Richard Matheson HELL HOUSE Signed Numbered Suntup
Fine in fine clamshell case. This copy does have a couple naturally occurring scars. See photos and statement from Paul Suntup.
The Numbered edition of 250 copies is a quarter leather binding with Dubletta cloth over boards. Dubletta is a luxurious woven cotton fabric with a subtle duo-tone appearance. The spine is covered in genuine ostrich leg leather which is ethically & sustainably sourced from the world’s leading producer of ostrich leather.
Endsheets are Hahnemühle Bugra and the headbands are handmade with leather. The book is housed in a clamshell enclosure covered in European bookcloth with velour lined floors and a foil blocked leather spine label.
The edition is printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine and is signed by R.C. Matheson, Mike Flanagan and Nancy A. Collins.
A note from Paul Suntup regarding scars and “blemishes “: “It’s an ostrich leg, you’re going to have naturally occurring scarring.”
From their website: We source the finest, high-grade bookbinding leathers for covering our editions. During their lifetime, animals may come into contact with various objects that can cut the skin. This results in visible scars on the surface of the leather. It is also possible that the leather may have naturally occurring wrinkles or blemishes. Although our bookbinders do their best to utilize cuts which have no visible markings, it is possible for these markings to be present on our editions.
We do not consider this to be a defect, but rather something which adds character to the edition. Instead of seeing an “imperfection”, we embrace the leather for what it is: a natural and beautiful material.
Ultimately, we cannot guarantee that every leather bound copy of every edition we create will be entirely free of scarring. Seeking total and absolute perfection in these handcrafted books can result in disappointment.
His most frightening and shocking book, Hell House is Richard Matheson’s brutal and twisted take on the haunted house genre that became a classic in its own right.
For over twenty years, Belasco House has stood empty. Regarded as the Mount Everest of haunted houses, its shadowed walls have witnessed scenes of unimaginable horror and depravity. All previous attempts to probe its mysteries have ended in murder, suicide or insanity. But now, a new investigation has been launched, bringing four strangers to Belasco House in search of the ultimate secrets of life and death. A wealthy publisher, brooding over his impending death, has paid a physicist and two mediums to establish the facts of life after death once and for all. For one night, they will investigate the Belasco House and learn exactly why the townsfolk refer to it as the Hell House.
Few novels have impacted modern day authors of the horror genre more than Hell House did upon its publication in 1971. The novel quickly became the gold standard to which a new uprising of horror authors aspired in the 1970s and 1980s. Not your mother’s haunted house tale, Hell House signaled a new generation of horror in which sex, violence and depravity were no longer off limits. Stephen King called it, “the scariest haunted house novel ever written,” while Peter Straub hailed it as “one of the absolute best contemporary horror novels,” and Rod Serling named it “unquestionably the best” of Matheson’s work.
The author adapted his novel into a screenplay for the 1973 film, The Legend of Hell House, starring Roddy McDowall and Pamela Franklin.
With Matheson’s exploration of the darkest corners of the human psyche and his ability to evoke a sense of impending doom, Hell House is still standing tall as one of the most terrifying and influential horror classics of its kind
Fine in fine clamshell case. This copy does have a couple naturally occurring scars. See photos and statement from Paul Suntup.
The Numbered edition of 250 copies is a quarter leather binding with Dubletta cloth over boards. Dubletta is a luxurious woven cotton fabric with a subtle duo-tone appearance. The spine is covered in genuine ostrich leg leather which is ethically & sustainably sourced from the world’s leading producer of ostrich leather.
Endsheets are Hahnemühle Bugra and the headbands are handmade with leather. The book is housed in a clamshell enclosure covered in European bookcloth with velour lined floors and a foil blocked leather spine label.
The edition is printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine and is signed by R.C. Matheson, Mike Flanagan and Nancy A. Collins.
A note from Paul Suntup regarding scars and “blemishes “: “It’s an ostrich leg, you’re going to have naturally occurring scarring.”
From their website: We source the finest, high-grade bookbinding leathers for covering our editions. During their lifetime, animals may come into contact with various objects that can cut the skin. This results in visible scars on the surface of the leather. It is also possible that the leather may have naturally occurring wrinkles or blemishes. Although our bookbinders do their best to utilize cuts which have no visible markings, it is possible for these markings to be present on our editions.
We do not consider this to be a defect, but rather something which adds character to the edition. Instead of seeing an “imperfection”, we embrace the leather for what it is: a natural and beautiful material.
Ultimately, we cannot guarantee that every leather bound copy of every edition we create will be entirely free of scarring. Seeking total and absolute perfection in these handcrafted books can result in disappointment.
