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Ray Bradbury. The Martian Chronicles. Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y., 1950.
Price: US$260.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pale blue cloth, red spine title, Price, $2.50 (front jacket flap); A very good ex-library copy with early owner bookplate inside front cover, in a fair chipped jacket; 222 pages. Size: 5.25"X7.75"
Seller: White Raven Books, Ypsilanti, MI, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. The Martian Chronicles. DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY INC, GARDEN CITY,NEW YORK, 1950.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dark blue cover and spine. Rust Lettering on Spine. Front end paper removed. General wear and rubbed cover. Cracked hinge. Bookplate on fep. No markings, DATE PUBLISHED: 1950 EDITION: 222
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. The Martian Chronicles. Doubleday & Company, Inc, Garden City, 1950.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 222pp. In the second issue blue cloth with title in red on spine. Solid text block, foxing along edges, toning to endpapers, faint sunning to spine, a very good example. In the first state dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, light wear to spine, faint foxing to rear panel. A vibrant example of one of Bradbury's most popular works. Considered an "undeniable classic" for science fiction fans. (Pringle, page 197) (Currey, page 56).
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. The Martian Chronicles. Doubleday & Company, Inc, Garden City, 1950.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 222pp. Publisher's first state green binding, title stamped in maroon on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Light spotting to rear board, internally clean. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $2.50 on front flap, chipping at top of spine, fading to spine, light soiling to rear panel, free of restoration. (Pringle, page 197) (Currey, page 56).
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray (1920-2012). The Martian Chronicles. Doubleday & Company, Inc, Garden City, 1950.
Price: US$2013.00 + shipping
Description: A beautiful first edition of Ray Bradbury's second book. This classic is a collection of linked stories about the exploration and colonization of Mars by Earthlings trying to avoid nuclear obliteration. Ref. CURREY p. 56; PRINGLE 3. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bound in pale green cloth over boards with burgundy spine titles. Hint of browning to spine. Shallow bumps to spine ends, fore corners sharp. Small bookstore label at lower edge of rear pastedown, adjacent to a 2" square of faint staining. Interior is clean and bright. Jacket has slight browning to spine and a few shallow chips at spine ends. A beautiful copy overall.
Seller: Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, 1950.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Brief signed inscription by Bradbury on the title page. Bradbury's second and most famous book, a collection of closely linked stories about the exploration and colonization of Mars. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-154. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 255. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 3. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1348-52. Just a hint of the usual tanning to spine panel, a fine copy in very good dust jacket with several mild vertical creases and virtually unnoticeable tape mends to inner surface of the spine panel. An attractive copy. (#162373)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. Garden City, NY Doubleday & Co. 1950, 1950.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Bookplate on fep and a Martian Chronicles stamp, similar to a postage stamp, that appears to be a price stamp indicating $2.75 in the corner of the title page, else fine in fine dust jacket with a bare touch of browning to the spine panel and very light dust soiling to rear panel. A choice copy of this classic.
Seller: Tall Tales, Renton, WA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1950.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. Collection of closely linked stories about the exploration and colonization of the planet Mars. A masterpiece of 20th Century science fiction. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-32. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #255. Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels #3. Very slight fading of spine (as is common with this book), still a fine copy, in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to corners and spine ends, a short closed tear to upper spine at fold, small rub mark to upper spine panel. (9583)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1950.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. Collection of closely linked stories about the exploration and colonization of the planet Mars. A masterpiece of 20th Century science fiction. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-154. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-32. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #255. Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels #3. Usual color fade to spine, still a fine copy, in a just about fine dust jacket with slight rubbing to corner tips and head of spine panel, a little age darkening to spine panel. An attractive copy. (28637)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, 1950.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed on the title page by Bradbury. Bradbury's second and most famous book, a collection of closely linked stories about the exploration and colonization of Mars. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-154. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 255. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 3. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1348-52. Some of the usual tanning to spine panel, a fine copy in very good dust jacket (priced $2.50 on the front flap) with rubbing along folds, shallow loss at left and right corners of spine ends and three corner tips, and 20 mm closed tear along top rear flap fold. An unrestored jacket which presents well overall. (#114532)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. The Martian Chronicles. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1950.
