tpb, 1997, ) Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers, 1989–1997 (hc, 208 pages, 1997, ; sc, 1997, ) The collection of Dave McKean's covers for The Sandman and related art with commentary by both Gaiman and McKean. Features the short semi-autobiograpical story titled "The Last Sandman Story" (written by Gaiman, art by McKean) Vertigo: Winter's Edge (anthology): "Desire: The Flowers of Romance" (with John Bolton, in #1, 1998) "Death: A Winter's Tale" (with Jeffrey Catherine Jones, in #2, 1999) "Desire: How They Met Themselves" (with Michael Zulli, in #3, 2000) The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (prose novel with illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano, hc, 128 pages, 1999, ; sc, 2000, ) The novel was later published in the form of a comic book as The Sandman: The Dream Hunters #1–4 (adapted and drawn by P. Craig Russell, 2008–2009) The comic adaptation was collected as The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (hc, 144 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2010, ) The Sandman: Endless Nights (graphic novel, hc, 160 pages, 2003, ; sc, 2004, ) consisting of seven chapters: "Death and Venice" (with P. Craig Russell) "What I've Tasted of Desire" (with Milo Manara) "Dream: The Heart of a Star" (with Miguelanxo Prado) "Fifteen Portraits of Despair" (with Barron Storey) "Delirium: Going Inside" (with Bill Sienkiewicz) "Destruction: On the Peninsula" (with Glenn Fabry) "Destiny: Endless Nights" (with Frank Quitely) In 2006, DC Comics began reprinting The Sandman in a series of comprehensive Absolute Editions with recolored and partially remastered art (also used in subsequent collected editions): The Sandman: Absolute Edition Volume 1 (collects #1–20, Gaiman's original pitch for the series and the full script and pencil art for issue #19, hc, 612 pages, 2006, ) The Sandman: Absolute Edition Volume 2 (collects #21–39, short story from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #1 and the full script and pencil art for issue #23, hc, 616 pages, 2007, ) Includes the Sandman: A Gallery of Dreams one-shot (1994) featuring pin-ups of Morpheus created by various artists and an afterword written by Gaiman. The Sandman: Absolute Edition Volume 3 (collects #40–56, The Sandman Special and short stories from Vertigo Preview and Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3, hc, 616 pages, 2007, ) Includes the Endless Gallery one-shot (1995) featuring pin-ups of characters from the Endless created by various artists and an introduction written by Gaiman. The Sandman: Absolute Edition Volume 4 (collects #57–75 with the "lost pages" segment from The Dreaming #8