Science Fiction
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES: THE COMPLETE EDITION.
Burton, MI [and] Hornsea, East Yorkshire: Subterranean Press [and] PS Publishing, [2009]. Large octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Bradbury. Introductions by John Scalzi, Ray Bradbury, Joe Hill and Richard Matheson. Includes material new to this edition. Collection of closely linked stories about the exploration and colonization of the planet Mars. A masterpiece of 20th Century science fiction. Originally slated for publication by Hill House, they folded before publication. It was acquired by the current publishers. The signature leaf has the Hill House logo. 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.
A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1959. Octavo, illustrated by Joseph Mugniani, boards. First edition. Collects the title story and 21 others, including "The Dragon," "Fever Dream," "A Scent of Sarsaparilla," "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed," and "The Day It Rained Forever." Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #260.
A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1959. Octavo, illustrated by Joseph Mugniani, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on a label affixed to the front free end paper. Collects the title story and 21 others, including "The Dragon," "Fever Dream," "A Scent of Sarsaparilla," "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed," and "The Day It Rained Forever." Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #260.
NOW AND FOREVER: SOMEWHERE A BAND IS PLAYING & LEVIATHAN '99.
[New York]: William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2007]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Of SOMEWHERE A BAND IS PLAYING: "Set in paradisiacal Summerton, Ariz., a small town not on any map where endless sunflowers blossom in front yards and every meal is like the ""feasting of summer gods,"" this Bradbury novella tackles some weighty themes, namely the struggle to fully appreciate the human experience, grow old gracefully and embrace mortality." - Publisher's Weekly review, 30 July 2007. LEVIATHAN '99 is the story of a mad astronaut captain chasing a comet, a reimagine of Moby Dick in space. First conceived as a radio play, later a stage production, an now this present form.
ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD: A NEW STORY COLLECTION ...
[New York]: William Morrow, [2002]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-four stories with afterword by Bradbury.
"The Other Foot." In NEW-STORY.
New York: Gargoyle Press, Inc., March 1951 (number 1). Octavo, single issue, printed wrappers. The first appearance in a magazine of this classic story about racism and forgiveness set in the future on Mars after Earth is ruined by the Third World War. This story was first published in February 1951 in THE THE ILLUSTRATED MAN. However, the release of both was probably more or less simultaneous. Its first appearance in an anthology was in THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 1952, edited by Martha Foley (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1952). Foley also collected this story in FIFTY BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES: 1915-1965 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965). The first separate edition was published in 1982 by The Perfection Form Company as a paperbound booklet. Nolan, pp. 114, 197, 275, and 280.
THE PEDESTRIAN.
[Glendale, California: Roy A. Squires, 1964.]. Octavo, printed wrappers, sewn. First edition. Limited to 291 copies. This copy is signed by Bradbury on the colophon page (most copies were not signed). [Note: Squires bibliography notes 10 copies inscribed and 10 copies signed before publication]. Short story first published in REPORTER, 7 August 1951, and first collected in THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN (1953). One brisk November night, the city's only police car (an unmanned robot vehicle) encounters the city's only pedestrian, walking "just to walk," as he has done for years.
THE PEDESTRIAN.
[Glendale, California: Roy A. Squires, 1964.]. Octavo, printed wrappers, sewn. First edition. Limited to 291 copies. This copy not signed (save for label). [Note: Squires bibliography notes 10 copies inscribed and 10 copies signed before publication]. This copy with inscribed and signed label by Bradbury to a well known fan affixed to front free end paper. Short story first published in REPORTER, 7 August 1951, and first collected in THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN (1953). One brisk November night, the city's only police car (an unmanned robot vehicle) encounters the city's only pedestrian, walking "just to walk," as he has done for years.
QUICKER THAN THE EYE.
New York: Avon Books, [1996]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collection of twenty-one stories. Nine original to this collection.
QUICKER THAN THE EYE.
New York: Avon Books, [1996]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories. Afterword by Ray Bradbury.
