We Are for the Dark

The Cape 1951 London edition is the true first and, on present evidence, the only contemporaneous edition — no US edition of the collection was published at the time, so no UK-vs-US precedence question arises. The census claim is confirmed. The 'first thus' trap is Tartarus Press, which reissued the collection three times: a first Tartarus edition in 2011 limited to 350 copies, a second in 2016, and a third in 2024 with a new introduction by R. B. Russell (red linson boards, gilt and silver lettering). The Tartarus printings restore the individual attributions — Aickman: 'The Trains', 'The View', 'The Insufficient Answer'; Howard: 'Three Miles Up', 'Left Luggage', 'Perfect Love' — and are firsts of their own edition only, never of the work.