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FAHRENHEIT 451.

FAHRENHEIT 451.

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FAHRENHEIT 451.

by Bradbury, Ray

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London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First British edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 158 pages of text. Bound in three quarter leather with marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering and decoration on the spine; raised bands. Illustrated with a frontispiece by Joe Mugnaini. The closed page edges have a small smudge. The text is clean and unmarked. New endpapers. First British edition..

Synopsis

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.

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Bookseller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA) US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
019614
Title
FAHRENHEIT 451.
Author
Bradbury, Ray
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very good+ condition
Edition
First British edition
Publisher
Rupert Hart-Davis
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1954
Size
12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾

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Good+
A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
12mo
A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
New
A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Raised Band(s)
Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...

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