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E-063: Chamberlain. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. The Chamberlain Press, Inc. 1954. 252 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Signed by Richard Matheson on the FFEP. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards very lightly rubbed and worn. "Born of Man and Woman" is a science fiction short story by American writer Richard Matheson, originally published in the July 1950 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It was his first professional sale, written when he was twenty-two years old. It became the title piece in Matheson's first short story collection in 1954. The story is written in the form of an internal "diary" in broken English kept by what the reader presumes is a deformed child (gender unspecified) chained in the basement by its violently abusive parents (The story makes it… Leer más

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.

Philadelphia: The Chamberlain Press, Inc, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Only about 650 copies of the first edition were distributed before a flood and a fire conspired to destroy the unsold stock. Signed by Richard Matheson on the title page. The author's first book, gathering the best of his early work, including "Third from the Sun", which served as the basis of Episode 14 of The Twilight Zone. A master of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, Matheson (1926-2013) is best known for his novels I Am Legend (1954), The Shrinking Man (1956), Hell House (1971), and What Dreams May Come (1978), all of which have been adapted as motion pictures. Introduction by Robert Bloch. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with black titles. Just a hint of foxing to the fore-edge. Light bumping to the corners and tips. The dust jacket is clean and bright, with an unobtrusive scuff to the front panel; otherwise very good or better.

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.

Philadelphia: The Chamberlain Press, Inc., 1954. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A sharp, brilliant copy. (17147). Octavo, cloth. Signed by Matheson on the title page. 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 (1995) 3-119. 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.