THE BALLAD OF BALLARD AND SANDRINE

First edition. Limited edition. Signed by the author. Publisher's original tan faux leather with green titles to the spine, in the Michael Fusco illustrated dustwrapper. Textured endpapers. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very near fine original dustwrapper, which is bright and fresh, with a touch of rubbing at the extremities, and otherwise without fading, loss, or tears. Not price-clipped ($45 to the upper rear flap).

Issued in an edition of 350 copies, from which this example is numbered 1, and signed by Peter Straub in blue ink on the limitation page. 'The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine' first appeared in 'Terra Incognita: The Voyage Issue' edited by Bradford Morrow (Issue 56 in the Conjunctions series, Bard College), six months prior to this first standalone publication by Subterranean Press. The novella won the 2012 Bram Stoker Award for 'Superior Achievement in Long Fiction' and received a nomination for the 2012 Shirley Jackson award for 'Best Novelette'.