LIKE A DEAD MAN WALKING AND OTHER SHADOW TALES

First Centipede Press edition, first printing. Signed by the author, contributor, and cover artist. Publisher's original black cloth with titles in silver to the spine, with colour illustration by David Ho to the upper board, in the David Ho illustrated dustwrapper. Purple silk bookmark. With illustrated endpapers. Illustrated to the rear with nine black and white photographs of the author and facsimiles of the author's handwritten notes. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete in the unclipped dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss, and tears.

Issued in an edition of 300 copies from which this example is numbered 262 and signed by William F. Nolan, Jason V. Brock, and David Ho in metallic blue green and regular blue ink, respectively, on the colophon. A collection of 18 short horror stories, poems, and essays, with additional content including 'What Legends May Come: An Discussion with Richard Matheson and William F. Nolan', an interview by Jason V. Brock, following the text. William F. Nolan (1928-2021) was an American author, best known for writing stories in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. He is best known for co-authoring the 1967 novel 'Logan's Run', with George Clayton Johnson. He was voted a Living Legend in Dark Fantasy by the International Horror Guild in 2002. In 2006, he was bestowed the honorary title of Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. In 2010, he received the Lifetime Achievement Stoker award from the Horror Writers Association.