Matheson, Richard (2020) ‘I Am Legend’, US deluxe limited edition, published by Suntup Press

Richard Matheson (2020) ‘I Am Legend‘, US limited editions, published by Suntup Press. The buyer receives the deluxe lettered limited edition, one of only 26 copies of which this is letter ‘X’. In addition, the buyer will receive the uncorrected proof copy for this title.

Condition: fine and unread with original packaging.

Production details according to the publisher:

“The Lettered edition is limited to 26 copies and is a full goatskin binding featuring a handcrafted wooden stake affixed to the cover which is laser engraved with the title. The spine is foil stamped, and endsheets are hand marbled on acid free Fabriano Ingres. The edition is printed letterpress on Hahnemühle Biblio mould-made paper, with a deckled fore edge. Title, chapter and section pages are printed with an additional spot color, and the edition is housed in a half-leather clamshell enclosure with a marbled paper cover.”

‘I Am Legend’ was originally published in 1954 and quickly became a modern classic of the vampire genre. The material served as basis for three films: The Last Man on Earth (1964); The Omega Man (1971) and I Am Legend (2007)