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The Illustrated Man
by Bradbury, Ray
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Fair
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Red coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A series of 18 short stories that are linked only by the tattoos that a former carnival worker had tattooed on his body by a time travelling woman. At night, the tattoos moved and glowed and told tales of the future. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges rubbing of the book corners. Light age toning and foxing to the text block edges with age toning of the pages and foxing of the first few and last few pages of the book. Previous owners ex libris plate has been fixed to the free front end page. The dustwrapper is definitely showing signs of age – please see photograph. Chipping of the lower dustwrapper corners and to the lower back strip edge. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and panels with fading of the back strip and to the top edge of the rear panel. Rubs and marks are present as well and foxing has occurred to the verso which can be seen to the front panels. First English Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 9 - 192 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Short Stories; Inventory No: 0288533. .
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0288533
- Title
- The Illustrated Man
- Author
- Bradbury, Ray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Science fiction, short stories, psychology of people, technology Science Fiction & Fantasy; Short Stories; Unbranded Bradbury, Ray The Illustrated Man
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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