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BRADBURY, Ray (b. 1920). Farenheit 451. New York: Ballantine Books, [1953]. 8°. Full-page illustrations by Joe Mugnaini. Original red buckram lettered in yellow (light rubbing to corner tips), dust-jacket (some creasing and edge wear).
FIRST EDITION of this memorable anti-censorship novella, Farenheit 451 being 'the temperature at which book-paper catches fire, and burns'; two other stories, 'The Playground' and 'And the Rock cried Out', were also included. The earliest issue was in wrappers, followed by four hard-cover variants in an undetermined sequence, one in asbestos. Currey p. 55 (D). With 4 other books by Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes, NY, 1962; The Machineries of Joy, NY, 1964, signed by the author; The Halloween Tree, NY, 1972, all in dust-jackets; and the Limited Editions Club edition of Fahrenheit 451, NY, 1982, in slipcase. (5)
FIRST EDITION of this memorable anti-censorship novella, Farenheit 451 being 'the temperature at which book-paper catches fire, and burns'; two other stories, 'The Playground' and 'And the Rock cried Out', were also included. The earliest issue was in wrappers, followed by four hard-cover variants in an undetermined sequence, one in asbestos. Currey p. 55 (D). With 4 other books by Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes, NY, 1962; The Machineries of Joy, NY, 1964, signed by the author; The Halloween Tree, NY, 1972, all in dust-jackets; and the Limited Editions Club edition of Fahrenheit 451, NY, 1982, in slipcase. (5)
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