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THE PARROT WHO MET PAPA [and] THE PARROT WHO MET PAPA (CONCLUDED). (bound dos-a-dos).
Rochester, MI: Published by The Pretentious Press, 1991. Octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Limited to 126 copies for private distribution by the author and publisher, signed by Ray Bradbury and David Aronovitz. This is one of the 100 copies in wrappers. Short story.
THE RAY BRADBURY COMPANION.
Detroit: Published by Gale Research, 1975. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Label affixed to dedication page inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan. Inscribed and signed by Donn Albright, the dedicatee, to same fan on the dedication page. From the title page: "A lLife and Career History, Photlog, and Comprehensive Checklist of Writings With Facsimiles From Ray Bradbury's Unpublished and Uncollected Workk in All Media." "Nolan's work stands as a monument to one of the most popular and enduring writers of the fantastic." - Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 291. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 10-26. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 8-15.
THE ESSENCE OF CREATIVE WRITING.
[San Antonio, Texas: San Antonio Public Library, 1962.]. Octavo, pp. [1-12], decorated wrappers, stapled. First edition. Inscribed and signed on the first leaf by Bradbury to a well known fan. Booklet issued by the library with the feature being Ray Bradbury's "Letters to a Young Aspiring Author." This letter was sent to student at Rice University.
THE DRAMA OF RAY BRADBURY.
[Baltimore, MD: T-K Graphics, 1977]. Octavo, decorated wrappers. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Indick to two well known fans. Essay on Bradbury's dramatic works for radio, stage and screen.
3 TO THE HIGHEST POWER.
[New York: Avon Books, 1968]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Avon S336. Paperback original. First book publication of these three stories, "The Lost City of Mars" by Ray Bradbury, "One Foot and the Grave" by Theodore Sturgeon and "The Marginal Man" by Chad Oliver. Includes a preface to each story.
THE BRADBURY CHRONICLES.
[New York]: William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2005]. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance uncorrected proof. Bibliography.
AHMED AND THE OBLIVION MACHINES: A FABLE
New York: Avon Books, [1998]. Octavo, illustrations by Chris Lane, boards. First edition. A children's tale.
THE ANTHEM SPRINTERS AND OTHER ANTICS.
New York: The Dial Press, 1963. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Inscribed and signed label by Bradbury to a well known fan affixed to front free end paper. Bradbury's first collection of plays.
THE AQUEDUCT.
[Glendale, California]: Roy A. Squires, 1979. Octavo, printed wrappers with marbled paper overlay. First edition. Limited to 230 numbered and signed copies. Part of Bradbury's Mars sequence, his best known and most powerful treatment of the space frontier theme.
THE CAT'S PAJAMAS: STORIES.
[New York]: William Morrow An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2004]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories and a poem.
THE CAT'S PAJAMAS: STORIES.
[New York]: William Morrow An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2004]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Jacket illustration by Bradbury. Collects twenty-one stories and a verse.
DANDELION WINE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Octavo. cloth. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on the front free end paper with a drawing of a Dandelion. Set in small town America in the summer of 1928, a time right before the Great Depression and WW II. "A bucolic evocation of Bradbury's youth through rose-colored glasses. Though not strictly fantastic, this poetic blend of nostalgia and ever-so-slightly macabre happenings defines the author's view of the past as a country of the bizarre and the wonderful, and is central to Bradbury's fantasy world." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-44. "The poignant quality of Bradbury's writing, the evocative elements that will capture others than his usual audience, combine to make this an unusual reading experience." Kirkus Review 1 March 1975 (from a new release). Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 19.
DANDELION WINE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Octavo. cloth. Later printing. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on a label affixed to the front free end paper. Set in small town America in the summer of 1928, a time right before the Great Depression and WW II. "A bucolic evocation of Bradbury's youth through rose-colored glasses. Though not strictly fantastic, this poetic blend of nostalgia and ever-so-slightly macabre happenings defines the author's view of the past as a country of the bizarre and the wonderful, and is central to Bradbury's fantasy world." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-44. "The poignant quality of Bradbury's writing, the evocative elements that will capture others than his usual audience, combine to make this an unusual reading experience." Kirkus Review 1 March 1975 (from a new release). Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 19.
DANDELION WINE.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Octavo. cloth. Later edition. Set in small town America in the summer of 1928, a time right before the Great Depression and WW II. "A bucolic evocation of Bradbury's youth through rose-colored glasses. Though not strictly fantastic, this poetic blend of nostalgia and ever-so-slightly macabre happenings defines the author's view of the past as a country of the bizarre and the wonderful, and is central to Bradbury's fantasy world." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-44. "The poignant quality of Bradbury's writing, the evocative elements that will capture others than his usual audience, combine to make this an unusual reading experience." Kirkus Review 1 March 1975 (from a new release). Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 19.
