ALL ABOUT STRANGE MONSTERS OF THE RECENT PAST: Neat Stories by Howard Waldrop.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author, illustrators and contributors. Original heavy cream cloth with blue foil titles to the spine, in the Don Ivan Punchatz illustrated dustwrapper. With four tipped in colour plates and further black and white illustrations by various artists. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean and bright throughout. Complete with the original dustwrapper which is a little buckled and faintly toned to the spine, otherwise remaining bright and without loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($35 on the front flap). Housed in the original slipcase.

Isssued in a limited edition of 574 copies, this example is numbered 104 and signed by Howard Waldrop, Don Ivan Punchatz, Lewis Shiner, Tim Kirk, Terry Lee, Nancy Niles, Gardner Dozois, Robert Haas, Thomas Blackshear II, Hank Jankus and A. Mason. A collection of Waldrop's short science fiction stories.