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Bradbury, Ray.
FAHRENHEIT 451.
New York: Ballantine Books,
[1953]. Octavo, white asbestos covered 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.
[Book #11017]
Price: $17,500.00
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