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Night Visions 4

Release Date: October 1987
Copyright: Copyright © 1987 by Dark Harvest, Inc.
Illustrations © 1987 by Kevin Davies
“Hardshell” copyright © 1987 by Nkui, Inc.
Publisher: Dark Harvest
Page Count: 275
75 copies presentation

Advance Uncorrected Proof

24 copies
Advance uncorrected proof of the hardcover edition
Comb-bound 8.5x11” pages, single sided photocopies, unnumbered

Trade Hardcover

3000 copies
Original List Price:$18.95 (listed on dj)
ISBN:0-913165-21-2

Limited Hardcover

500 signed and numbered copies with slipcase
Original List Price:$49.95 (listed on dj)
ISBN:0-913165-20-4

Night Visions: Hardhsell

Release Date: August 1988
Copyright: “Hardshell” copyright © 1987 by Nkui, Inc.
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Books
Page Count: 279
Appears on page(s): 37-65
ISBN-10: 0-425-10975-5
Cover Price: $3.95
States: “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”

Night Fears

Release Date: June 15, 1989
Format: UK Trade Hardcover
Publisher: Headline
Page Count: 308
Appears on page(s): 41-72
ISBN-10: 0-7472-0132-3
Cover Price: £12.95
States: “First published in Great Britain in 1989 by HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING PLC”
UK reprint of Night Visions 4

Predators edited by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg

Release Date: 1992
Format: Uncorrected Proof, Trade paperback in plain red wraps
Publisher: Roc
Page Count: 380
Appears on page(s): 7-35
States: "UNCORRECTED PROOFS” on cover

Predators edited by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg

Release Date: February 1973
Copyright: Copyright © 1993 by Martin H. Greenberg and Ed Gorman
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Roc
Page Count: 382
Appears on page(s): 9-37
ISBN-10: 0-451-45246-1
Cover Price: $10.00

Predators edited by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg

Release Date: c. February 1993
Format: Book Club Edition, Reprint of the trade paperback
Publisher: Roc
Appears on page(s): 9-37
Book Club ID: #00761

Predators edited by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg

Release Date: October 1994
Copyright: Copyright © 1993 by Martin H. Greenberg and Ed Gorman
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: ROC, an Imprint of New American Library, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc.
Page Count: 384
Appears on page(s): 9-37
ISBN-10: 0-451-45226-7
Cover Price: $4.99
States: “First Mass Market Printing, October, 1994” and “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”

Notes

Number of printed copies sourced from The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Critical and Bibliographic History by Jack L. Chalker & Mark Owings, Third Edition Revised and Enlarged, The Mirage Press Ltd., September 30, 1991

Confrontation by Kevin Davies (framed print)
Confrontation by Kevin Davies (framed print)

The illustration for this story in Night Visions 4 is titled “Confrontation” and is by artist Kevin Davies.  Here is his description as posted on DeviantArt:

“This is one of the many interior illustrations I produced in 1987 as part of my work on a limited edition hardcover collection of short stories by publisher Dark Harvest, Night Visions 4. The anthology featured an introduction by Clive Barker and original stories by Dean R. Koontz, Edward Bryant, Robert R. McCammon, and others.

“My painting is based on the events of one of the stories contained in the book. The model for the figure in the foreground was one of my housemates at the time; the larger figure in the back was not modeled on my landlord.

“The image was painted in black and white acrylic on artboard. Color tone was added digitally to a scan of the image with Photoshop and the foreground figure was revised slightly.”

Last updated on December 27th, 2021