Price: US$3800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by Ray Bradbury on the title page. Bound in publisher's original cloth. Near Fine with slight wear to edges, light fading to spine, pages tanned and a light crease to the first several pages. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with wear at the extremities, a faint scratch to the crown and tanning.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$3849.80 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, of Bradbury's debut novel, which propelled him from jobbing short story writer to "Poet of the Pulps". The Martian Chronicles is a "fix-up" woven from several of Bradbury's previously published short stories. Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction 255; Currey, p. 56; Locke I, p. 39. Octavo. Original light green cloth, spine lettered in red. With dust jacket. Spine and extremities a little sunned, spine ends and upper corners lightly bumped, corners rubbed; a few nicks and trivial creases to bright jacket, unclipped, tiny chip to head of spine panel and lower corner of front fold: a near-fine copy in like jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Bradbury, Ray. THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1950.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. Collection of closely linked stories about the exploration and colonization of the planet Mars. A masterpiece of 20th Century science fiction. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-154. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-32. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #255. Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels #3. Usual color fade to spine (as most copies are), still a fine copy, in a fine dust jacket with slight toning to the spine panel. (30448)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, 1950.
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. A collection of linked stories about the exploration and colonization of the planet Mars at the end of the twentieth century. "Poetic mood pieces, occasionally satirical and moralistic, but often haunting in their power . An undeniable classic ." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 228. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-154. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 255. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 3. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1348-52. Mild tanning to front and rear free endpapers, mild tanning to spine panel (a fault common to most copies of this book), a fine copy in fine dust jacket with 5 mm closed tear in front panel. A sharp copy. (#155589)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. The Martian Chronicles. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1950.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by Ray Bradbury on the title page. Bound in publisher's original cloth. Near Fine with faint fading to spine cloth, owner name and date to front free endpaper. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with trivial toning and very light wear. A fantastic copy.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. The Martian Chronicles.. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, 1950.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the book that established Bradbury's literary reputation. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author two days before the day of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Nancy with my best wishes and my hope that I can continue to entertain you! From Ray Bradbury May 2, 1950." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. Rare and desirable signed two days before the day of publication; the earliest inscription we have seen. "The Martian Chronicles was the book that established Bradburys reputation He put far more emphasis on style and mood than he did on technical detail or scientific plausibility His reward was a stunning popular and critical success" (Science Fiction 100 Best).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$6416.33 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Jean! Ray Bradbury, 8/28/86". This was Bradbury's debut novel and propelled him from jobbing short-story writer to "Poet of the Pulps". The Martian Chronicles is a "fix-up" woven from several of Bradbury's previously published short stories. Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction 255; Currey p. 56; Locke I, p. 39. Octavo. Original light green cloth, spine lettered in red. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom blue cloth slipcase. Spine ends lightly bumped, spine and edges sunned, faint discolouration to covers; spine panel of unclipped jacket toned, flap folds slightly creased at head: a near-fine copy in like jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
BRADBURY Ray. Martian Chronicles. , 1950.
Price: US$6800.00 + shipping
Description: "BRADBURY, Ray. The Martian Chronicles. Garden City: Doubleday, 1950. Octavo, original light green cloth, original dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $6800.First edition of this scarce science fiction classic, Bradburys second book, signed by him and dated October 21, 1980.Bradbury's first novel and second book, "which could be regarded as an episodic novel, made Bradbury's reputation Its closely interwoven stories, linked by recurrent images and themes, tell of the repeated attempts by humans to colonize Mars All the Bradbury themes that were later to be repeated find their earliest shapes here" (Clute & Nicholls, 151). "This was the book that established Bradbury's reputation He put far more emphasis on style and mood than he did on technical detail or scientific plausibility His reward was a stunning popular and critical success" (Pringle, Science Fiction 100 3). Cloth lightly toned at spine. Shallow wear to head of dust jacket spine, rubbing to rear panel, foxing to flaps, front panel bright and clean. A near-fine signed copy. Scarce."
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
BRADBURY, Ray. THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. Doubleday & Co, New York, 1950.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1950. First Edition. Tight, square copy, slightly sunned, in a superb example, virtually As New, of its original pictorial dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Signed by Ray Bradbury on the front free endpaper. A fabulous copy, likely to be unparalleled. A true collector's example.
Seller: Mystery Pier Books, Inc.,ABAA, ILAB, ABA, West Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.