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. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-719. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1125]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A sharp, brilliant copy. (17147). Seller Inventory # 17147

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Title: BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN: TALES OF SCIENCE ...

Publisher: The Chamberlain Press, Inc., Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1954

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First edition.

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