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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.
DOGS THINK THAT EVERY DAY IS CHRISTMAS.
Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith Publisher, [1997]. Small octavo, illustrations by Louise Reinoehl Max, boards. First edition. Introduction by Bradbury.
DRIVING BLIND.
New York: Avon Books, [1997]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories.
DRIVING BLIND.
New York: Avon Books, [1997]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories. Afterword by Ray Bradbury.
FAHRENHEIT 451 ...
New York: Ballantine Books, [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 50. Laid in are labels signed and inscribed by Bradbury to a well known fan. A short novel expanded from the novella "The Fireman" published in 1951. "While the jet bombers boom overhead and another nuclear war threatens, Americans live a mindless life in a society where everyone is encouraged to lose himself in such distractions as four-wall television, hearing-aid radios, high-speed travel, and group sports. Life is reduced to the paste-pudding norm of a mass audience, for it serves the purpose of the government to keep people from thinking ... The gadget are, of course, marvelous and everywhere, while the greatest enemies of the status quo are books, which, when they are occasionally discovered, are burned by firemen who are, in this fireproof age, no longer needed to put out fires, but to set them ..." - Hillegas, The Future as Nightmare, pp. 158-9. "In a totalitarian state, books are burned and private thought or action is criminal." - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 159. Filmed in 1966 by Francois Truffaut. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-153. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 8. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 749-55.
FAHRENHEIT 451.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1953]. Octavo, red boards, front and spine panels stamped in yellow. First edition. The hardbound trade issue. (Currey binding D [no priority]). A short novel expanded from the novella "The Fireman" published in 1951. "While the jet bombers boom overhead and another nuclear war threatens, Americans live a mindless life in a society where everyone is encouraged to lose himself in such distractions as four-wall television, hearing-aid radios, high-speed travel, and group sports. Life is reduced to the paste-pudding norm of a mass audience, for it serves the purpose of the government to keep people from thinking ... The gadget are, of course, marvelous and everywhere, while the greatest enemies of the status quo are books, which, when they are occasionally discovered, are burned by firemen who are, in this fireproof age, no longer needed to put out fires, but to set them ..." - Hillegas, The Future as Nightmare, pp. 158-9. "In a totalitarian state, books are burned and private thought or action is criminal." - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 159. Filmed in 1966 by Francois Truffaut. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-153. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 8. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 749-55.
FAHRENHEIT 451.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1953]. Octavo, red boards, front and spine panels stamped in yellow. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on a label affixed to the front free end paper. The hardbound trade issue. (Currey binding D [no priority]). A short novel expanded from the novella "The Fireman" published in 1951. "While the jet bombers boom overhead and another nuclear war threatens, Americans live a mindless life in a society where everyone is encouraged to lose himself in such distractions as four-wall television, hearing-aid radios, high-speed travel, and group sports. Life is reduced to the paste-pudding norm of a mass audience, for it serves the purpose of the government to keep people from thinking ... The gadget are, of course, marvelous and everywhere, while the greatest enemies of the status quo are books, which, when they are occasionally discovered, are burned by firemen who are, in this fireproof age, no longer needed to put out fires, but to set them ..." - Hillegas, The Future as Nightmare, pp. 158-9. "In a totalitarian state, books are burned and private thought or action is criminal." - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 159. Filmed in 1966 by Francois Truffaut. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-153. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 8. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 749-55.
FAHRENHEIT 451.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1982. Large octavo, aluminum foil over boards. Limited edition. One of 2000 numbered copies signed by Bradbury and artist Joseph Mugnaini. New foreword and afterword by Bradbury. A short novel expanded from the novella "The Fireman" published in 1951. "While the jet bombers boom overhead and another nuclear war threatens, Americans live a mindless life in a society where everyone is encouraged to lose himself in such distractions as four-wall television, hearing-aid radios, high-speed travel, and group sports. Life is reduced to the paste-pudding norm of a mass audience, for it serves the purpose of the government to keep people from thinking ... The gadget are, of course, marvelous and everywhere, while the greatest enemies of the status quo are books, which, when they are occasionally discovered, are burned by firemen who are, in this fireproof age, no longer needed to put out fires, but to set them ..." - Hillegas, The Future as Nightmare, pp. 158-9. "In a totalitarian state, books are burned and private thought or action is criminal." - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 159. Filmed in 1966 by Francois Truffaut. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-153. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 8. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 749-55.
FAHRENHEIT 451: THE 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION.
