Signed titles
NO TIME LIKE THE FUTURE.
New York: Avon Publications, Inc., [1954]. Small octavo, cover by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Avon T-80. Signed inscription by Bond on the title page. Collects twelve stories.
NO TIME LIKE THE FUTURE.
New York: Avon Publications, Inc., [1954]. Small octavo, cover by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Avon T-80. Signed inscription by Bond on the title page. Collects twelve stories.
WATER HAZARD.
[New York]: Delacorte Press, [1995]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first novel. Signed inscription by Borg to a mystery publisher and bookseller. Psychological thiller. "Sexual debauchery and twisted identities reign in an intricately descriptive first novel, a thriller that reads like North by Northwest re-scripted by Joe Eszterhas and Franz Kafka." - Kirkus Review, 1/1/95.
VIEWPOINT.
Cambridge: The NESFA Press, 1977. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. One of 800 signed and numbered copies. Volume issued for the annual Boskone SF convention. Collections of editorials from Analog.
LET THE DOG DRIVE.
New York and London: New York University Press, 1992. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Signedby Bowman. The author's first novel.
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 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.
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.
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. 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 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.
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: 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. 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.
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, 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.
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.
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.