Black and white photographic headshot of Bradbury with a white label applied at lower left-hand corner for his presentation and signature.
"For Chris Tinlin! With the Good Wishes of Ray Bradbury Oct. 1970". With original mailing envelope. More
"For Chris Tinlin! With the Good Wishes of Ray Bradbury Oct. 1970". With original mailing envelope. More
London: T. Fisher Unwin LTD, (1925), First (English) Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. T. Fisher Unwin LTD, Issued simultaneous with the American Edition. Keating 193; Smith 27. Light chipping to top and bottom of jacket spine with over all light dust soiling. Offsetting to front endpapers. More
Paris: Librairie Plon, [1895], First Edition, and only edition. oblong quarto, gold cloth with pictorial label on front cover, all edges stained red. (48) pp. Librairie Plon, Lovely, and amusing, circus themed drawings in pastel colors. Front endpaper has a vertical fold, front inner hinge weak but holding, Fingerprint soiling..... More
(New York): Dell, (1962), First Edition. duodecimo, pictorial wrappers, text block edges stained green. Dell, "Never before published in book form - 73 articles by America's greatest writer." Bump to bottom center of back cover mildly affecting the last 90 pages. More
London: Methuen, (1946), First English edition. small octavo, purple boards stamped in green, in dust jacket. Methuen, Book fine and clean, Dust jacket lightly dust soiled with minimal wear at top and bottom of jacket spine. More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880, First American Edition. octavo, red-brown cloth over bevelled boards. Houghton, Osgood and Company, First State binding with Houghton, Osgood & Co. stamped at foot of spine. Edel & Laurence A11b; BAL 10549. Inner hinges stained with white powder, both pastedowns have two marks from..... More
Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1900, Second Edition, Limited issue of 250 copies printed. octavo, cream linen spine and corners and blue boards with printed spine label. Printed at the Riverside Press, A few minor revisions were made in the text of the second edition. The preface is new..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1888, Second Edition, American issue. small octavo, blue cloth with decorative gilt stamp along top of spine and front cover. Macmillan and Co., Back coated endpapers. Edel and Laurence A31b. Water spot on back cover, else a fine, bright copy. The corner of the front endpaper..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1923, First American Copyright Edition. octavo, light yellow paper wrappers printed in green. (20)pp., stapled. Doubleday, Page, The Doubleday, Page copyright editions were issued in small print runs of generally under 50 to 75 copies. Two tiny bumps, otherwise a very fine, clean copy. More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1922, First American Copyright Edition. octavo, light yellow paper wrappers printed in green. (8)pp., stapled. Doubleday, Page, The Doubleday, Page copyright editions were issued in small print runs of generally under 50 to 75 copies. Staples slightly rusting but otherwise a very fine clean copy... More
Baltimore: A. Neal, 1819, First Baltimore Edition. duodecimo, full sheep, gilt rule on flat spine. 180 pp. A. Neal, First published in 1775, Perrin's Fables was in wide demand as a French primer. There is a one page Publisher's Advertisement where he descirbes the "important improvements" that have been made..... More
New York: Henry Holt, (1959), First Edition. octavo, black and red cloth in dust jacket. Henry Holt, Dust jacket not price clipped. Minor shelf wear along edges of jacket with one small chip at back fold. Two very small water spots to front cover and the top two corners mildly..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1955, First Edition. octavo, brown and black cloth in dust jacket. Doubleday, A novel based on events that took place in Kenya Colony during the violent Mau Mau insurrection of the 1950s. Jacket not price clipped and very fine without chipping or wear. Very minor soiling to..... More
Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers, 1943, First Edition, Second Issue. small octavo, red, white and blue pictorial boards, in original scarce printed mailing carton. 336 pp. Consolidated Book Publishers, Salinger's 4 1/2 pp. story, "The Hang of It," starts on p. 332. Also featuring contributions from, among others, Elbert Hubbard, Ellery..... More
Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1863, 1863, 1863, 1864, 1864, 1865, 1865,1866, 1866, First Printings of this important edition. octavo, three-quarter maroon morocco and cloth, five raised bands. T.e.g. xliv, 464; viii, 434; xii, 356; xiv, 658; xx, 648; xiv, 524; xx, 600xxxii, 672 pp. Macmillan and Co., Vol 3, Addenda..... More