I Am Legend (numbered/slipcased)
by Matheson, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Farway, Colyton, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Folio Society: London, 2018. First edition thus (& 1st printing). Hardcover. Classic 1954 sf/vampire novel, later made into the film of the same title. .New edition with a six-page introduction by Joe Hill and seven full-page illustrations (three double-spread) by Dave McKean, Laid in is a colour print (in folder) signed by Dave McKean. LIMITED EDITION: 315 copies bound in leather (20 lettered) of which this is one of 295 numbered copies issued in slipcase. This is no 159. There was also a simultaneous ''trade'' edition, also slipcased, but with a non-leather binding and plain mauve slipcase (and lacking the artist's print and limitation page). Fine copy (as issued without dustjacket) in pictorial slipcase (as new).
Synopsis
I Am Legend is a 1954 science fiction/horror novel by American writer Richard Matheson. It was influential in the development of the vampire genre as well as the zombie genre, in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease, and in exploring the notion of vampirism as a disease.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cold Tonnage Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53315
- Title
- I Am Legend (numbered/slipcased)
- Author
- Matheson, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus (& 1st printing)
- Publisher
- The Folio Society: London
- Date Published
- 2018
Terms of Sale
Cold Tonnage Books
All books can be returned for a full refund for any reason within 14 days.
About the Seller
Cold Tonnage Books
Biblio member since 2005
Farway, Colyton, Devon
About Cold Tonnage Books
I am the foremost British bookseller of fine, collectable, signed 1st editions of science fiction, fantasy and the supernatural. Full-time (it pays the mortgage) since 1989. All books bubble-wrapped and sent in card boxes.
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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