Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, full European cloth construction.Fascinating introduction by Stephen Jones.Eckhardt, and David Ho along with a Herbert-family-approved James Herbert facsimile signature and sold out at the publisher Limited to 300 copies, each signed by Stephen Jones, Jason C.This is also the definitive edition, with a lengthy, heavily-illustrated introduction by Stephen Jones, reproductions (in color) of old hardcover and paperback editions, and illustrations by David Ho and Jason C. Eckhardt. This is the first time The Rats been published in hardcover in the United States, and as such it is a true first edition. The work of James Herbert (1943-2013) is now recognized, thanks largely to the efforts of Ramsey Campbell and Stephen King, as a significant contribution to the field. Simultaneously praised for is reinvention of horror as more immediate and graphic, and derided for its gratuitous violence and non-literary writing, The Rats nevertheless raised serious issues about government response to horror, particularly when the horror happens to lower-class citizens. The first novel of James Herbert, The Rats was an immediate hardcover and paperback bestselling sensation that spawned two sequels. Note: the jackets on the books of this (our last set) has some edgeware, nothing major, but is there. This is for a matching numbered set of all 3 titles

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