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Ray Bradbury. The October Country. Illustrated by Joe Mugnaini. New York: Ballantine, [1955]. First edition. One o...
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Description
One of Fifty Copies of October Country, Specially Bound for Ray Bradbury, and Inscribed by Him Twice and with an Original Drawing
Ray Bradbury. The October Country. Illustrated
by Joe Mugnaini. New York: Ballantine, [1955]. First edition.
One of fifty copies specially bound for Bradbury to be given as
gifts to friends. Inscribed by Bradbury Qon the front free
endpaper in blue ink: "This is true -[pointing to another
inscription by him, the only portion of the inscription in pencil]
Not for/Sale/[in blue ink again, just beneath "This is true"] One
of 50/copies!/[arrow pointing down]/John!/[arrow pointing down at
an angle]/Bound by/Ballantine/in 1955/For my/Friends/and/now Ray
Bradbury/- Dec 9/1983". The inscription is written around an
original drawing of a smiling devil with exaggerated nose and chin.
On the rear free endpaper is another inscription in pencil by
Bradbury: "Not/for/Sale" and to the right of this, written in blue
ink by Bradbury: "This too!/R.B." with an arrow pointing to the
pencil inscription. Octavo. [xii], [307], [1, blank] pages.
Publisher's binding of full red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust
jacket. Jacket spine sunned, some edgewear (including a few minor
chips to jacket), soiling to jacket and flaps, jacket soiled and
foxed on verso, minor rubbing to binding. A very good copy, with an
excellent inscription (or inscriptions).
More Information:
This is only the second of these special copies to appear at auction in the last forty years; both were inscribed and dated decades after publication, indicating that Bradbury was very selective as to whom received them. Currey, page 57.
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2012 October 4-5 Rare Books Signature Auction - Beverly Hills #6091 (go to Auction Home page)
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