DANDELION WINE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Octavo. cloth. First edition. Set in small town America in the summer of 1928, a time right before the Great Depression and WW II. "A bucolic evocation of Bradbury's youth through rose-colored glasses. Though not strictly fantastic, this poetic blend of nostalgia and ever-so-slightly macabre happenings defines the author's view of the past as a country of the bizarre and the wonderful, and is central to Bradbury's fantasy world." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-44. "The poignant quality of Bradbury's writing, the evocative elements that will capture others than his usual audience, combine to make this an unusual reading experience." Kirkus Review 1 March 1975 (from a new release). Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 19.
DARK CARNIVAL.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 3112 copies printed. The author's first book. Collects twenty-seven stories, most first appearing in magazines, sixteen from WEIRD TALES. Six stories are published here for the first time; "The Maiden," "The Emissary," "Jack-in-the-Box," "Uncle Einer," "The Night Sets," and "Next in Line." Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42.
DARK CARNIVAL.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 3112 copies printed. The author's first book. Collects twenty-seven stories, most first appearing in magazines, sixteen from WEIRD TALES. Six stories are published here for the first time; "The Maiden," "The Emissary," "Jack-in-the-Box," "Uncle Einer," "The Night Sets," and "Next in Line.". Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42.
DARK CARNIVAL.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first book. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in year of publication by Bradbury: "FOR / A. Langley Searles / WITH MY VERY BEST WISHES / FROM / RAY BRADBUY / MAY 15, 1947" Searles was a member of first fandom and founded the noted amateur magazine Fantasy Commentator, considered on the earliest fan based academic journals. Collects twenty-seven stories, most first appearing in magazines, sixteen from WEIRD TALES. Six stories are published here for the first time; "The Maiden," "The Emissary," "Jack-in-the-Box," "Uncle Einer," "The Night Sets," and "Next in Line." Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42.
DARK CARNIVAL.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first book. Collects twenty-seven stories, most first appearing in magazines, sixteen from WEIRD TALES. Six stories are published here for the first time; "The Maiden," "The Emissary," "Jack-in-the-Box," "Uncle Einer," "The Night Sets," and "Next in Line." Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42.
DARK CARNIVAL.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. This copy inscribed and signed to Ron [Goulart] on the front free end paper, dated 1952. The author's first book. Collects twenty-seven stories, most first appearing in magazines, sixteen from WEIRD TALES. Six stories are published here for the first time; "The Maiden," "The Emissary," "Jack-in-the-Box," "Uncle Einer," "The Night Sets," and "Next in Line." Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42.
DEATH HAS LOST ITS CHARM FOR ME.
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1987. Octavo, boards. First edition. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Bradbury. Additionally inscribed and signed by Bradbury on the front free end paper to a well know fan. Poetry.
DEATH IS A LONELY BUSINESS.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First trade edition, first printing. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on a label affixed to the front free end paper. Mystery novel set in Venice, CA in 1949. "...a loving tribute to the hard-boiled detective genre of Hammett and Chandler and a gently nostalgic evocation of a time and place." - from the front flap.
DEATH IS A LONELY BUSINESS.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Octavo, full black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, all edges gilt, gray end papers. First edition. One 70 copies specially bound for Bradbury's use. Inscribed, dated and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on the front free end paper (stating 1/70). Mystery novel set in Venice, CA in 1949. "...a loving tribute to the hard-boiled detective genre of Hammett and Chandler and a gently nostalgic evocation of a time and place." - from the front flap.
DEATH IS A LONELY BUSINESS.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Octavo, full black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, all edges gilt, gray end papers. First edition. One 70 copies specially bound for Bradbury's use. Inscribed, dated and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on the front free end paper (stating 1/70). Mystery novel set in Venice, CA in 1949. "...a loving tribute to the hard-boiled detective genre of Hammett and Chandler and a gently nostalgic evocation of a time and place." - from the front flap.
DEATH IS A LONELY BUSINESS.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Octavo, full black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, all edges gilt, gray end papers. First edition. One 70 copies specially bound for Bradbury's use. Inscribed, dated and signed by Bradbury to well known fans on the front free end paper (stating 1/70). Also laid in is a one page printed poem "A Christmas Wish 1988" from Maggie and Ray Bradbury, signed by Bradbury. Mystery novel set in Venice, CA in 1949. "...a loving tribute to the hard-boiled detective genre of Hammett and Chandler and a gently nostalgic evocation of a time and place." - from the front flap.