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore: Simon & Schuster, [1993]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. New edition. New foreword by Ray Bradbury. This edition omits the other two stories from the original publication "The Playground" and "The Rock Cried Out." A short novel expanded from the novella "The Fireman" published in 1951. "While the jet bombers boom overhead and another nuclear war threatens, Americans live a mindless life in a society where everyone is encouraged to lose himself in such distractions as four-wall television, hearing-aid radios, high-speed travel, and group sports. Life is reduced to the paste-pudding norm of a mass audience, for it serves the purpose of the government to keep people from thinking ... The gadget are, of course, marvelous and everywhere, while the greatest enemies of the status quo are books, which, when they are occasionally discovered, are burned by firemen who are, in this fireproof age, no longer needed to put out fires, but to set them ..." - Hillegas, The Future as Nightmare, pp. 158-9. "In a totalitarian state, books are burned and private thought or action is criminal." - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 159. Filmed in 1966 by Francois Truffaut. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-154. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-32. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #255. Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels #3.
FAHRENHEIT 451: THE 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION.
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore: Simon & Schuster, [1993]. Octavo, cloth. New edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Bradbury. New foreword by Ray Bradbury. This edition omits the other two stories from the original publication "The Playground" and "The Rock Cried Out." A short novel expanded from the novella "The Fireman" published in 1951. "While the jet bombers boom overhead and another nuclear war threatens, Americans live a mindless life in a society where everyone is encouraged to lose himself in such distractions as four-wall television, hearing-aid radios, high-speed travel, and group sports. Life is reduced to the paste-pudding norm of a mass audience, for it serves the purpose of the government to keep people from thinking ... The gadget are, of course, marvelous and everywhere, while the greatest enemies of the status quo are books, which, when they are occasionally discovered, are burned by firemen who are, in this fireproof age, no longer needed to put out fires, but to set them ..." - Hillegas, The Future as Nightmare, pp. 158-9. "In a totalitarian state, books are burned and private thought or action is criminal." - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 159. Filmed in 1966 by Francois Truffaut. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-154. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-32. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #255. Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels #3.
FAHRENHEIT 451: THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION...
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1993]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. New edition. New introduction by Bradbury for this edition.
FAREWELL SUMMER.
[New York]: William Morrow An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2006]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A sequel to the novel DANDELION WINE. The first chapter, entitled also entitled "Farewell Summer" appeared in THE STORIES OF RAY BRADBURY (1980).
FEVER DREAM.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1987]. Octavo, boards. First separate edition. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury with a drawing on the front free end paper to a well known fan. A short story by Bradbury first published in Weird Tales in 1948, this version illustrated by Darrel Anderson. A "Night Lights Glow in the Dark Books" series for young readers (ages 8-12).
THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-two stories including "The Fog Horn," "The Pedestrian," and "A Sound of Thunder." The author's fourth book. "The Fog Horn" is the source story for the film "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms" (1952) and "A Sound of Thunder" was filmed in 2006. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-62. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 258.
THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN.
New York: Bantam Books, [1954]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam A1241.
THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. Octavo, illustrated by Joe Mugnaini, boards. First edition. Signed by Bradbury on the front free end paper. Collects twenty-two stories including "The Fog Horn," "The Pedestrian," and "A Sound of Thunder." A major collection of the author's fiction. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-62. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 258.
THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. Octavo, illustrated by Joe Mugnaini, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on a label affixed to the front free end paper. Collects twenty-two stories including "The Fog Horn," "The Pedestrian," and "A Sound of Thunder." A major collection of the author's fiction. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-62. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 258.
THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN.
New York: Bantam Books, [1954]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam A1241.
A GRAVEYARD FOR LUNATICS.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Fantastic mystery set in Hollywood of the 1950s involving a young screenwriter.
A GRAVEYARD FOR LUNATICS: ANOTHER TALE OF TWO CITIES.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Fantastic mystery set in Hollywood of the 1950s involving a young screenwriter.
A GRAVEYARD FOR LUNATICS: ANOTHER TALE OF TWO CITIES.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Octavo, cloth backed boards. Second printing of the first edition. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan couple with sketch on front free end paper. Fantastic mystery set in Hollywood of the 1950s involving a young screenwriter.
A GRAVEYARD FOR LUNATICS: ANOTHER TALE OF TWO CITIES.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan couple on end paper, dated 3/14/91. Fantastic mystery set in Hollywood of the 1950s involving a young screenwriter.
GREEN SHADOWS, WHITE WHALE.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Novel based on his time in Ireland and the writing of the screenplay for "Moby Dick."
THE HALLOWEEN TREE.
New York: Alfred A Knopf, [1972]. Octavo, illustrated by Joe Mugnaini, cloth. First edition, trade binding. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury on the front free end paper. While trick or treating, a group of boys travel through time to save a friend and learn the origins of Halloween.
THE HALLOWEEN TREE.
New York: Alfred A Knopf, [1988]. Octavo, illustrated by Joe Mugnaini, illustrated boards. Later edition, library binding. Inscribed and signed with a drawing by Bradbury to two well known fans on the front free end paper, dated 12/2/88. While trick or treating, a group of boys travel through time to save a friend and learn the origins of Halloween.