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WATSON'S REVENGE.
Boulder, CO: The Aspen Press, 1974. Wrappers. First edition. One of 500 copies. Collection of five pieces originally published in Punch magazine (1934-35), it is the first U.S. appearance of four of the five pieces.
THE HAUNTED CHAIR AND OTHER STORIES. Introduction by Richard Dalby.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1997. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Edited by Richard Dalby. Collection of eighteen of Marsh's supernatural tales.
THE HAUNTED CHAIR AND OTHER STORIES. Introduction by Richard Dalby.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1997. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Edited by Richard Dalby. Collection of eighteen of Marsh's supernatural tales.
MURDER IN THE NAVY.
New York: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1955]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal #507. Paperback original.
ROCKET TO LUNA.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1953]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. First edition. This author gained vast popularity writing under his well-known pseudonym of Ed McBain, he has three books in the Winston series (one under his real name). Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
VANISHING LADIES.
New York: Perma Books, [1957]. Small octavo, cover by James Meese, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Perma Books #M-3097. Paperback original. Hardboiled mystery novel.
BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN: TALES OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY...
Philadelphia: The Chamberlain Press, Inc., 1954. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 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.
BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN: TALES OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY...
Philadelphia: The Chamberlain Press, Inc., 1954. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 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.
COLLECTED STORIES.
[Los Angeles, California: Dream Press, 1989.]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. The prevue edition limited to 350 copies for sale at the 1989 World Fantasy Convention. Bind-up of the rejected first printing sheets, this version is technically the first published printing of this book. Collects eighty-six stories presenting in chronological order virtually all Matheson's short fiction from "Born of Man and Woman" (1950) to "Duel" (1971). Includes an introduction by Matheson and appreciations by Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, William F. Nolan, Jack Finney, George Clayton Johnson, Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, Dennis Etchison, and Richard Christian Matheson.
EARTHBOUND.
London: Robinson, 1989. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. Previously published in 1982 under the pseudonym Logan Swanson as a paperback original.
I AM LEGEND.
New York: Walker and Company, [1970]. Octavo, boards. First edition. "...provocative, moving, imaginative. One of the central novels in shaping contemporary horror fiction." - Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-217. Basis for three films. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-120. Jones & Newman: Horror: 100 Best Books #54.
RICHARD MATHESON: COLLECTED STORIES.
[Los Angeles: Dream Press, 1989]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies signed by Matheson. Retrospective collection of eighty-six stories in chronological order of the author's short fiction. Includes the contents from BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN, THE SHORES OF SPACE, SCHOCK I-IV and SCHOCK WAVES plus previously uncollected stories. Appreciation's by Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, William F. Nolan, Jack Finney, George Clayton Johnson, Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, Dennis Etchison, and Richard Christian Matheson. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-260.
RICHARD MATHESON: COLLECTED STORIES.
[Los Angeles: Dream Press, 1989]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies signed by Matheson, this copy not numbered and stamped presentation copy. Retrospective collection of eighty-six stories in chronological order of the author's short fiction. Includes the contents from BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN, THE SHORES OF SPACE, SCHOCK I-IV and SCHOCK WAVES plus previously uncollected stories. Appreciation's by Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, William F. Nolan, Jack Finney, George Clayton Johnson, Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, Dennis Etchison, and Richard Christian Matheson. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-260.
RICHARD MATHESON: COLLECTED STORIES.
[Los Angeles: Dream Press, 1989]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies signed by Matheson. Retrospective collection of eighty-six stories in chronological order of the author's short fiction. Includes the contents from BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN, THE SHORES OF SPACE, SCHOCK I-IV and SCHOCK WAVES plus previously uncollected stories. Appreciation's by Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, William F. Nolan, Jack Finney, George Clayton Johnson, Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, Dennis Etchison, and Richard Christian Matheson. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-260.
SHOCK!
New York: Dell, 1961. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
SHOCK!
New York: Dell, 1961. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
THE SHRINKING MAN.
London: David Bruce & Watson, [1973]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. Introduction by Kingsley Amis. Filmed in 1957 from a screenplay by the author, slated for a possible remake. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-121. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-219. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 18.
THE SHRINKING MAN.
London: David Bruce & Watson, [1973]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. Introduction by Kingsley Amis. Filmed in 1957 from a screenplay by the author, currently slated for a possible remake. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-121. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-219. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels #18.
THE SHRINKING MAN.
London: David Bruce & Watson, [1973]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. Introduction by Kingsley Amis. Filmed in 1957 from a screenplay by the author, currently slated for a possible remake. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-121. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-219. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels #18.
THE SHRINKING MAN.
New York: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1956]. Small octavo, cover art by Mitchell Hooks, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Fawcett Gold Medal S577. Paperback original. Filmed in 1957 from a screenplay by the author. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-121. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-219. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 18. King list, p. 390. Winter list, p. 270.
THE SHRINKING MAN.
London: David Bruce & Watson, [1973]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Introduction by Kingsley Amis. Filmed in 1957 from a screenplay by the author, currently slated for a possible remake. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-121. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-219. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels #18.
THE SHRINKING MAN.
London: David Bruce & Watson, [1973]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Introduction by Kingsley Amis. Filmed in 1957 from a screenplay by the author, currently slated for a possible remake. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-121. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-219. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels #18.
A STIR OF ECHOES.
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1958]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A novel of psychic gifts and the trouble it can bring. Made into a feature film with Kevin Bacon. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-259.
SNAIL.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Review slip laid in.
ONLY SOME HAD GUNS.
London: Collins, 1952. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first novel. A mystery set in the Mediterranean.