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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…
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Born of Man and Woman Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy
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London: Max Reinhardt, 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Ex-library hardback book is tight with slight lean. Boards have marking and softened corners. Bumping to head and foot of spine, title gilt slightly still bright. Text block has toning to edges. Has circular library stamp to front pastedown and title page. The FEP has been removed, and the front hinge is starting. A square library stamp to copyright page with pen notation. Circular library stamp to foot of pages 125 and 164 other wise no further markings. No jacket. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid ex-library copy of this scarce edition of this collection of Matheson stories. One for the collectors of scarce editions.
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- Date Published 1956
- Pages 166
- Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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- X weight 700 g
- Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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Born of Man and Woman Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy
by Richard Matheson; Introduction by Robert Bloch
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