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Ray Bradbury. The Martian Chronicles. ...
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Description
Ray Bradbury. The Martian Chronicles. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950.8vo. Publisher's green cloth, spine stamped in maroon; original pictorial dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO DAVID ARONOVITZ QUOTING THE EPIGRAPH on the front free endpaper: "David! 'It is good to renew one's wonder.' Said the philosopher, 'Space travel has again made children of us all' Ray Bradbury."
Condition: Spine toned and spine ends just pushed. Dust jacket decoratively clipped as issued, retaining price (priced "$2.50"); mild edgewear; some lightening to front and spine panels; light browning at edges.
References: Currey, pp. 56-57.
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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