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The Wolf Man, the 1941 George Waggner Universal werewolf monster horror thriller (written by Curt Siodmak; about the son of a Welsh nobleman who returns to Wales after many years in America, and things start out well when he and his father reconcile, but then he meets a beautiful girl at a carnival, and a gypsy fortune teller sees the sign of a wolf on her palm, and soon after, she is bitten by a wolf, and the man tries to save her, but she is killed, and he manages to kill the wolf, but is bitten during the process, and later, the gypsy turns up dead, and the man is the primary suspect, and that is only the beginning of his massive problems!) starring Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi (as Bela), Maria Ouspenskaya, Evelyn Ankers, and Lon Chaney Jr. (in the title role "as 'The Wolf Man'"/Lawrence Talbot). Note that this was the only classic 1940s original Universal monster (the others originated in the 1930s). Actually, however, there WAS a 1930s Universal werewolf before this, which was in 1935's "Werewolf of London", but Universal did not like the way Henry Hull's makeup looked in that movie, so they restarted the character in this movie, with completely different makeup! In addition, they had the great fortune to hire screenwriter Curt Siodmak to come up with an original screenplay, and unlike several past classic Universal horror movies, this was not based on a classic story, but instead was a Siodmak original, and it was brilliantly written and has been imitated countless times since!
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Important Added Info: Note that this book was published by Philip J. Riley as one of the volumes in his Universal Filmscripts Series. Each of those books was published in a softcover edition, but each was also published in a hardcover edition limited to 100 copies, and each of those was numbered and signed by several people. This volume has been personally autographed (signed) by SEVEN people: Curt Siodmak, Ralph Bellamy, Gregory Wm. Mank, George Turner, Hans Salter, Michael D. Stein, AND Philip J. Riley, and it was hand-numbered 25/100! HOWEVER, THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS BOOK, A SCIENCE FICTION AUTHOR, MADE THIS BOOK EXTRA SPECIAL BY GLUING A SIGNED 8" X 10" REPRO PHOTO OF EVELYN ANKERS TO THE INSIDE FRONT COVER (see our image), and they also attached a Spanish herald for Lon Chaney Jr. to the first blank interior page with stamp hinges! Our consignor purchased this book from the estate of the science fiction author who originally owned it, and he does not have a certificate of authenticity for the Evelyn Ankers signed photo, so we leave it to the bidders to research whether or not they believe the Ankers signature is authentic (the six people who originally signed the book did so as part of the limited edition, and those are surely authentic). We give the buyer of this item 30 days after the close of the auction to do any additional research on the Ankers signature.


Also note that we have pictured the front cover, the title page, and the interior page that shows the publishing information, and one or more interior 2-page spreads.

Note: We have 11 images of the books in this set, but due to a space limitation, only TEN of the 11 images are displayed above. However, there is a "supersize" link to the right of those images that lets you see the other 1.