Book Description: New York: Ballantine Books, Inc., 1953. Asbestos Hardcover in Fine Case. Near Fine (fine is Our top)/No Dust Jacket. First Edition, Ltd Signed Asbestos Bound. SF: Book Burning. Signed By Author. [1953]. First hardcover edition, limited, signed, asbestos-bound state. This state limited to 200 [+] signed and numbered copies bound in John-Manville quinterra, an asbestos material with exceptional resistance to pyrolysis. This copy is number "43." This copy has the usual (slight) problems that all copies are prone to: slight chippping at corners of joints, one corner of joint a little bumped as are book's corners, slight foxing of edges, touch of soiling to spine, otherwise near fine, for this book a fine example (this state not issued in dust jacket). This legendary book is housed in a full fire-red Morocco (goat-skin leather) fall-down-back box with rounded spine, gilt lettering and five raised bands. Price is net to all. Bookseller Inventory # 006286
Book Description: New York: Ballantine Books, [1953], 1953. Octavo, white asbestos boards. First edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Bradbury and bound in Johns-Manville Quinterra, an asbestos material. This is copy number 18. Expanded from the novella "The Fireman" published in 1951. Filmed in 1966 by Francois Truffaut. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-31. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 8. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 749-55. Fragile asbestos binding has a few fox marks to rear cover and minute nick at lower edge of outer front joint, else a fine copy. A superb copy of a delicately bound book, rarely found free of soiling and wear. This is one the finest copies we have seen. (#103553). Bookseller Inventory # 103553
Book Description: NY: Ballantine Books, Inc., (1953), 1953. First hardcover edition, #21 of an edition limited to 200 numbered copies. Signed by Bradbury and bound in asbestos material. 199 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Bound in Johns-Manville Quinterra, an asbestos material. Bottom corner and bottom hinge of front board professionally repaired. Covers lightly soiled. A lovely copy in a cloth, clam-shell case Very good/. (Insurance required to ship this item). Bookseller Inventory # 35584
Book Description: Ballantine Books, Inc.,, New York, 1953. Hard white asbestos Boards. Book Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Bradbury and bound in Johns-Manville Quinterra, an asbestos material. This is copy number 57. Darkening of spine. Bookseller Inventory # 000574
Book Description: New York: Ballantine, 1953, 1953. First Edition; one of 200 numbered asbestos-bound copies signed by Bradbury. Covers quite spotted; minor edge wear; bookplate removed from front paste-down, else very good. Bookseller Inventory # 19607
Book Description: Ballentine Books, 1953. First edition. Limited issue, number 193 of 200 copies specially bound in "Johns-Manville Quinterra, an asbestos material with exceptional resistance to pyrolysis" (limitation pages). Signed by the author. A very good copy indeed which shows a little wear to the spine ends and slight dustiness to the spine and outside edge of the front board. A generally clean and well preserved example. The author’s famous novel of censorship and book burning, which takes the form of a futuristic science fiction novel but explores the effects of mass media in the 1950s on literature. It instantly became a cult book and went on to be regarded as a classic of dystopian as well as science fiction. The title famously refers to the temperature at which paper will spontaneously combust, so as a novelty 200 copies of the first edition were issued in a fire retardant binding, and signed by the author. This hardy binding, however, has not generally weathered well, being white and prone to soiling. Clean copies are now scarce. Bookseller Inventory # 24160
Book Description: Ballantine Books, Inc., New York, 1953. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Mugnaini, Joe (illustrator). First Edition. 8vo - 5-1/2" x 8". Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine Books, Inc., 1953. 8vo - 5-1/2" x 8". This edition of Fahrenheit 451 has been limited to 200 copies. It is specially bound in Johns-Manville Quinterra an asbestos material with exceptional resistance to pyrolysis. Each copy numbered and signed by the author. This is copy No. 143. Some spotting and darkening to the fragile white asbestos boards as all copies of this edition are prone to. Also, there is minor shelf wear and bumping to the lower front corner. This book's interior is bright and clean, the hinges are both strong and the book remains tightly bound. This is a nice copy of a very scarce and desirable book. The condition of this book is VERY GOOD. Scarce. Signed by Author. Signed Limited Edition. Bookseller Inventory # 000037
