Story Collection (single author)
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.
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.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. Octavo, boards. First edition. A presentation copy with a fine inscription by Bradbury dated the month of publication: For Stan --- / With my best / wishes; and hopes / for our upcoming / book -- / best from / Ray Bradbury / March, 1953." "Stan" is almost certainly Stanley Kauffmann, his editor at Ballantine Books, and the "upcoming" book is FAHRENHEIT 451, published by Ballantine in October 1953. Collects twenty-two stories including "The Fog Horn," "The Pedestrian," and "A Sound of Thunder." 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 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 ILLUSTRATED MAN.
New York: Bantam Books, [1952]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam 991.
THE ILLUSTRATED MAN.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects eighteen stories plus prologue and epilogue, including "The Velt," "Kaleidoscope," "The Long Rain," and "Zero Hour." Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-63. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 256. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 1008-13.
LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Octavo, quarter cloth with boards. First edition. Collection of 22 stories, several original to this collection and several with variant titles from original publications. Nominated for 1977 World Fantasy Award for best collection.
LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Octavo, quarter cloth with boards. First edition. Collection of 22 stories, several original to this collection and several with variant titles from original publications. Nominated for 1977 World Fantasy Award for best collection.
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collection of closely linked stories about the exploration and colonization of the planet Mars. A masterpiece of 20th Century science fiction. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-32. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #255. Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels #3.
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Brief signed inscription by Bradbury on the title page. Bradbury's second and most famous book, a collection of closely linked stories about the exploration and colonization of Mars. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-154. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 255. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 3. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1348-52.
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collection of closely linked stories about the exploration and colonization of the planet Mars. A masterpiece of 20th Century science fiction. 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.
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collection of closely linked stories about the exploration and colonization of the planet Mars. A masterpiece of 20th Century science fiction. 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.
THE OCTOBER COUNTRY.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. Octavo, illustrations by Joe Mugnaini, original red cloth, lettered in black. First edition. Currey binding B2, probable second state with publisher's logo printed correctly at base of spine. This title reprints the contents of DARK CARNIVAL (1947), most with revisions and it also includes four stories collected here for the first time; "The Dwarf," "The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse," "Touched With Fire," and "The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone." See Barron: Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #259.
THE OCTOBER COUNTRY.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. Octavo, illustrations by Joe Mugnaini, original red cloth, lettered in black. First edition. Currey binding B1, probable first state of the trade binding with publisher's logo inverted at base of spine. This title reprints the contents of DARK CARNIVAL (1947), most with revisions and it also includes four stories collected here for the first time; "The Dwarf," "The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse," "Touched With Fire," and "The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone." See Barron: Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #259.
THE OCTOBER COUNTRY.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. Octavo, Illustrated by Joe Mugnaini, original red cloth, lettered in black. First edition. Currey binding B1, probable first state of the trade binding with publisher's logo inverted at base of spine. This title reprints the contents of DARK CARNIVAL (1947), most with revisions and it also includes four stories collected here for the first time; "The Dwarf," "The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse," "Touched With Fire," and "The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone." See Barron: Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #259.
THE OCTOBER COUNTRY.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. Octavo, illustrations by Joe Mugnaini, original red cloth, lettered in black. First edition. Currey binding B1, probable first state of the trade binding with publisher's logo inverted at base of spine. This title reprints the contents of DARK CARNIVAL (1947), most with revisions and it also includes four stories collected here for the first time; "The Dwarf," "The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse," "Touched With Fire," and "The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone." See Barron: Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #259.
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.
QUICKER THAN THE EYE.
New York: Avon Books, [1996]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collection of twenty-one stories. Nine original to this collection.
S IS FOR SPACE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 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]).
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.
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TWICE TWENTY-TWO: THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN [and] A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed inscription by Bradbury dated in the year of publication. Combined edition of the two volumes, The Golden Apples of the Sun and A Medicine For Melancholy. Uncommon, more so in condition.
THE VINTAGE BRADBURY: RAY BRADBURY'S OWN SELECTION OF HIS BEST STORIES.
New York: Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, [1965]. Octavo, buckram. First edition. Signed by Bradbury on the front free end paper: "Stanley! / Ray Bradbury / 3/28/83." Stanley is Stanley Simon, long time New York area science fiction book collector. Collects 23 stories.