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I Am Legend

I Am Legend

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I Am Legend

by Matheson, Richard

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  • very good
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item

New York: Walker and Company, 1970. First Hardcover Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First hardcover edition. Signed twice by the author; Signed in black marker on the front free endpaper and inscribed in blue ink on the half-title page to a former owner. Review copy with publisher's photocopied letter laid in. Very Good with toning to edges and bumping at corners and spine ends. Pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with the spine toned and bumped at the edges, rubbing and light creasing to the top edge of the front panel.

Synopsis

I Am Legend is a 1954 science fiction/horror novel by American writer Richard Matheson. It was influential in the development of the vampire genre as well as the zombie genre, in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease, and in exploring the notion of vampirism as a disease.

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Bookseller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
140938381
Title
I Am Legend
Author
Matheson, Richard
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Hardcover Edition
Publisher
Walker and Company
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1970

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About the Seller

Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

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Portland, Oregon

About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.

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Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Inscribed
When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...

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