THE MAD BUTTERFLY'S BALL

Limited edition. Signed by the author and contributors. Publisher's original pictorial paper covered boards, in dustwrapper featuring wraparound artwork by Richard A. Kirk. Illustrated endpapers, chapter headings with black and white artistic impressions of insects in an entomological style and three full page illustrations. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£45 to the lower rear panel). A beautiful example.

Issued in a limited edition of 100 copies, from which this example is numbered 70, and is signed by both editors, all three illustrators, and 21 contributing authors on the limitation page. Described by author and illustrator Richard A. Kirk in his 2024 blog post as 'a new insect themed anthology of weird fiction and essays', 'The Mad Butterfly's Ball' is divided into three parts, 'Head', 'Thorax' and 'Abdomen'. Authors featured in this anthology include: Clive Barker, Paul Di Filippo, Jeffrey Thomas, Kij Johnson, Richard A. Kirk, Priya Sharma, Tom Over, Lafciado Hearn, Eugen Bacon, Joe Koch, Anna Tambour, Nuzo Onoh, Matthew Holness, Arlton Eadie, Rumi Kaneko (translated by Preston Grassmann), Thomas M. Disch, D. R. G. Sugawara, Brian Evenson, Matt Neil Hill, Dempow Torishima, H. G. Wells, Preston Grassmann, E. F. Benson, Kaaron Waaren, Christopher Young, Algernon Blackwood, Ramsey Campbell, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Emily Dickinson, Henri Fabre, Preston Grassmann, Gary J. Shipley, Jon Greenaway, and Chris Kelso.