I AM LEGEND (Signed)
RICHARD MATHESON
Published by Walker and Company, 1954
Used
Hardcover
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First Edition, First printing, Signed FINE book in a FINE dust jacket, appearing as unread with a binding that barely opens. Signed by Matheson on a laid in signature. ?I am Legend?, first appearing in paperback in 1954, was a highly influential novel in the ?Last Man? genre, telling the story of the sole survivor of an apocalyptic pandemic which turns humans into vampires. The inspiration for at least three films, including the movie starring Will Smith released in 2007. In 2012 the book was awarded the special Vampire Novel of the Century Award by the Horror Writers Association. Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction 1126. This novel has been described as ?One of the central novels in shaping contemporary horror fiction?, and ?Matheson?s attempt to give a scientific explanation of vampirism? which in turn re-sparked the vampire genre in more recent movies. The book is FINE condition with crisp white cloth boards with unfaded black titles to the spine. The boards have sharp corners and No edgewear. The binding is very tight and square and still barely opens. The end papers are clean with no bookstore stamps, no owner names, and no inscriptions. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with no writing, no stains, no bent pages, and no foxing. Internally appearing as unread! Signed by Matheson on a laid in signature. Please see detailed images. The original first edition dust jacket is in exceptionally bright FINE condition with strong vibrant colors and a bright white background. The vibrant dust jacket has no edgewear, no rips, no chips, no rubbing, no stains, no fading and no foxing. The dust jacket is not price clipped and has the stated price of $4.95 on the front inner flap. A very striking dust jacket! Please see images. Very rare to find this book with a dust jacket in this condition! A superb copy of this classic important rare book. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other SciFi landmark titles. Seller Inventory # 001944
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Title: I AM LEGEND (Signed)
Publisher: Walker and Company
Publication Date: 1954
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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I Am Legend SIGNED
Published by
A Tom Doherty Associates Book, New York, 1997
Used
Signed
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Third Printing. Third printing. Measuring approximately 8.25" x 5.5" with 317 numbered pages. Signed by author on title page. This book is in very good plus condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Moderate scuffing to both panels. Interior pages are bright and clean. I Am Legend is a 1954 post-apocalyptic horror novel by American writer Richard Matheson that was influential in the modern development of zombie and vampire literature and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(O6-9). Seller Inventory # 6098
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Richard Matheson's I Am Legend [1st Printing Signed by Matheson and Steve Niles]
Published by
IDW Publishing, San Diego, 2003
ISBN 10: 1932382089
ISBN 13: 9781932382082
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: SIGNAL BOOKS & ART, Kitchener, ON, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Elman Brown (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st printing of the first hardcover edition of Steve Niles' and Elman Brown's graphic novel adaptation of I Am Legend scarcely SIGNED by the late Richard Matheson and Niles with a silver marker on the black title page. No jacket as issued. Niles is the screenwriter of 30 Days of Night (2007), and this illustrated adaptation of Matheson's classic predates multiple reprint editions of I Am Legend, including by Gauntlet Press in 2006, The Folio Society in 2018 and Suntup Editions in 2020. A very pleasing copy. The bottom corners of both boards are rubbed (not bumped). Canadian buyer will be charged GST. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 002433
Quantity: 1 available
I Am Legend SIGNED
Published by
Buccaneer Books
Used
Hardcover
Signed
Seller: DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Special Edition. Classic SF/Horror novel. Unauthorized edition from 1980s. SIGNED on title page (see photo). Fine w/o jacket as issued; some sort of a remainder type mark on page bottoms. These were never actually remaindered but there is an "X" in marker at the heel. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1555451543281
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Richard Matheson "I Am Legend" First Printing, Signed Artist Gift Edition [Sealed]
Published by
Suntup Editions, 2020
New
Hardcover
Signed
Seller: veryfinebooks, Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: New. Limited Edition. VERY FINE. New mint and flawless. Sealed. Personally Signed by Allen Williams, the Award-winning Illustrator Suntup Press 2020. Richard Matheson "I Am Legend" Artist Gift Edition. First Printing as stated on the copyright page. Slipcased gift edition. Sealed without any flaws. Includes the original bookmarker from the publisher. Signed by Allen Williams, the Artist Gift edition is limited to 1000 copies and features a dust jacket with cover art by Stanley Meltzoff (1917-2006) from the original 1954 edition. It is a full cloth smyth-sewn binding with two-hits foil stamping, and printed endsheets. It is the only edition of the three with the dust jacket. The book is printed offset, and is housed in a printed slipcase with cloth on the upper and lower sections. THIS ITEM IS NOW SOLD OUT FROM THE PUBLISHER "This may be the most terrifying novel you will ever read." This quote from mystery writer William Campbell Gault graced the first edition cover of what would become one of the most influential and adapted works of the 20th century. The fine press limited edition of "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson is presented in three states: Lettered, Numbered and Artist Gift editions. This is the Lettered Edition with the following features: ARTIST GIFT EDITION Signed by Allen Williams. 6" x 9" trim size. Limited to 1000 copies. Full cloth smyth-sewn binding. Two hits foil stamping. Printed endsheets. Six black-and-white illustrations by award winning artist Allen Williams. Dust jacket featuring Stanley Meltzoff art from the original 1954 edition (the only edition featuring the dust jacket.) Silk endbands. Printed offset. ABOUT THE AUTHOR. Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is best known as the author of I Am Legend, a 1954 science fiction horror novel that has been adapted for the screen three times, the first of which, The Last Man on Earth, was co-scripted by him. Matheson also wrote 16 television episodes of The Twilight Zone, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and "Steel", as well as several adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories for Roger Corman and American International Pictures - House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, Tales of Terror and The Raven. He adapted his 1971 short story "Duel" as a screenplay directed by Steven Spielberg for the television film Duel that year. Seven of his novels and short stories have been adapted as motion pictures: The Shrinking Man (filmed as The Incredible Shrinking Man), Hell House (filmed as The Legend of Hell House), What Dreams May Come, Bid Time Return (filmed as Somewhere in Time), A Stir of Echoes, Steel (filmed as Real Steel), and Button, Button (filmed as The Box). The movie Cold Sweat was based on his novel Riding the Nightmare, and Les seins de glace ("Icy Breasts") was based on his novel Someone is Bleeding. Signed by Illustrator(s). Seller Inventory # 12-100
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Blood Lines (includes 'I Am Legend') signed limited 1st edn
Published by
Gauntlet Publications, US, 2006
ISBN 10: 1887368884
ISBN 13: 9781887368889
New
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Analecta Books, Barry, VOG, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover, Slipcased. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Some fading to the jacket spine, else an excellent unread copy - signed by Richard Matheson and Mark Dawidziak (editor). This is copy number 102 of 500. Bloodlines contains Richard Matheson's Dracula, I Am Legend, and Other Vampire Stories, is an omnibus collection of Matheson's vampire tales and scripts. Edited by Mark Dawidziak (The Kolchak Scripts), the book contains both the novel and screenplay for I Am Legend (there has never been a Lettered edition of the book). Matheson's script was purchased by Hammer Films in the U.K. in the sixties, but the British Censor Board called for two pages or revisions due to "gruesomeness," which Matheson would not make. The letter is reprinted with the script. This is Matheson's vision of his classic novel, which is far better than the two films that don't come close to doing justice to the book. Matheson was also the first to write a "Dracula" script based on the Bram Stoker novel. Filmed in 1974 for television by the late Dan Curtis (starring Jack Palance), we have both Matheson's screen treatment and script. This is another oversized 8½ x 11? book with the "Dracula" script presented as Matheson typed it, with many handwritten corrections and changes. Loads of appreciations appear in both editions. Table of Contents Preface: Tracing the Bloodlines by Mark Dawidziak Introduction #1: Richard the Writer, Vlad the Impaler and "Dracula" the Script by Mark Dawidziak Dracula: Richard Matheson's complete script for the TV movie The Dracula Treatment: Richard Matheson's Treatment for the Script Gallery A: Pictures from "Dracula" Introduction #2: The Unfilmed Legend by Mark Dawidziak Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend" Script "I Am Legend" (the complete novel) (1954) Gallery B: Pictures from versions of "I Am Legend" Introduction #3: The Short Stories by Mark Dawidziak "Blood Son" (1951, also "Drink My Red Blood") "The Funeral" (1955) "No Such Thing as a Vampire" (1959) Gallery C: Pictures from "The Funeral" and "No Such Thing as a Vampire". Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 002084
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Bloodlines: Richard Matheson's DRACULA, I AM LEGEND And Other Vampire Stories (signed/limited + extra chapbook)
Published by
Gauntlet Press: USA, 2006
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Oversize hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). 520 pages: edited by Mark Dawidziak. Introduction by Ray Bradbury, dustjacket art by Harry O. Morris. Includes Matheson's script for I AM LEGEND which had been purchased by Hammer Films in the U.K. in the sixties, but the British Censor Board called for two pages or revisions due to ''gruesomeness'', which Matheson would not make. The letter is reprinted with the script. This is Matheson's vision of his classic novel, which is far better than the two films that don't come close to doing justice to the book. Matheson was also the first to wrrite a Dracula script based on the Bram Stoker novel. Filmed in 1974 for television by the late Dan Curtis (starring Jack Palance), both Matheson's screen treatment and script are included. .LIMITED EDITION: 552 copies printed (52 lettered) od which this is one of 500 numbered copies signed by the author and editor. Laid in is the separate chapbook ''The Funeral: Screenplay by Richard Matheson'' eight pages, cover art by Harry O. Morris), limited to 552 copies, which was given to customers who bought BLOOD LINES directly from the publisher. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 54458
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I Am Legend (Signed First Edition)
Published by
Walker & Co, 1970
ISBN 10: 0802755240
ISBN 13: 9780802755247
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Hardcover Edition; A Near Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author directly to the title page. An exceptionally well preserved copy of this diminutive novel, some say the greatest Vampire novel ever written, basis for the fine film starring Will Smith; this book getting quite scarce in collectible condition, rare indeed signed. This copy is in near fine condition with a square, tight binding (likely unread), sharp spine lettering over white boards, and clean white pages free from any markings; the book shows only some mild sunning to the board edges and faint off-setting to the pastedowns and first free papers, else fine. Housed in a clean and brilliant white fine dust jacket that shows only slight rubbing to the top of the back flap and very light age-toning to the flap edges. Overall, a highly presentable and collectible copy with an extraordinary jacket, greatly enhanced by Matheson's signature; a welcome addition to any Matheson or 20th Century Horror collection. Provenance assured from one of our great auction houses. Not remaindered, not price clipped ($4.95 intact), not ex-library; in a fresh Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 4110
Quantity: 1 available