Book Description: Ballantine, New York, 1953. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. First Edition - Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. One of the most celebrated editions ever issued in any genre, this classic signed limited first edition was limited to 200 numbered copies (this is copy#127), SIGNED BY BRADBURY and bound in Johns-Manville Quinterra, a material manufactured from asbestos. This book is from the library of Leonard Zweig was was producer in 1957 of a Mike Wallace TV interview show in NYC called "Nightbeat". on which he booked Bradbury in what was to become a very well-known interview. There are no ownership marks. The book has some spotting and minor soiling to covers; front cover and rear cover each have a faint circular stain; wear to corners with show-through at top; there is a tiny chip to top upper hinge, and faint cracking at foot of upper spine; faint browning to text edges. Signed by Author. Collectible. Bookseller Inventory # 0760524
Book Description: Ballantine Books, [1953]., New York:, 1953. First edition. The hardbound trade issue. (Currey binding D [no priority]). Expansion of the novella "The Fireman (1951). ".hostility to books and ideas was generated by ordinary people, not simply imposed upon them by government." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-31. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels #8. This was filmed in 1966 by François Truffaut with Oskar Werner and Julie Christie, it is slated as of now for a remake in 2008. A fine copy in fine white dust jacket with shallow 5x10 mm chip from top edge of front panel, tiny nick to lower front corner tip, and 7 mm closed tear at bottom edge of rear panel, now housed in a custom made tray case. A sharp copy. Red boards, front and spine panels stamped in yellow. Bookseller Inventory # 11072
Book Description: New York: Ballantine Books, [1953], 1953. Octavo, red boards, front and spine panels stamped in yellow. First edition. The hardbound trade issue. (Currey binding D [no priority]). Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-31. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 8. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 749-55. A fine copy in fine white dust jacket with shallow 5x10 mm chip from top edge of front panel, tiny nick to lower front corner tip, and 7 mm closed tear at bottom edge of rear panel. A sharp copy. Enclosed in a custom quarter leather clamshell box. (#111876). Bookseller Inventory # 111876
Book Description: New York: Ballantine Books, [1953], 1953. Octavo, red boards, front and spine panels stamped in yellow. First edition. Brief signed inscription by Bradbury on the front free endpaper. The hardbound trade issue. (Currey binding D [no priority]). Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-31. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 8. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 749-55. A fine copy in fine white dust jacket with touch of dust soiling along flap folds, a bit of fading of orange lettering on spine panel, and minor wrinkling from prior enclosure in an old jacket protector. A very sharp copy; the best we have seen in many years. (#111259). Bookseller Inventory # 111259
Book Description: Sauk City, Wis.: Arkham House, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Presentation copy with vintage signed inscription by Bradbury to Preston Sturges on the front free endpaper: "For / Preston Sturges / with my best wishes -- / and my thanks / for the good entertainment / you have provided me with / over the years / from / Ray Bradbury / May 5, 1948." 3112 copies printed. The author's first book. Sturges was one of the top writer/directors of the 1940s in Hollywood, with such distinctive satires as "The Lady Eve," "Sullivan's Travels" and "The Palm Beach Story." Bradbury began writing screenplays soon after this book was published, with his first screen credit coming in 1951. He produced scripts for episodic and showcase television and for sci-fi B movies such as "It Came From Outer Space" and "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms" as well as the award- winning "Moby Dick" in 1956. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42. Cloth lightly worn along bottom edges, lettering on spine panel a bit dull, a near fine copy in fine dust jacket. A stunning example of the jacket which is quite uncommon in this condition and was probably married to this copy at sometime in the past. (#113326). Bookseller Inventory # 113326
