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BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN: TALES OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY ..
by Matheson, Richard
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Upper corners bruised, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a faint vertical crease at the center of the rear panel (book and
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: The Chamberlain Press, Inc., 1954. First edition. Upper corners bruised, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a faint vertical crease at the center of the rear panel (book and jacket married at sometime in the past). (31257). Octavo, cloth. Label affixed to front free end paper which is inscribed and signed by Matheson to a well known early fan. The author's first book, a collection of seventeen stories with introduction by Robert Bloch. "... the best of this author's early work ..." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-719. Approximately 650 copies of this book were distributed prior to a flood that destroyed most of the unsold bound copies and later warehouse fire that destroyed the remaining unbound sheets. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-719. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1125.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31257
- Title
- BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN: TALES OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY ..
- Author
- Matheson, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used - Upper corners bruised, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a faint vertical crease at the center of the rear panel (book and
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Chamberlain Press, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Horror . SC . Signed
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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