The Decorations by Ramsey Campbell - SUTTON HOO PRESS 2005

The Decorations, A Christmas Story by Ramsey Campbell - SUTTON HOO PRESS / ALPENHOUSE APPARITIONS 2005

A PICTORIAL REVIEW

LIMITED EDITION
No. 182 of 250 copies
Eleven original engravings (two fold-out) by Ladislav Hanka.
Printed letterpress from hand set Joanna types on dampened Johannot, a French mouldmade paper.
Signed by the author and the artist, and numbered at the press.
Ragged fore and lower edge pages.
Plain white endpapers.
Quarter bound in black cloth with black and red toned marbled paper covers.
25.7x15.8cm.
40 pages
US$190

This appears to be the only book ever published under the Alpenhouse Apparitions imprint by Sutton Hoo Press.



















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An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.

This is a lovely little book, in my favorite vein of Aickman style ambiguity.

The pulls for the illustrations are flawless work and the marbling is gorgeous and appropriate.

I love this book! Got my copy two years plus two days ago. Great story, superb production. Thanks for this comprehensive review. It's popped up a few times in the past, but has never been as thoroughly covered as here.

>1 wcarter: There was another Alpenhouse Apparition: The Four Strengths of Shadow by Ron Weighell. The whole of that edition, bound and unbound, less a copy or two for myself, is in the hands of a private book dealer in Maryland. If I remember correctly his name is John Knott: https://www.jwkbooks.com/advSearchResults.php?action=search&orderBy=relevanc...