Fantasy
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: 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.
THE LAST CIRCUS & THE ELECTROCUTION.
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1980. Octavo, cloth back marbled boards. First edition. The "deluxe edition" which was issued in a 100 copy numbered edition, this one of an unknown number of copies designated presentation copy, signed by Bradbury, William F. Nolan (introduction) and Joseph Mugnaini (artist). Additionally inscribed and signed by Bradbury on the rear free end paper, also inscribed by dedicatee, Donn Albright, both inscriptions to a well know fan. Introduction by William F. Nolan and an afterword by Ray Bradbury. First publication of "The Last Circus" and first book publication of "The Electrocution," latter first published in the August 1946 issue of The Californian under the pen name William Elliott.
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, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Bradbury to "Dan" --- dated 11 November 1979 on the front free endpaper. Collects twenty-two short stories.
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.
THE MACHINERIES OF JOY: SHORT STORIES ...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories including "Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!," "To the Chicago Abyss," and "The Anthem Sprinters." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 261.
THE MACHINERIES OF JOY: SHORT STORIES ...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories including "Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!," "To the Chicago Abyss," and "The Anthem Sprinters." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 261.
THE MACHINERIES OF JOY: SHORT STORIES ...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. Octavo, cloth-backed 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-one stories including "Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!," "To the Chicago Abyss," and "The Anthem Sprinters." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 261.
THE MACHINERIES OF JOY: SHORT STORIES ...
New York, Toronto, London: Bantam Books, [1964]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Collects twenty-one stories including "Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!," "To the Chicago Abyss," and "The Anthem Sprinters." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 261.
MARIONETTES, INC.
[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2009. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects four previously published stories as well as a newly collected story and an unpublished outline for a screenplay. All the stories involve robotics.