Matheson's First Novel, Finally Published After 50 Years

Hunger and Thirst [Signed, Numbered] and And In Sorrow

Matheson, Richard

Notes: Hunger and Thirst was Matheson's first novel, rejected by publishers when he wrote it in 1950. This is one of 500 signed and numbered copies of its first publication.

The first 200 copies of Hunger and Thirst came with a chapbook story, An In Sorrow, numbered on the colophon page.

Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Matheson on the limitation page. This copy is still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. The copy of And In Sorrow is signed on the title page by Matheson. Only a small number of copies were signed.

Publication: Colorado Springs, CO: Gauntlet Press, 2000.

Item No: #360938

Price: $150