page, clean pages tight binding, in fair dust jacket that is not price clipped, with chips/loss to the lower spine, corners, large closed tear to rear fold at spine and front fold. A solid copy.

First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 285. Original publisherÕs burgundy cloth, lettered silver at spine. Stories include: Perfect Love, The Insufficient Answer, Three Miles Up, Left Luggage. Endpapers slightly foxed and slight marking to covers, otherwise very good in slightly used, very good dust jacket, with slight edgewear and slight nicking at lower edge.

Octavo, boards. Aickman's scarce first book. Collects three stories by Aickman and three by Howard with Aickman's collaboration including the classic "Three Miles Up." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 851. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-7. Several small glue stains to front paste-down (likely from a bookplate), slight lean, a nearly fine copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket with light rubbing to corner tips and spine folds, age darkening to lettering of spine panel with light shelf wear to spine ends, short closed tear to upper rear panel. (22220)

GIFT QUALITY almost. only flaw bookmark caused finger nail size bleed through top page edge as pictured First edition Very good condition hard cover nice dust jacket, price present , gently read clean pages, jacket placed in mylar cover, when book was fresh if not new, rare to find any book and jacket this clean from before 1960