The Small Assassin

Bradbury, Ray

ISBN 10: 0450015629 / ISBN 13: 9780450015625

Published by New English Library / NEL, 1973

About this Item

© 1962: A collection of 13 short stories by Ray Bradbury. 1st printing of 1973 edition:- Contents: The Small Assassin / The Next In Line / The Lake / The Crowd / Jack-In-The-Box / The Man Upstairs / The Cistern / The Tombstone / The Smiling People / The Handler / Let's Play 'Poison' / The Night / The Dead Man:- Synopsis: A fantastic journey into a world of beauty and terror with thirteen of the very best of Bradbury. A baby born with the urge to kill - the couple who leave for a honeymoon, in a cemetery - a husband and wife who had an unpleasant experience with some mummified Mexican corpses - the tombstone in the bedroom - a little boy who examines the macabre entrails of the man upstairs. A chilling collection that will linger in the dark vaults of your memory, long after you have finished reading it:- Review(s): "Ray Bradbury has long been streets ahead of anyone else. He has the imagination of Wells coupled with the gift of prose writing" - Daily Telegraph / "Everything he writes has a glow of individual magic about it" - Time And Tide:- (original cost £0.30).

Seller Inventory # 18.011.00004

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Small Assassin
• Publisher: New English Library / NEL
• Publication Date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0450015629
• ISBN 13: 9780450015625
• Binding: Paperback: 7¼" x 4¼"
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Richard Clifton-Dey
• Edition: 1973 Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear
• Weight: 0.1 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fantasy

About this title

Synopsis

RO60075133. THE SMALL. 1973. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 143 pages. Couverture se détachant. Annotations en page de garde.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

About the Author

Ray Bradbury (22 August 1920 - 5 June 2012) published some 500 short stories, novels, plays and poems since his first story appeared in Weird Tales when he was twenty years old. Among his many famous works are 'Fahrenheit 451,' 'The Illustrated Man,' and 'The Martian Chronicles.'