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The Collected Strange Stories: Available Copies

24 x 16 cm. 470 pp. 'Cold Hand in Mine', 'Tales of Love and Death', 'Intrusions' and 'Night Voices' herein gathered in this second volume of Aickman in the Tartarus imprint. This is the second volume only in second impression. Both jacket and book are in entirely Fine condition.

Mauve boards and spine lettered in black. A 3 mm x 1 mm bump on top front edge. No other faults.

Tartarus Press, Dutro Press 2001. Book condition: NM - Near Mint. Dust Jacket. None illustrations. Dust Jacket condition: NM - Near Mint. This the two volume 'Collected Strange Stories' of Robert Aickman published by Tartarus Press and Dutro Press in 2001. Robert Aickman is considered by many to be one of the finest modern writers of ghost stories. But Aickman himself referred to his tales as "strange stories", for they are often open to more complex interpretations. The writing is subtle and poetic, presenting us with both psychological and more material terrors. This first volume of the two-volume set of "The Collected Strange Stories" contains "We Are for the Dark": The Trains, The Insufficient Answer, The View. "Dark Entries": The School Friend, Ringing the Changes, Choice of Weapons, The Waiting Room, Bind Your Hair. "Powers of Darkness": Your Tiny Hand is Frozen, My Poor Friend, The Visiting Star, Larger Than Oneself, A Roman Question, The Wine-Dark Sea. "Sub Rosa": Ravissante, The Inner Room, Never Visit Venice, The Unsettled Dust, The Houses of the Russians, No Stronger Than a Flower, The Cicerones, Into the Wood. Also includes An Essay by Robert Aickman, An Appreciation by David Tibet, A Reminiscence by Ramsey Campbell. Cover artwork by Stephen Stapleton. 840 pages. Size: 6" x 9" (165mm x 240mm). ISBN: 1872621872. (1.9)

Two volumes - the SECOND Edition. The Wrappers : The wrappers on these copies are very bright, are unfaded, and are complete. They are unclipped. Look very sharp. The Books : The books are square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners sharp. The pages are clean and bright. The closed page edges are unmarked. ightly dulled. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. No remainder marks. A very nice set. Please note these are heavy books and postage will be greater than standard. Paypal accepted.

2 Vols. 398pp Vol 1, 470pp Vol 2. Maroon cloth boards, black titles on spine. Binding tight, spine straight, corners square. Pages clean and unmarked. Red matte dust jackets have black titles on spine and b&w illustration, small and rectangular, on front panel. Mild wear to edges, faint crease along rear flap of Vol 2, otherwise crisp and intact. Jackets presented in mylar. Handsome copy of Aickman's collected strange stories, complete in two volumes. Please note that this is a heavy set and may require additional postage for international shipping.

Two volume set of nearly 50 stories of the strange and unusual. Aickman was a master of the macabre. Limited to only 500 sets (later reprinted with another 500). this is the original printing. Both books are fine in jacket. These will incur extra shipping charges for both domestic and foreign.

Octavo, two volumes, boards. 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. Upper corners a bit bumped and bruised, otherwise fine copies in fine dust jackets. Copy of errata slip laid in. (33622)

Two volume set. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 398pp, 470pp. Red cloth in dust jacket. Limited to 500 copies of this first printing, later another printing of 500 was done. The dust jackets show a bit of edgewear including a small closed tear to the head of the jacke tspine of volume 1. Both volumes show staining to the top foredges which does not effect the interior. Volume I contains: "We Are for the Dark", "Dark Entries", "Powers of Darkenss", "Sub Rosa". Volume II contains: "Cold Hand in Mine", "Tales of Love and Death", "Intrusions", "Night Voices" Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Set of 2 volumes. First Eds. Both volumes in Fine/Fine condition.

Limited to 500 sets. Collects all the stories from the books, We Are for the Dark, Dark Entries, Powers of Darkness, Sub Rosa, Cold Hand in Mine, Tales of Love and Death, Intrusions, and Night Voices. Both volumes are fine in fine and bright dust jackets.

A 2 Volume Set: The First UK printings published by The Tartarus Press & Durtro Press (London) in 1999. The sets were limited to a limitation of only 500 copies. The BOOKs are in near Fine condition with just a hint of toning to the text-block. Free from inscriptions, erasures and markings. The WRAPPERs are complete and are in near Fine condition. The wrappers are protected in removable Brodart archival covers. A scarce set of all the author's short stories. Subsequently reissued by the publishers in 2001. This, the first printing set is very scarce and collectible. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Leyburn, Tartarus Press, 1999. Limited Edition. Hardback. A fine set of books in near fine jacket. Limted to 500 copies, this being one of 30 'deluxe' copies (though not recorded as such in R.B. Russell's Tartarus bibliography on his site) with TEG on both volumes and marbled endpapers. A fine set. The first publication of Aickman's eight collections (Tartarus did subsequently publish an ninth Aickman collection) in one place. An excellent collection. Volume one contains We Are For the Dark (previously published with Elizabeth Jane Howard, though the present volume contains only Aickman's entries), Dark Entries, Powers of Darkness and Sub Rosa. Volume two contains Cold Hand in Mine, Tales of Love and Death, Intrusions and Night Voices. An excellent book. Introductions by David Tibet and Ramsey Campbell. A further essay is included by Aickman. Excellent condition with just a couple of very minor signs of handling, some rolling to jacket edges. Certainly one for the ever-growing list of Tartarus collectors. [7870, Hyraxia Books].