Story Collection (single author)
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.
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.
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.
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.
I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC!
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Review copy. Label signed by Bradbury affixed to the front free end paper. Formerly Judy-Lynn Benjamin's copy (later Judy-Lynn Del Rey) with her bookplated affixed to the front free end paper. Collection of eighteen stories. "Eighteen stories, Bradbury's first collection in five years. He's a sorcerer who stretches psychological infinities like no one else. .. Ray Bradbury can be funny, sad, poetic and terrifying . . . sometimes simultaneously . . . he lights up the crackle of doom in the Rice Crispies." Kirkus review 1 October 1969. At the time of the publication of this book Ms. Benjamin was managing editor of Galaxy magazine.
I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC!
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Presentation copy. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury on affixed label to front free end paper to a well known fan, dated "HALLOWEEN 1969." The publication date of this book was October 1969. Collection of eighteen stories. "Eighteen stories, Bradbury's first collection in five years. He's a sorcerer who stretches psychological infinities like no one else. .. Ray Bradbury can be funny, sad, poetic and terrifying . . . sometimes simultaneously . . . he lights up the crackle of doom in the Rice Crispies." Kirkus review 1 October 1969.
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.
THE ILLUSTRATED MAN.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. Octavo, cloth. First edition. This copy inscribed and signed to Ron [Goulart] on the front free end paper, dated 1952. 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.
THE ILLUSTRATED MAN.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on a label affixed to the front free end paper. 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.
THE ILLUSTRATED MAN.
New York: Bantam Books, [1952]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam 991.
THE ILLUSTRATED MAN: THE 45th ANNIVERSARY EDITION.
[Springfield, PA]: Gauntlet Publications, 1996. Octavo, cloth. Limited edition. One of 600 numbered copies signed by Bradbury, and writers of introduction, William F. Nolan and afterword Ed Gorman. New preface by Ray Bradbury. Collects eighteen stories plus prologue and epilogue, including "The Velt," "Kaleidoscope," "The Long Rain," and "Zero Hour." This edition reprints the contents as originally published. 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.
LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Octavo, quarter cloth with boards. First edition. Label signed by Bradbury affixed to front free end paper. 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.