THE INHABITANT OF THE LAKE, and Other Unwelcome Tenants.

60th Anniversary Edition. Signed by the author. Limited edition. Publisher's original Ilan Sheady illustrated boards, in the dustwrapper repeating the illustration of the boards, and the red faux leather traycase, with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. Blue silk bookmark. Illustrated endpapers in colour and chapter headings in black and white by Ilan Sheady. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper, which is bright and fresh, and without fading, loss, or tears. Housed in the fine, structurally sound traycase.

Issued in an edition of 100 copies, from which this example is numbered 82 and signed by Ramsey Campbell in blue ink on the limitation page. Prolific horror novelist, critic and editor Ramsey Campbell's debut story collection 'The Inhabitant of the Lake', was first published in 1964 by Arkham House Publishing (Sauk City, WI). This 60th Anniversary Edition of the text includes the original introduction, the first drafts of all rewritten tales, and reproductions of August Derleth's editorial responses to the stories. A beautiful gift for fans of Lovecraftian horror.