BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN
by Matheson, Richard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: Chamberlain Press, Inc., 1954. First edition. first printing . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by Matheson on the title page, "To Steve - Best - Richard Matheson." The author's first book. Collects seventeen stories. Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 1995, 3-119. "Terse, sparsly written stories, successfully sensational." Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1125. Approximately only 650 copies published. Rear hinge professionally repaired, else fine in very good, bright dust jacket with shallow but lengthy abrasion along the top edge of the front panel, and short tear, also at the top edge of the front panel. A very nice copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22603
- Title
- BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN
- Author
- Matheson, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. first printing
- Publisher
- Chamberlain Press, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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Talent, Oregon
About Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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