Daniel Keyes "Flowers for Algernon" Slipcased Signed Limited Deluxe Edition of 600, Leather Bound Collector's Edition [Sealed]

The Immortal Award-Winning Novel...
Personally signed by Daniel Keyes

DELUXE SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 600 NUMBERED COPIES IN MATCHING SLIPCASE.

Norwalk, CT. Easton Press 2013. Daniel Keyes "Flowers for Algernon". Signed Limited Edition of 600. Personally signed by the author. Each book is numbered. Custom matching slipcase. Beautifully illustrated and luxuriously bound in full genuine leather. As new, sealed without any visible flaws.

This signed leather-bound edition features eight new specially commissioned full-color works of art, as well as intricate 2-color stamping on the cover and slipcase!

The powerful classic story of a developmentally challenged man who is transformed into a genius by science, Flowers for Algernon ranks among the world's most popular and best-loved novels. The classic novel that inspired the Academy Award-winning movie Charly.

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD AND THE NEBULA AWARD

Features

Includes all the classic Easton Press qualities:

• Fully bound in genuine leather.
• A sturdy slipcase to house this special book.
• Eight new specially commissioned full-color works of art
• 22kt gold accents deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine.
• Heavy duty binding boards enhance the book’s durability.
• Superbly printed on acid-neutral paper that lasts for generations.
• Sewn pages – not just glued like ordinary books.
• Gilded page ends.
• Printed and bound in the USA. Imported materials.
• Rigorous inspection at every stage ensures adherence to our exacting standards.
• Superb craftsmanship and commitment to quality.

About the book

Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence-a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon.

As the treatment takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?

From the publisher: 

PRAISE FOR FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON

"A tale that is convincing, suspenseful and touching."--The New York Times

"An ingeniously touching story . . . Moving . . . Intensely real."--The Baltimore Sun

About the author

Daniel Keyes was an American author best known for his Hugo award-winning short story and Nebula award-winning novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.

Keyes was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. At age 17, he joined the U.S. Maritime Service as ship's purser. He obtained a B.A. in psychology from Brooklyn College, and after a stint in fashion photography (partner in a photography studio), earned a Master's Degree in English and American Literature at night while teaching English in New York City public schools during the day and writing weekends.

In the early 1950s, he was editor of the pulp magazine Marvel Science Fiction for publisher Martin Goodman. Circa 1952, Keyes was one of several staff writers, officially titled editors, who wrote for such horror and science fiction comics as Journey into Unknown Worlds, for which Keyes wrote two stories with artist Basil Wolverton. From 1955-56, Keyes wrote for the celebrated EC Comics, including its titles Shock Illustrated and Confessions Illustrated, under both his own name and the pseudonyms Kris Daniels, A.D. Locke and Dominik Georg.

The short story and subsequent novel, Flowers for Algernon, is written as progress reports of a mentally disabled man, Charlie, who undergoes experimental surgery and briefly becomes a genius before the effects tragically wear off. The story was initially published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and the expanded novel in 1966. The novel has been adapted several times for other media, most prominently as the 1968 film Charly, starring Cliff Robertson (who won an Academy Award for Best Actor) and Claire Bloom. He also won the Hugo Award in 1959 and the Nebula Award in 1966.

Keyes went on to teach creative writing at Wayne State University, and in 1966 he became an English and creative writing professor at Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio, where he was honored as a professor emeritus in 2000.

Keyes' other books include The Fifth Sally, The Minds of Billy Milligan, The Touch, Unveiling Claudia, and the memoir Algernon, Charlie, and I: A Writer's Journey.