HELL HOUSE

Limited edition. Signed by the illustrator and contributors. Publisher's original quarter black velvet with the Harry O. Morris illustrated velvet upper board, with red velvet to the lower board and titles in gilt to the spine. Housed in black and red cloth slipcase. Top edge red. Black satin bookmark. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with five full page colour plates by Harry O. Morris, a black and white photograph of the author, a photo gallery of old paperback and hardcover editions and a movie poster in colour. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions and stamps. Complete with the fine, structurally sound slipcase.

Issued in a limited edition of 100 copies, this example is numbered 91 and signed by William F. Nolan, Harry O. Morris, and James H. Burns on the colophon. A facsimile of Richard Matheson's signature is also present. A shining exemplar of the haunted house genre, Hell House is a terrifying classic. With a lengthy, 30-page interview with Matheson by James H. Burns. William F. Nolan has written a insightful introduction to the book wherein he talks about the novel and his long relationship with Matheson. Richard Matheson (1926-2013) is perhaps best known as the author of What Dreams May Come, Bid Time Return, A Stir of Echoes, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and I Am Legend, all of which have been adapted as major motion pictures. Matheson has also written for several 'The Twilight Zone' television show episodes and adapted his 1971 short story 'Duel' into a screenplay later that year for the Steven Spielberg directed film for television.