Book Description: Arkham House, 1947., Sauk City:, 1947. Cloth. First edition. Presentation copy with vintage signed inscription by Bradbury to Preston Sturges on the front free endpaper: "For / Preston Sturges / with my best wishes -- / and my thanks / for the good entertainment / you have provided me with / over the years / from / Ray Bradbury / May 5, 1948." 3112 copies printed. The author's first book. Sturges was one of the top writer/directors of the 1940s in Hollywood, with such distinctive satires as "The Lady Eve," "Sullivan's Travels" and "The Palm Beach Story." Bradbury began writing screenplays soon after this book was published, with his first screen credit coming in 1951. He produced scripts for episodic and showcase television and for sci-fi B movies such as "It Came From Outer Space" and "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms" as well as the award-winning "Moby Dick" in 1956. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42. Cloth lightly worn along bottom edges, lettering on spine panel a bit dull, a near fine copy in fine dust jacket. A stunning example of the jacket which is quite uncommon in this condition and was probably married to this copy at sometime in the past. Early inscriptions such as this example are also uncommon. Bookseller Inventory # 11661
Book Description: Los Angeles Futuria Fantasia / A Science Circle Publication 1939-1940, 1940. First Editions. A complete set of nineteen year old Ray Bradburys science fiction fan magazine. Mimeographed, 4 issues complete, stapled. The first issue, six leaves, has a Hannes Bok cover, green on pale tan. Introductory letter from Bradbury; short story by Bruce Yerke; "Dont Get Technatal" by Ray Bradbury writing under the pseudonym Ron Reynolds; a short story by Forrest J. Ackerman, and a poem by Bradbury, "Thought and Space". Very fine. The second issue has an orange front cover, again with Hannes Bok illustration, 9 leaves, again with full page introduction from Bradbury, a short story by Hannes Bok, a poem by Bradbury writing as "Doug Rogers, Bradburys short story, "The Pendulum, an article by Bradbury writing as Guy AMory, a short story Bradbury writing as Anthony Corvais" Very fine. The third issue has tan oatmeal front wrapper (loose from staples) with illustration by Hannes Bok, sliver-chipped twice at the spine, but otherwise nice; lightly creased. Contains another RB address to the reader; Hasse; "H.V.B.;" Petaya; Pine; Rockylyn. 19 pp. The fourth issue, art again by Bok; "Gorgona and Slith" by RB; Monroe; Kelleam; Kuttner; Haggard; Reynolds and Knight, the Lyle Monroe offering in volume 4 is actually Robert Heinlein's fifth story in print and first and only in a fanzine. Cover plus 10 leaves. Very fine. The beginning cornerstone for collecting Ray Bradbury. Only a handful of these very rare issues survive, and only two sets are known to exist in the rare book collections of universities. Bookseller Inventory # 12607J
Book Description: Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1947. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. black cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial jacket, with the publisher's printed $3.00 price in the upper corner of the inside front flap. First Printing of the First Edition of Ray Bradbury's first book. One of just over 3000 copies printed [Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction 254; Currey, p. 55]. Signed by Bradbury directly on the title page. The book is in fine condition; and in a near fine dustjacket, with mild creases chiefly to jacket edges, rubbing and other light wear; a beautiful copy, seldom seen in better condition. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 002805
Book Description: A novella. Approximately 125 pp. typescript, carbon TS and photocopied pages with holograph corrections. Cutting and pasting shows the composition and refining of this story. Pages are clipped into an orange plastic binder with labels on front cover , bearing the message: "For Bruce - who loves puzzles! Here is one! Merry Christmas 1978! Melissa Toad, Witch - Carbon of Finished Story & Rejected Pages - Sept. 19, 1970. & Love from Ray & Maggie!" This piece is not included in RB's Collected Stori es. A fascinating look at the author's process. Bookseller Inventory # 452713
