Campbell, Ramsey

Incarnate

ISBN: 0246123001
London, England, UK: Granada Publishing Limited, 1984. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Ramsey Campbell. "The horror started when a 'controlled' experiment in prophetic dreaming got wildly out of control. It was aborted- but not before some dark door to a screaming shadow-world of nightmare had been opened and left ajar. Now, as a bitter winter holds the country in itrs corpse-cold grip, a monstrous presence begins to invade the lives of the original participants. Creatures glimpsed fleetingly in the original group dream eleven years ago are drawing them inexorably into a dreadful vortex of hallucination, insanity- and worse." (from front flap) The acclaimed novel by Ramsey Campbell (b. 1946), the award-winning, popular & prolific British horror-fiction author. This riveting page-turner is exemplary of the author who has been praised by such genre masters as Stephen King & Peter Straub (see blurbs on rear of dust jacket), & has been deemed by some critics as a worthy successor to icons of the macabre including H.P. Lovecraft. It is of interest to us Third Minds that in his precocious youth during the 1960s, Campbell corresponded with, was inspired & mentored by none other than William S. Burroughs, the very Patron-Icon of our enterprise- see our presentation, The Cut-Up Life of WSB, which was delivered at the European Beat Studies Network (ebsn.eu) during September 2023, from the carousel of our site, to learn more. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, first UK edition, presumed first printing though not specified at copyright page, published simultaneously or shortly after the first American edition. On the title page, below printed title, Campbell has hand-written his large, energetic signature in bold black ink. An essential Campbell collectible in an extremely rare contemporary form, greatly enriched by his signature. See also our item No.s 6253, 7050, 7052. Book in very fine condition with only a touch of wear & some tiny bumps, creases at/from edges & corners of front, back covers & spine; otherwise appearing substantially mint inside & out. Dust jacket very fine with only a hint of rubbing, faint scratching to front, back covers & spine; some tiny bumps, creases at/from edges & corners of same & flaps. Very Fine / Very Fine. [Item #7094]

Price: $100.00