Act of Love (ISBN: 187053204X / 1-870532-04-X)
signed first edition
1989 · London
by LANSDALE, JOE R
London: Kinnell, 1989. First Edition - Hardcover. Signed presentation copy from Joe R. Lansdale to fellow writer William F. Nolan. Inscribed by the author: “For Bill, my first novel. Want you [to] know, any friend of Roys* is a friend of mine. Joe R. Lansdale. Oct. ‘89, Seattle World Con.” Below the inscription Lansdale has added: “* Roy: the flying seeing-eye dawg.” With notations in pencil at the rear free endpaper in Nolan’s hand listing other works by Lansdale. Fine in a fine dust jacket. William F. Nolan’s work is mostly in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres, with perhaps his best known novel being ‘Logan’s Run’ which he co-authored with George Clayton Johnson and which was the basis of the film starring Michael York and Jenny Agutter and the television series. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the 1976 horror film ‘Burnt Offerings’ starring Karen Black and Bette Davis. His biographies and collections include ‘John Huston: King Rebel’ (1965), ‘Hemingway: Last Days of the Lion’ (1974), ‘McQueen’ (1984), and ‘The Black Mask Boys’ (1985). He has received many literary awards, including ‘Living Legend in Dark Fantasy’ by the International Horror Guild in 2002, twice winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America, and in 2006, he was received the honorary title of Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. (Inventory #: 18246E)