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CREATED BY.
London: Macmillan, [1994]. Octavo, boards. First U.K. edition. The author's first novel. Inscribed and signed to a long time book editor on the half title page. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-261].
BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN: TALES OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY ...
Philadelphia: The Chamberlain Press, Inc., 1954. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 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. [Reference: 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. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-719. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1125].
EARTHBOUND.
London: Robinson, 1989. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. Previously published in 1982 under the pseudonym Logan Swanson as a paperback original.
HELL HOUSE.
New York: The Viking Press, [1971]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Label signed by Matheson was affixed to title page and has since come free and is laid in. A malign spirit preys upon the vulnerabilities of those who enter Belasco House, a haunted mansion called "Hell House." Filmed in 1973 as "The Legend of Hell House," from a screenplay written by Matheson. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-216. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 725-27. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-173. King list, p. 390. Winter list, p. 270].
SHOCK II.
[New York]: A Dell Book:, [1964]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Dell Books 7829. Paperback original. Collects thirteen stories. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-218. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1128. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-176].
SHOCK III.
[New York]: A Dell Book:, [1966]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Dell Books 7830. Paperback original. Collects thirteen stories. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-218. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1129. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-177].
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. [Reference: 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. [Reference: 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. [Reference: 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. [Reference: 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. [Reference: 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. On a label affixed to the front free end paper this copy is inscribed and signed by Matheson to a well known early fan. A novel of psychic gifts and the trouble it can bring. Made into a feature film with Kevin Bacon. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-259].
THIRD FROM THE SUN.
New York: Bantam Books, [1955]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam Books 1294. Thirteen stories of fantasy and science fiction, selected from Matheson's first story collection, BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN (1954). Includes "Blood Son" ("Drink My Red Blood," IMAGINATION, April 1951), a vampire tale.
WHAT DREAMS MAY COME.
New York: Putnam, 1978. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by Matheson on the front free end paper. Metaphysical novel about a man who dies in a car accident and in his after-life tries to connect with his wife, who commits suicide from grief. Basis for a feature film with Robin Williams. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-177 and 4A-178. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 90-4 and V, pp. 2112-14].
EARTHBOUND.
New York: Playboy Paperbacks, 1982. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.