Campbell, Ramsey

The One Safe Place

ISBN: 074720666X
London, England, UK: Headline Book Publishing, 1995. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Ramsey Campbell. "When Susanne Travis is appointed to teach a special course on violence at a British university, the family moves with her from Florida to settle in Manchester. Her husband Don opens a second-hand bookshop and their twelve-year-old son Marshall enrols at Bushy Road boys school. Their troubles start the day that Don has an altercation with another motorist, who threatens him with a gun. After he describes this incident to the police, the newspapers print an unflattering Identikit picture, which the aggressor finds so objectionable that he invades the Travis home. Next the intruder is arrested and goes to prison- but, far from being the end of the matter, this is only the start of a nightmare escalation of violence which not everyone will survive." (from front flap) A page-turning, suspenseful & disturbing novel of all-too-human horror by Ramsey Campbell (b. 1946), the award-winning, popular & prolific British author, whose style has been praised by such genre masters as Stephen King & Peter Straub, & has been deemed by some critics as a worthy successor to such icons of the macabre as H.P. Lovecraft. Of significance to us Third Minds is that in his precocious youth during the 1960s, Campbell corresponded with, was inspired & mentored by none other than William S. Burroughs, the very Patron Saint-Demon of our enterprise- see our presentation, The Cut-Up Life of WSB, which was delivered at the European Beat Studies Network (ebsn.eu) Conference during September 2023, from the carousel of our site, to learn more. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, first UK edition "First published in Great Britain in 1995" as stated at copyright page (preceding the first American edition of the following year), first printing as indicated by number sequence thereon. On the title page, below his printed name, Campbell has hand-written his large, energetic signature in bold black ink. A classic Campbell collectible in its rarest contemporary form, greatly enriched by his signature. See also our item No.s 6253, 7050, 7052, 7094, 7153, 7201. Book in very fine condition with only a hint of wear & a few tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of front, back covers & spine; mild browning to edges of text block. Interior very fine with only mild browning to page leaves, chiefly at blank margins/edges. Dust jacket very fine with only a touch of rubbing, faint scratching to front, back covers & spine; a few tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same & flaps. Very Fine / Very Fine. [Item #7220]

Price: $80.00