His most frightening and shocking book, Hell House is Richard Matheson’s brutal and twisted take on the haunted house genre that became a classic in its own right.
For over twenty years, Belasco House has stood empty. Regarded as the Mount Everest of haunted houses, its shadowed walls have witnessed scenes of unimaginable horror and depravity. All previous attempts to probe its mysteries have ended in murder, suicide or insanity. But now, a new investigation has been launched, bringing four strangers to Belasco House in search of the ultimate secrets of life and death. A wealthy publisher, brooding over his impending death, has paid a physicist and two mediums to establish the facts of life after death once and for all. For one night, they will investigate the Belasco House and learn exactly why the townsfolk refer to it as the Hell House.
Few novels have impacted modern day authors of the horror genre more than Hell House did upon its publication in 1971. The novel quickly became the gold standard to which a new uprising of horror authors aspired in the 1970s and 1980s. Not your mother’s haunted house tale, Hell House signaled a new generation of horror in which sex, violence and depravity were no longer off limits. Stephen King called it, “the scariest haunted house novel ever written,” while Peter Straub hailed it as “one of the absolute best contemporary horror novels,” and Rod Serling named it “unquestionably the best” of Matheson’s work.
The author adapted his novel into a screenplay for the 1973 film, The Legend of Hell House, starring Roddy McDowall and Pamela Franklin.
With Matheson’s exploration of the darkest corners of the human psyche and his ability to evoke a sense of impending doom, Hell House is still standing tall as one of the most terrifying and influential horror classics of its kind
Fine in fine clamshell case. This copy does have a couple naturally occurring scars. See photos and statement from Paul Suntup.
The Numbered edition of 250 copies is a quarter leather binding with Dubletta cloth over boards. Dubletta is a luxurious woven cotton fabric with a subtle duo-tone appearance. The spine is covered in genuine ostrich leg leather which is ethically & sustainably sourced from the world’s leading producer of ostrich leather.
Endsheets are Hahnemühle Bugra and the headbands are handmade with leather. The book is housed in a clamshell enclosure covered in European bookcloth with velour lined floors and a foil blocked leather spine label.
The edition is printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine and is signed by R.C. Matheson, Mike Flanagan and Nancy A. Collins.
A note from Paul Suntup regarding scars and “blemishes “: “It’s an ostrich leg, you’re going to have naturally occurring scarring.”
From their website: We source the finest, high-grade bookbinding leathers for covering our editions. During their lifetime, animals may come into contact with various objects that can cut the skin. This results in visible scars on the surface of the leather. It is also possible that the leather may have naturally occurring wrinkles or blemishes. Although our bookbinders do their best to utilize cuts which have no visible markings, it is possible for these markings to be present on our editions.
We do not consider this to be a defect, but rather something which adds character to the edition. Instead of seeing an “imperfection”, we embrace the leather for what it is: a natural and beautiful material.
Ultimately, we cannot guarantee that every leather bound copy of every edition we create will be entirely free of scarring. Seeking total and absolute perfection in these handcrafted books can result in disappointment.
His most frightening and shocking book, Hell House is Richard Matheson’s brutal and twisted take on the haunted house genre that became a classic in its own right.
For over twenty years, Belasco House has stood empty. Regarded as the Mount Everest of haunted houses, its shadowed walls have witnessed scenes of unimaginable horror and depravity. All previous attempts to probe its mysteries have ended in murder, suicide or insanity. But now, a new investigation has been launched, bringing four strangers to Belasco House in search of the ultimate secrets of life and death. A wealthy publisher, brooding over his impending death, has paid a physicist and two mediums to establish the facts of life after death once and for all. For one night, they will investigate the Belasco House and learn exactly why the townsfolk refer to it as the Hell House.
Few novels have impacted modern day authors of the horror genre more than Hell House did upon its publication in 1971. The novel quickly became the gold standard to which a new uprising of horror authors aspired in the 1970s and 1980s. Not your mother’s haunted house tale, Hell House signaled a new generation of horror in which sex, violence and depravity were no longer off limits. Stephen King called it, “the scariest haunted house novel ever written,” while Peter Straub hailed it as “one of the absolute best contemporary horror novels,” and Rod Serling named it “unquestionably the best” of Matheson’s work.
The author adapted his novel into a screenplay for the 1973 film, The Legend of Hell House, starring Roddy McDowall and Pamela Franklin.
With Matheson’s exploration of the darkest corners of the human psyche and his ability to evoke a sense of impending doom, Hell House is still standing tall as one of the most terrifying and influential horror classics of its kind