The Illustrated Man
by Bradbury, Ray
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Vg Plus/Very Good
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. 2nd impression of first British. Red boards with silver stamping on spine has minor soiling on rear board. Tips still pretty sharp. Well bound, tight and square. Jacket has moderate creasing, minor edgewear and one small closed tear. Price intact 11s, 6d. on bottom of front flap. No markings on text block or endpapers. In mylar. 192 pages. . First British Edition. Cloth. Vg Plus/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
The Illustrated Man is a 1951 book of eighteen science fiction short stories by Ray Bradbury that explores the nature of mankind. While none of the stories have a plot or character connection with the next, a recurring theme is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people. The unrelated stories are tied together by the frame device of "the Illustrated Man", a vagrant with a tattooed body whom the unnamed narrator meets.
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- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004937
- Title
- The Illustrated Man
- Author
- Bradbury, Ray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Vg Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
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About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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