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  "For Philip Jose Farmer, a gentleman, and a scholar - with best wishes to all three of you- and hopes that this example will be of help when you come to your write your autobiography": First Edition of Robert Bloch's Psycho; Inscribed by Him to science fiction pioneer Philip Jose Farmer

  BLOCH, Robert. [Philip Jose Farmer].

  Psycho: An Inner Sanctum Mystery.

  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.

  First edition of this classic thriller novel, the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's film. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Philip José Farmer, a gentleman, and a scholar - with best wishes to all three of you- and hopes that this example will be of help when you come to your write your autobiography Fondly Robert Bloch 1967." The recipient, award-winning author Philip José Farmer, is widely considered one of the greatest and most distinctive science fiction writers of the 21st century. Revered for his eccentric style of crossover fiction that reworked the lore of a plethora of celebrated pulp heroes and literary figures, he received three Hugo Awards and three lifetime achievement awards and is critically recognized as the first writer to break the taboo on sex in science fiction literature. Although he is best known for his horror novel Psycho, Bloch began his writing career as one of the youngest members of the Lovecraft Circle, emulating Lovecraft and his brand of "cosmic horror". He was a contributor to pulp magazines such as Weird Tales in his early career, and was also a prolific screenwriter and a major contributor to science fiction fanzines and fandom in general, winning the Hugo Award in 1959 ...

  Price: $9,800.00     Item Number: 124949

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  First Edition of Psycho; lengthily Inscribed by Robert Bloch and Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery

  BLOCH, Robert.

  Psycho: An Inner Sanctum Mystery.

  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.

  First edition of this classic thriller novel, the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's film. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on a page bound, "For Danny and Myrna with love from their American Uncle Robert Bloch." In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.

  Price: $3,000.00     Item Number: 149895

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