Psycho Novel, Signed (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author in ink to publisher's bookplate at half-title. First Edition with full number line indicating First Printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 195pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in gray paper over boards with spine lettered in yellow. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A very presentable signed first edition of this breakout horror novella, SOON TO BE A FEATURE FILM starring Maika Monroe, Thomasin McKenzie, Evie Templeton, Ruth Wilson, and Jason Isaacs. "This book will be the bloody belle of the 2025 literary ball." (Oprah Daily) Most Anticipated Books of 2025: Vulture, Oprah Daily, Polygon, Reader's Digest, Lit Hub, CrimeReads, The Stacks, LibraryReads, Paste Best Books of the Month: Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TIME, Goodreads, Gizmodo, Book Riot, The A.V. Club, Apple Books, Amazon The American Booksellers Association's #1 Indie Next Great Read! (Feb 2025) A Matty Maggiacomo Book Club Selection "Simmering with rage, propulsive and laugh out loud funny, Victorian Psycho speaks profoundly of horror both within and without us." Catriona Ward ABOUT THIS BOOK: From the acclaimed author of Mrs. March comes the riveting tale of a bloodthirsty governess who learns the true meaning of vengeance. Virginia Feito's Mrs. March was hailed as "a brilliant debut . . . [by] a writer who keeps pace with the grandees she invokes" (Sarah Ditum, Guardian) from Daphne Du Maurier and Shirley Jackson to Patricia Highsmith. Now, Feito returns with her "silver-polish sentences and her eerie psychological acumen" (Constance Grady, Vox) to unleash an entirely new antihero on us all. Grim Wolds, England: Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect governess she'll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only joke about eating children. But long, listless days spent within the estate's dreary confines come with an intimate knowledge of the perversions and pathetic preoccupations of the Pounds family Mr. Pounds can't keep his eyes off Winifred's chest, and Mrs. Pounds takes a sickly pleasure in punishing Winifred for her husband's wandering gaze. Compounded with her disdain for the entitled Pounds children, Winifred finds herself struggling at every turn to stifle the violent compulsions of her past. French tutoring and needlework are one way to pass the time, as is admiring the ugly portraits in the gallery . . . and creeping across the moonlit lawns. . . . Patience. Winifred must have patience, for Christmas is coming, and she has very special gifts planned for the dear souls of Ensor House. Brimming with sardonic wit and culminating in a shocking conclusion, Victorian Psycho plunges readers into the chilling mind of an iconic new literary psychopath. (Publisher). Signed.

First American hardcover edition. Limited edition. Signed by the author, the illustrator and John Langan who provides an introduction. Publisher's original black cloth with colour printed label to the upper board and silver titles to the spine, in the Ben Baldwin designed dustwrapper. Illustrated in colour and black and white by Ben Baldwin. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the bright, original dustwrapper that has a scuff to the bottom corner of the upper panel taking some of the surface layer of paper. Issued in a limited edition of 200 copies, this example is numbered 100 and signed by Bret Easton Ellis, Ben Baldwin and John Langan on the colophon. Originally slated for publication by Simon and Schuster, the American hardcover edition was cancelled and the novel published as a paperback original by Vintage. The British edition published by Picador is the true first hardcover edition. This Centipede Press edition is the first illustrated, and first American hardcover edition. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.