Stated First Edition. Tight, clean, flat, square, sharp and crisp book in unclipped DJ with a chip on the spine at the tail. Dimples at the hinges.
The is the second volume in a series. This one covers the second and third World Fantasy Conventions and contains all of the winners and many of the runner-up stories. The first was published in 1977.
There is a preface by Stuart Schiff and an introduction by Fritz Leiber. Some of the stories include Stephen King's "Jerusalem's Lot" which would later become the novel "Salem's Lot", Harlan Ellison's "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs", Ray Bradbury's "The October Game" and two by Fritz Leiber: "Smoke Ghost" and "Belsen Express".
There is also work by Manly Wade Wellman, Frank Belknap Long, Dennis Etchison, Karl Edward Wagner and others. Also included is a section of black and white illustrations by Tim Kirk and Stephen Fabian.