Book Description: Ballentine Books, New York, 1953. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG / NF. New York: Ballentine Books, 1953. Rare first edition of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. First edition. 8vo. The hardbound trade issue. (Currey binding D [no priority]). Red boards, front and spine panels stamped in yellow. VG+ / F-. Dustjacket slightly soiled with tiny chips from the front corners and spine ends, a little rubbing at the head and tail of spine. Housed in a custom clam shell box. Expansion of the novella "The Fireman" (1951): "hostility to books and ideas was generated by ordinary people, not simply imposed upon them by government." Four pictures of this book can be seen at the following links: http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/gowoodard/0795_001.jpg ; http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/gowoodard/0795b.jpg ; http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/gowoodard/0795a_001.jpg . Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 000274
Book Description: 1950, 1950. BRADBURY, Ray. The Martian Chronicles. Garden City: Doubleday, 1950. Octavo, original light green cloth, original dust jacket. $6800. First edition of this scarce science fiction classic, inscribed on the title page by the author, "Steve! Ray Bradbury, 5/7/93." Bradbury's first novel and second book, "which could be regarded as an episodic novel, made Bradbury's reputation. Its closely interwoven stories, linked by recurrent images and themes, tell of the repeated attempts by humans to colonize Mars. All the Bradbury themes that were later to be repeated find their earliest shapes here" (Clute & Nicholls, 151). "This was the book that established Bradbury's reputation. He put far more emphasis on style and mood than he did on technical detail or scientific plausibility. His reward was a stunning popular and critical success" (Science Fiction 100 3). irst state dust jacket, with $2.50 price. Currey, 45. Gift inscription. Book and dust jacket with light toning to spines. A beautiful very nearly fine copy, desirable and scarce signed by Bradbury. Bookseller Inventory # 65982
Book Description: GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY & CO, INC. PUB 1950., 1950. FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. A SCIENCE FICTION LANDMARK SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT AND JUST A TRACE OF THE USUAL TANNING TO THE SPINE. D.J. IS FINE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL COPY WITH NO FADING OR TEARS TO THE DUST JACKET AND RARE THUS. FIRST EDITION. Bookseller Inventory # 007411
Book Description: Ballantine Books, 1953. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Published in New York by Ballantine Books, Inc. in 1953. First Edition, with no indication of later printing. Red cloth with yellow lettering (Curry binding state D). This copy is SIGNED by the author on the title page. This book was the basis of the film directed by Francois Truffaut, starring Oskar Werner and Julie Christie. Book near fine, with previous owner's signature name stamp on front free endpaper and title page. DJ near fine. DJ price is $2.50. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item. Book comes in specially made cloth slipcase. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 0104657
Book Description: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Published in Garden City, NY by Doubleday & Company, Inc. in 1950. First Edition stated on the copyright page. This copy is SIGNED by the author on the title page. This is the author's second book, which is a collection of linked short stories about the exploration and colonization of Mars. Book very good, with previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. DJ near fine. DJ price is $2.50. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item. Book comes in specially made quarter leather clamshell case. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 0104656
Book Description: Doubleday, Garden City, 1950. Truly Fine in a bright, just about Fine dustwrapper. Bradbury's second book and a landmark of science fiction. Very nice copy with mild tanning to the endpapers from the presence of the dustwrapper and just a touch of fading to the cloth on the spine. A very faint spot of mild discoloration is barely visible on the upper corner of the rear cover. The dustwrapper is complete with a tiny pinprick on the spine fore-edge at the front and an internal dampstain to the front panel that is not visible on the exterior. First Edition cloth. Bookseller Inventory # 011366
Book Description: Arkham House, Sauk City, WI:, 1947. First edition octavo boards & cloth in dust jacket A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. First printing of the first edition of the author's first book. One of 3,112 copies printed. Collects twenty-seven classic short stories. ~SIGNED by Bradbury and dated May 21, 1948 in black ink on the front flyleaf. An almost fine copy (but for it's age) in a near fine dust jacket, with slight wear and creasing at spine ends and corners, and bt of rubbing at folds. An otherwise excellent copy of a title seldom found in such condition. Especially scarce signed in the year of publication. Bookseller Inventory # 949
