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Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451....
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"THIS UNBURNABLE BOOK"
Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine
Books, Inc., [1953].8vo. Publisher's red boards, spine and front board lettered in yellow (Currey's binding D); original pictorial dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO DAVID ARONOVITZ WITH A DRAWING DEPICTING FIRE FLAMES on the front free endpaper: "David - this unburnable book - signed by Montag's father / Ray Bradbury / Feb. 6, 1989."
Winner of the 1954 Retrospective Hugo Award for Best Novel, presented in 2004.
Condition: Slightest touch of edgewear, and to spine ends and corners. Dust jacket unclipped (priced "$2.50"); small stain to front panel; light scuffing at folds; very mild edgewear; an uncommonly fine example of this dust jacket, usually prone to fading.
References: Aronovitz, Ballantine Books, pp. 24-25; Currey, pp. 55-56.
Provenance: David Aronovitz (presentation inscription). From the collection of David Aronovitz.
Auction Info
2026 May 13 The David Aronovitz Collection of Important Science Fiction and Fantasy, Part I Rare Books Signature® Auction #6336 (go to Auction Home page)
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