THE GRIN OF THE DARK

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author and contributor. Publisher's original red cloth with black titles to the spine, in the Vincent Chong illustrated dustwrapper and red cloth slipcase. Red satin bookmark. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper, which is without fading, loss, or tears. Housed in the very good, structurally sound original slipcase, lightly rubbed and marked to the lower edge, with a small scuff to the tail of the backstrip, and a scuff with surface cloth loss to the upper edge.

Issued in a limited edition of 200 copies, from which this example is numbered 186, and signed by author Ramsey Campbell and the author of the introduction Michael Marshall Smith in black ink on the limitation page. 500 trade hardcover copies without a slipcase and signed only by Campbell were also issued. A horror novel about a film critic's research into a mysterious silent-era comedian. Winner of the 2008 British Fantasy Award.