Title: Sandman:Preludes and Nocturnes TPB
Publication Date: 1991 (On Sale: September 10, 1991)
Format: 240-Page Trade Paperback
Cover Price: $14.95
Collection Group: Sandman
Notes: 17 known printings; later printings have alternate covers
4th printing and beyond published under Vertigo imprint
Contents: Sandman #1-8

Stories:

• Sandman: "Sleep of the Just" (40 pages)
  Neil Gaiman (Writer) Sam Kieth (Penciller) Mike Dringenberg (Inker) Todd Klein (Letterer) Robbie Busch (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Sandman #1 (1989)

• Sandman: "Imperfect Hosts" (24 pages)
  Neil Gaiman (Writer) Sam Kieth (Penciller) Mike Dringenberg (Inker) Todd Klein (Letterer) Robbie Busch (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Sandman #2 (1989)

• Sandman: "...Dream a Little Dream of Me" (24 pages)
  Neil Gaiman (Writer) Sam Kieth (Penciller) Mike Dringenberg (Inker) Todd Klein (Letterer) Robbie Busch (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Sandman #3 (1989)

• Sandman: "A Hope in Hell" (24 pages)
  Neil Gaiman (Writer) Sam Kieth (Penciller) Mike Dringenberg (Inker) Todd Klein (Letterer) Robbie Busch (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Sandman #4 (1989)

• Sandman: "Passengers" (24 pages)
  Neil Gaiman (Writer) Sam Kieth (Penciller) Malcolm Jones III (Inker) Todd Klein (Letterer) Robbie Busch (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Sandman #5 (1989)

• Sandman: "24 Hours" (24 pages)
  Neil Gaiman (Writer) Mike Dringenberg (Penciller) Malcolm Jones III (Inker) Todd Klein (Letterer) Robbie Busch (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Sandman #6 (1989)

• Sandman: "Sound and Fury" (25 pages)
  Neil Gaiman (Writer) Mike Dringenberg (Penciller) Malcolm Jones III (Inker) Todd Klein (Letterer) Robbie Busch (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Sandman #7 (1989)

• Sandman: "The Sound of Her Wings" (24 pages)
  Neil Gaiman (Writer) Mike Dringenberg (Penciller) Malcolm Jones III (Inker) Todd Klein (Letterer) Robbie Busch (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Sandman #8 (1989)

Features:

• Introduction by F. Paul Wilson
• Afterword by Neil Gaiman

Additional Covers:

11th print

13th print