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Hell House [SIGNED & INSCRIBED]
by Matheson, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg+ to near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670365858
- ISBN 13
- 9780670365852
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1971. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. vg+ to near fine. Octavo. 279pp. Illustrated grey and blue dust jacket with black lettering on the front cover and spine. Dark blue cloth over black paper boards with silver and blue lettering on the spine. Not price clipped. Top edge of book block in purple. Signed and inscribed by Richard Matheson on the title page. This is a first edition, first printing of Matheson's horror novel "Hell House". The haunted house story was adapted into the British film "The Legend of Hell House" (1973), starring Pamela Franklin and Roddy McDowall, for which Matheson himself wrote the screenplay.
Dust jacket with the most minor or smudges and a small stain along the bottom edge of the back cover. Minor smudges along the right edge of the book block. A beautiful clean and bright copy. Dj, binding and interior in overall very good+ to near fine condition.
Dust jacket with the most minor or smudges and a small stain along the bottom edge of the back cover. Minor smudges along the right edge of the book block. A beautiful clean and bright copy. Dj, binding and interior in overall very good+ to near fine condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44898
- Title
- Hell House [SIGNED & INSCRIBED]
- Author
- Matheson, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg+ to near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, second printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670365858
- ISBN 13
- 9780670365852
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- 20th century literature, American authors, American writers, American literture, horror fiction, genre fiction,
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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- Title Page
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- Good+
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