The Illustrated Man
by Bradbury, Ray
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
Item Price
SGD 2,185.12
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About This Item
Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in a very good dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Bradbury on the front free end paper. First Edition stated on the copyright page. Original tan cloth covered boards; slight darkening around the edges. Jacket has original price of $2.75 printed on front flap. Some chipping on front and rear corners and at spine ends; creasing along the edges, no fading to spine of dust jacket. Very good. Comes housed in a custom slipcase. We will provide a certificate of authenticity.
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
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1401026
- Title
- The Illustrated Man
- Author
- Bradbury, Ray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Date Published
- 1951
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Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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- 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...
- Copyright page
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...