{"product_id":"the-years-best-fantasy-and-horror-eighth-annual-collection-ellen-datlow-terri-windling-editors","title":"The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow \u0026 Terri Windling (Editors)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow \u0026amp; Terri Windling (Editors) — First Edition \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e: New York, St. Martin's Press, 1995\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormatting\u003c\/strong\u003e: 8vo, pp. N\/A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Near Fine. This volume presents exceptionally well, featuring a square and remarkably tight binding that suggests it has seen minimal, if any, reading wear. The publisher's original grey boards remain completely clean with sharp, unbumped corners, and the gilt lettering along the spine is bright and free from any signs of oxidation. Internally, the pages are crisp, bright, and devoid of foxing or marginalia, with only the faintest hint of superficial shelf-dusting to the very top edge of the text block. The original dust jacket is similarly well-preserved, vibrant, unclipped, and exhibiting negligible edgewear, and is currently protected in a clear archival sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This copy is a true first edition, first printing of the hardcover issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis variant was produced in significantly smaller print runs, primarily intended for institutional libraries and dedicated collectors. Consequently, locating a first edition hardcover in such an unblemished, non-ex-library state with a near-pristine dust jacket has become increasingly uncommon on the open market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn essential cornerstone for any serious collector of speculative fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection\u003c\/i\u003e curates the most remarkable, chilling, and imaginative short fiction published over the preceding year. Under the expert editorial guidance of genre titans Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, this monumental volume brings together an extraordinary roster of literary masters, including Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Joyce Carol Oates, and Ursula K. Le Guin, offering a definitive and sweeping panorama of the era's dark and magical literary landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54577235591507,"sku":"5061","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260809_195423.jpg?v=1786618900","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-years-best-fantasy-and-horror-eighth-annual-collection-ellen-datlow-terri-windling-editors","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}