May 12, 2011 - Sale 2247

Sale 2247 - Lot 382

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
BRADBURY, RAY. Group of 4 First Editions of his major works. 8vo, cloth, all but first title in dust jackets. All first printings, but with condition issues as noted. sold as is. Vp, vd

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Dark Carnival. Lacks dust jacket. Sauk City, 1947 The Illustrated Man. Dust jacket with chips along edges, faded spine panel, and cellotape repairs on verso. New York, 1951 Fahrenheit 451. Edges rubbed and bumped. With a mounted First Day Cover stamp for Paul Laurence Dunbar, dated 1 May 1975 Signed by Bradbury. Dust jacket heavily soiled and rubbed, large chip to rear panel affecting part of image. New York, 1953 Dandelion Wine. Binding slightly edgeworn; split at front hinge and between a few gatherings; dust jacket, soiled, edgeworn, some dampstaining to rear panel. New York, 1957 with--The Parrot Who Met Papa. Bound dos-a-dos with The Parrot Who Met Papa (Concluded) by David Aronovitz. 126 copies. Signed by Bradbury and Aronovitz. Rochester, MI: The Pretentious Press, 1991 A single folio leaf with an engraved image of a Surrealist royal court scene, beneath which Bradbury has written in blue ink: "Dear Bernard: I love my book `Something Wicked This Way Comes' best. 'Star Wars'? Fun! 'Close Encounters'? Superb! --Best, Ray Bradbury, June 21, 1978."