BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN: TALES OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY ..
by Matheson, Richard
- Used
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in fine dust jacket with faint vertical crease at the center of the rear panel (book and jacket married at sometime
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: The Chamberlain Press, Inc., 1954. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with faint vertical crease at the center of the rear panel (book and jacket married at sometime in the past). A nice copy. (#168988) (29712). Octavo, cloth. 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. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1125.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29712
- Title
- BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN: TALES OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY ..
- Author
- Matheson, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in fine dust jacket with faint vertical crease at the center of the rear panel (book and jacket married at sometime
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Chamberlain Press, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Horror . SC
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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