R IS FOR ROCKET.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1962]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on the front free end paper. Collects seventeen stories, two of which, "R is For Rocket" and "Frost and Fire,"are published here for the first time in a book.
R IS FOR ROCKET.
[Hornsea]: PS Publishing, 2005. Octavo, cloth. Limited edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Bradbury. Foreword by Ray Harryhausen. Introduction by Michael Marshall Smith. Collects seventeen stories.
S IS FOR SPACE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on a label affixed to the front free end paper. Collects sixteen stories, most of them classics. Three stories, "Chrysalis," "Pillar of Fire" and "Time in Thy Flight" appear here for the first time in a book, and "The Screaming Woman" appears here in this format for the first time in a book (a comic book adaptation appeared earlier in THE AUTUMN PEOPLE [1965]).
S IS FOR SPACE.
[Hornsea]: PS Publishing, 2005. Octavo, cloth. Limited edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Bradbury. New introductions to this edition by Arthur C. Clarke and Tim Powers. Collects sixteen stories, most of them classics.
THE STORIES OF RAY BRADBURY.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Octavo, decorated black cloth stamped in blind, top edge gilt. First edition. One of 60 copies of the author's presentation issue with inserted limitation leaf reading: "This first edition of / THE STORIES OF RAY BRADBURY / is limited to sixty copies, specially bound, / all of which have been signed / by the author. / This is a presentation copy." This copy inscribed and signed by Bradbury on the front free end paper to a well known fan. Massive collection of 100 of the best stories. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-155. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-46. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-46. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-52.
THE TOYNBEE CONVECTOR.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. This is the author's first story collection since 1980.
THE TOYNBEE CONVECTOR.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. This is the author's first story collection since 1980.
THE TOYNBEE CONVECTOR.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. One of 350 numbered copies signed by Bradbury. Collects twenty-three stories, his first collection since 1980.
THE TOYNBEE CONVECTOR.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed by Bradbury to a well known fan, dated 3/29/89. Collects twenty-three stories, his first collection since 1980.
THE TOYNBEE CONVECTOR.
Atlanta: Turner Publishing, [1992]. Octavo, illustrations by Anita Kunz, pictorial boards. First separate edition. Collects the one story.
TWICE TWENTY-TWO: THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN [and] A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Label signed by Bradbury affixed to front free end papers. Collects the contents of THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN and A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY.
WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS.
[New York]: William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2009]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Introduction by Bradbury. Collects twenty-two stories.
"WHERE ARE THE GOLDEN-EYED MARTIANS?" in West Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, March 12, 1972.
Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Times, 1972. pictorial wrappers, stapled. Label signed by Bradbury laid in at his article (was affixed ). The article is one page, a reflection since the Mars probe the previous November. Also included is a three page comic strip of The Martian Chronicles based on the Ray Bradbury story which was designed by Joseph Mugnaini and art by Doug Wildey and John Cassone. Full color cover of Martians looking up at approaching spacecraft.
DARK CARNIVAL.
Springfield, PA: Gauntlet Publications, 2001. Octavo, cover painting by Ray Bradbury, imitation leather. Limited and expanded edition. One of 700 numbered copies, signed by Bradbury and Clive Barker, author of the afterword. One of 700 numbered copies, signed by Bradbury and by Clive Barker (who writes the afterword). New edition, first limited, of Bradbury's first book. Edited by Donn Albright, nine page new introduction by Bradbury. This edition also includes four stories, contemporary to the rest of the contents but not in the original edition, archival material and an afterword by Clive Barker. Wrap around dust jacket is an original painting by Bradbury. Includes "Time Intervening" by Ray Bradbury, a numbered chapbook and a CD of interviews conducted by Donn Albright, both accompanied some but not all copies. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42.
THE FIREMAN (Novella) in GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION, February, 1951.
[New York: World Editions, Inc., 1951]. Small octavo, single issue, cover by Chesley Bonestell, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. First appearance of the novella The Fireman which would be expanded into the novel Fahrenheit 451. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 290-309.