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Ray Bradbury. Seventeen Short Story Collections, A Few of Which Are Signed,... (Total: 17 Items)
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Ray Bradbury. Seventeen Short Story Collections, A Few of Which Are Signed, including: R is for Rocket. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. [1962]. First edition. Octavo. 233 pages. Book shows some light rubbing to spine ends and corners with spotting on top page edges. Dust jacket has mild edge wear and two one-half inch tears that are located almost in the center of the author's photo on the rear panel. Very good. [and:] S is for Space. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1966. First edition. Octavo. 238 pages. Book is bumped on lower corners. Jacket is price-clipped and has some edge wear along the top, a one-inch tear on the bottom edge with an internal tape repair, and a dampstain that covers the majority of the rear panel. Good. [and:] Twice Twenty-Two - Inscribed. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1966. First edition. Inscribed and dated by Bradbury on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 406 pages. Near fine. [and:] Dark Carnival - Limited Edition, Signed by Bradbury and Clive Barker. Springfield: Gauntlet Publications, 2001. Limited to 700 copies of which this is number 690. Signed on the limitation page by Bradbury and Clive Barker (who provided the Afterword). Octavo. 479 pages. Small fold on rear inner flap of dust jacket. Fine in publisher's slipcase. [and:] The Illustrated Man. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1951. Later printing. Octavo. 251 pages. Very good. [and:] The Martian Chronicles. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. [1950]. Book club edition. Octavo. 222 pages. Very good. [and:] The Machineries of Joy. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. First edition. Octavo. 255 pages. Book has minor bumping on bottom edge. Jacket is lightly soiled and rubbed. Near fine. [and:] The Toynbee Convector. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition. Octavo. 275 pages. Fine. [and:] A Medicine for Melancholy. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1959. First edition. Octavo. 240 pages. Dust jacket shows darkening along the edges and spine. In custom slipcase. Very good. [and:] The Golden Apples of the Sun. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1953. First edition. Octavo. 250 pages. Jacket is slightly faded along the spine. Very good. [and:] I Sing the Body Electric! New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1969]. First edition. Laid in is an inscribed note that is signed and dated by Bradbury on what appears to be a sheet of his personal notepaper. Octavo. 305 pages. Jacket has a small fold on the front inner flap. Near fine. [and:] The Machineries of Joy. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. First edition. Octavo. 255 pages. Book shows mild rubbing. Jacket has soiling and edge wear. Very good. [and:] The Martian Chronicles. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, [1950]. Book club edition. Octavo. 222 pages. Good. [and:] The Cat's Pajamas - Signed. New York: William Morrow, 2004. First edition. Signed by Bradbury on the title page. Also stamped with the letter "U," possibly indicating a limitation. Additionally stamped on numerous pages with decorative rubber stamping, presumably by Bradbury. Octavo. 234 pages. Fine. [and:] Long After Midnight. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First edition. Octavo. 271 pages. Near fine. [and:] The Stories of Ray Bradbury. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition. Octavo. 884 pages. Near fine. [and:] Yestermorrow. Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1991. First edition. Octavo. 240 pages. Fine. From the Frank Collection.Currey.
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2008 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #684 (go to Auction Home page)
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