Jun 20, 2013 - Sale 2319

Sale 2319 - Lot 16

Price Realized: $ 6,720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
SIGNED LIMITED, FIREPROOF EDITION BRADBURY, RAY. Fahrenheit 451. Illustrated by Joe Muganini. 8vo, bound in white Johns-Manville Quinterra, "an asbestos material with exceptional resistance to pyrolysis" (incineration that chemically decomposes organic materials by heat in the absence of oxygen), lettered in red, boards moderately rubbed with smudging mainly to front cover, light wear to spine tips and corners, but none of the chipping to the boards as normally seen with this title; internally clean with text tight, bright and clean; housed in custom clamshell case. New York: Ballantine, (1953)

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first limited edition of the famous johns-manville quinterra asbestos edition, numbered 73 and signed by bradbury on the limitation page. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 8.