Book Description: Ballantine Books, 1955. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This THE most desirable state of this important collection, the one of ONLY FIFTY specially bound author-copies. It is INSCRIBED to a good friend of Ray's. The book is housed in a custom, red-cloth box with leather title plate on the box's spine. The DJ is present (spine sunned, small closed tear at the front DJ fold,and a tiny nip missing from the top edge of the DJ rear). The often rubbed DJ front is nice, the book near fine. Jpegs should be looked at before buying so inquire. Inscribed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 625108
Book Description: Roy A. Squires et al, Los Angeles, 1937. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Complete thirteen volume set of this early science fiction fanzine notable for the inclusion of Ray Bradbury's first published story (outside of his high school newspaper). Other contributors include Robert Bloch, Forrest Ackerman, Hannes Bok and many more. An extraordinary fine set - all issues as fresh and new as the year they were published. Only one complete set noted in all of OCLC. Bookseller Inventory # 006787
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Book Description: New York: Garden City, 1957., 1957. Octavo, pp. [2], 281, [3] blank. Original yellow cloth, spine lettered in blue and gold, text block edge rough trimmed, top edge dyed yellow. Original colour pictorial dust-jacket, by Robet Vickrey, author's photograph to rear flap by Bonny Adler. Adhesive mark to front free endpaper, light soiling to cloth. Dust-jacket extremites rubbed, spine head and corners with small chips, light soiling. Auhtor's inscription in blue ink to front free endpaper. A very good plus copy in a very good plus dust-jacket. First edition, contemporary presentation copy, inscribed by the author: For Stuart, With friendly wishes always, from [signed] Ray Bradbury, Sept. 23, 1957.' Among the many literary awards bestowed on Bradbury during his career, Dandelion Wine was honoured in the most unusual way: it was immortalized by an Apoloo astronaut who loved the book and named a lunar crater, the Dandelion Crater, after it. The novel consisits of interlinked storiews that spring from the mond of a young boy during the summer of 1928. Brian Aldiss called Bradbury 'the Hans Christian Anderson of the jet-set age'. Bookseller Inventory # "83967
Book Description: Simon & Schuster, 1962. First edition. Original buff cloth with black titles in pictorial dustwrapper. AUTHOR’S PRESENTATION COPY, with full page inscription to Eric Ambler, "For Joan & Eric - "SOMETHING WICKED" for someone, I hope, good - with the friendly wishes of Ray Bradbury". A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper that shows minor wear to the spine ends and edges. Bookseller Inventory # 18137
Book Description: Garden City, NY Doubleday & Co. 1950, 1950. First edition. Bookplate on fep and a Martian Chronicles stamp, similar to a postage stamp, that appears to be a price stamp indicating $2.75 in the corner of the title page, else fine in fine dust jacket with a bare touch of browning to the spine panel and very light dust soiling to rear panel. A choice copy of this classic. Bookseller Inventory # 3028
Book Description: Hamish Hamilton, London, 1948. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Michael Ayrton (illustrator). First Edition. First Printing of the First British Edition. Cloth boards in original Ayrton dust wrapper, with the original price present. Signed by Ray Bradbury. Light chipping to jacket spine ends, corners rubbed, moderate soiling to rear panel; volumes spine ends with fading and slight crimping, two titles in the table of contents with underlining and check marks, else very good or better in like jacket. Scarce U.K. edition. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 002518
Book Description: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1950., Garden City, New York:, 1950. Cloth. First edition. Collection of closely linked stories about the exploration and colonization of the planet Mars. A masterpiece of 20th Century science fiction. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-32. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #255. Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels #3. A fine copy very slight fading at spine (as is common with this book), in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to corners, short closed tear to upper spine at fold, touch of rubbing to spine ends. A very attractive copy. Bookseller Inventory # 9583
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