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Fahrenheit 451 Hardcover - 1993
by Ray D. Bradbury
About this book
Fahrenheit 451 (Ballantine Books, 1953) by Ray Bradbury is a dystopian novel that presents a future American society in which the masses are hedonistic and critical thought through reading is outlawed. Written in the early years of the Cold War, the novel is a critique of what Bradbury saw as issues in American society of the era.
Bradbury combined two of his early short stories, "The Pedestrian" and "Bright Phoenix," into The Fireman, a novella published in the February 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. Bradbury's publisher at Ballantine Books then suggested that he expand the work to make into a novel—Fahrenheit 451.
Bradbury combined two of his early short stories, "The Pedestrian" and "Bright Phoenix," into The Fireman, a novella published in the February 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. Bradbury's publisher at Ballantine Books then suggested that he expand the work to make into a novel—Fahrenheit 451.
First Edition Identification
Fahrenheit 451 was first published as a novel by Ballantine Books in New York in 1953. First edition copies signed by Bradbury sell for $15,000-$18,000. A limited-edition was released by the publisher in late 1953 of 200 signed copies that were bound in asbestos (to make them fireproof).
Details
- Title Fahrenheit 451
- Author Ray D. Bradbury
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 40th Anniversary
- Pages 190
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Holiday House, U.S.A.
- Date 1993
- ISBN 9780671872298 / 067187229X
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9.33 x 6.12 x 1.16 in (23.70 x 15.54 x 2.95 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93010885
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
