Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories
by Michael Chabon
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679415874
- ISBN 13
- 9780679415879
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Item Price
CA$62.35CA$49.88
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About This Item
This is a significant association copy, inscribed, dated, and placed by Chabon in the year of publication to Alvin Schwartz (November 17, 1916-October 28, 2011), an American comic-book writer best known for his Batman and Superman stories. Schwartz wrote his first Batman story in 1942, expanding into the Batman newspaper comic strip in August 1944 and the Superman strip two months later. Through 1952, he scripted for most of DC's newspaper strips. For rival Fawcett Comics, he wrote stories for Superman's chief competitor Captain Marvel. Until ending his association with DC in 1958, Schwartz contributed comic-book scripts for such superheroes as Aquaman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, the Newsboy Legion, Vigilante, Slam Bradley, and Tomahawk. He also wrote comic books such as A Date With Judy, Buzzy, and House of Mystery. Among Schwartz's contributions to Superman was writing the first tale of Bizarro. He wrote World's Finest Comics #71 (July 1954), the issue which began featuring Superman and Batman in the same story together. In 1968, Schwartz moved to Canada, where he wrote documentaries and docudramas for the National Film Board of Canada for nearly 20 years, and created several economic and social studies for the Government of Canada. Additionally, Schwartz wrote and lectured on superheroes, and received a Canada Council Grant for a study on religious symbolism in popular culture, using Superman as a springboard. Schwartz and his wife lived in the rural village of Chesterville near Ottawa, Ontario. He died in 2011 of heart-related complications.
First edition, second printing. Hard cover. Random House (NY)New York, NY (1999)
Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Spine ends lightly bumped, else fine. Now protected in a Brodart cover.
First edition, second printing. Hard cover. Random House (NY)New York, NY (1999)
Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Spine ends lightly bumped, else fine. Now protected in a Brodart cover.
Synopsis
Werewolves in Their Youth is a 1999 collection of short stories by Michael Chabon.
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- Bookseller
- Allen Panzeri Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 298
- Title
- Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories
- Author
- Michael Chabon
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, second printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679415874
- ISBN 13
- 9780679415879
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
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