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Los Angeles: Graham Press.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in slipcase. Deluxe SIGNED Limited Edition. Copy #28 of 150 numbered copies. The entire printing numbered 503 copies in 3 variant bindings comprising: 52 doubled lettered, 1 through 150 & 301 numbered consecutively. Fine in quarter leather goatskin & marbled boards in dust jacket. Enclosed in a red cloth slipcase. Signed by Ray Bradbury & Ralph Steadman. This is the definitive edition, featuring a new introduction by the author. Laid-in is a printed prospectus signed by the publishers. ; 7 1/4" x 10 3/4" .

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. First U.K. Edition. Sharp copy of Bradbury's best-known work, based on his 1951 short story "The Fireman." "Totalitarian state outlaws virtually all books, especially the classics; an underground form of people who memorize great books to preserve them for posterity. The plot revolves around a "fireman's" conversion from book burner to preserver" (Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 3-61). Basis for François Truffaut's classic 1966 film, starring Oskar Werner and Julie Christie, and Ramin Bahrani's more recent adaptation for HBO, starring Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, Vol.1, p.39; Sargent, p.121; Pringle 100. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-158,[2]pp. Lower board corners gently tapped (though still sharp), else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. In the original dustjacket, unclipped (priced 9s.6d. net), showing the most trivial wear to extremities, and a… Read More

New York: Ballantine Books, Inc, 1953. First Edition. Sharp copy of Bradbury's best-known work, based on his 1951 short story "The Fireman." "Totalitarian state outlaws virtually all books, especially the classics; an underground form of people who memorize great books to preserve them for posterity. The plot revolves around a "fireman's" conversion from book burner to preserver" (Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 3-61). Basis for François Truffaut's classic 1966 film, starring Oskar Werner and Julie Christie, and Ramin Bahrani's more recent adaptation for HBO, starring Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon. A highspot of the genre, seldom found signed by both author and illustrator. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, Vol.1, p.39; Sargent, p.121; Pringle 100. First Printing, trade issue. Octavo (20.25cm); Currey's D binding in red boards, with titling and author's facsimile signature stamped in yellow on spine and front cover; [vi],199,[3]pp. Inscribed by Bradbury on the front endpaper: "For Al Rogan - with… Read More