Richard Matheson (1926-2013) is the author of many classic novels and short stories. Title, chapter and section pages are printed with an additional spot color, and the edition is housed in a unique cloth and paper covered slipcase. The classic, understated design is composed in such a way as to blend with the interior typography, which is printed letterpress on Teton paper with a deckled fore edge. The Numbered edition of 250 copies is an elegant quarter vellum binding with Hahnemühle Bugra paper boards and foil stamping on the cover and spine. The book is printed offset, and is housed in a unique embossed paper-covered slipcase with cloth on the upper and lower sections. It is the only edition of the three with the dust jacket. It is a full cloth smyth-sewn binding with two-hits foil stamping, and printed endsheets. Signed by Allen Williams, the Artist Gift edition is limited to 1000 copies and features a dust jacket with wrap-around artwork. The novel and Richard Matheson are often credited for creating the zombie-vampire genre. In 2012, the Horror Writers Association gave I Am Legend the special Vampire Novel of the Century Award. Robert must hunt by day, hide by night, and most importantly, survive.

I Am Legend is the story of Robert Neville, who appears to be the sole survivor of a pandemic that has turned the human race into a crossbreed of zombies and vampires. Originally published in 1954, Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend ushered in a different kind of novel, defying and transcending genre to combine elements of horror and science fiction within a post-apocalyptic frame. 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. “This may be the most terrifying novel you will ever read.” Limit 1 Per Customer/Household Per Edition Type

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