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Price: US$64.16 + shipping
Description: Early printing. Publisher's original illustrated cloth, without dustwrapper as issued. Illustrated throughout in colour by Madeleine Gekiere. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm with some rubbing at the extremities and a little light spotting to the cloth. The contents, with the odd faint pale mark to a few pages and very light spotting on the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without insciptions or stamps. A beautiful story written to help Bradbury's own children to not fear the dark. Illustrated by the multidisciplinary Swiss-American artist who was known for her paintings, illustrations and short films. Issued in a trade (grey boards and dustwrapper) and library (pictorial boards) edition, this being the latter. This is an early printing without isbn number and with the printed dedication to Bradbury's daughters. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Bradbury, Ray. Switch On The Night. Pantheon Books, New York, 1955.
Price: US$124.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Library discard stamps ffep. Spine bent up. Marker " F" on front board. Number marked out back end paper.
Seller: SuzyQBooks, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray.. Switch on the Night.. Pantheon Books., New York., 1955.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: This is a later reprint with the ISBN number. Boldly inscribed and signed by Bradbury and dated 1988 on the ffep. weight: 0.6 lb. Very good, no dust jacket. Ilustrated by Madeleine Gekiere. 21x16.5 cm. [48] pp.
Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
BRADBURY, Ray.. Switch on the Night.. NY: Pantheon Books (1955)., 1955.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: [52 pp]. Fine in illustrated boards. Cover art and illustrations throughout by Madeleine Gekiere. SIGNED by Bradbury on the front free endpaper. Designated for libraries, not issued with a dust jacket.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. Switch on the Night. Pantheon Books, New York, 1955.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher's pictorial boards printed in green yellow and black, signed by Bradbury on the ffep. No jacket as issued. Very good with some rubbing at spine ends and corners and a spot of soiling to front cover.
Seller: Peruse the Stacks, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.
BRADBURY, Ray. SWITCH ON THE NIGHT. NY; Pantheon, 1955.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Olive, black and yellow glazed pictorial boards, red endpapers, no statement of printing on copyright page, an early printing of Bradbury's first book for children.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: [First]. Illustrated throughout, [24 pp.]. 1 vols. slim 8vo. Library binding, with illustrated olive, black, white and yellow covered boards with pink end-papers, Fine Illustrated throughout, [24 pp.]. 1 vols. slim 8vo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Ray Bradbury (Madeleine Gekiere). Switch on the Night SIGNED. Pantheon, 1955.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated children's book. SIGNED by Bradbury on the title page. VG; finger-smudged covers; name written on front pastedown.
Seller: DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. Switch on the Night. Pantheon Books, New York, 1955.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A rare classic children's book by the master. 1955 Pantheon Books 1st Library Edition (ie. published as is without dust jacket with what would be the DJ design printed on the hardback). Signed and Inscribed and Dated March 9, 1989. The HB is in Very Good condition with minor wear at the edges and top/bottom spine. It's boards are bright with no loss of color. The paper and text are intact and well-bound without tears or marks, or stamps.
Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. SWITCH ON THE NIGHT. Pantheon Books, New York, 1955.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, illustrations by Madeleine Gekiere, gray pictorial boards. First edition, first printing. The earliest printing with the following statement on title page: "Text copyright 1955 by Ray Bradbury / Illustrations copyright 1955 by Pantheon Books, Inc. / Library of Congress Card No. 55-5545 / Printed in the United States of America / by Graphic Offset Company, New York, N. Y." An elusive children's book. Spine ends rubbed, else a fine copy in about very good dust jacket with several shallow closed tears and shelf wear along edges, mostly spine ends and corners, and some rubbing and scuffing, mainly along folds. Overall, an above average copy of this fragile book. (#103485)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Bradbury , Ray.. Switch On The Night.. Pantheon Books, New York., 1955.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition , first printing , New York , 1955. This is a very good book in the original grey paper boards binding. Clean with contents excellent. No writing , marks inscriptions withiin. A slight bump at the top edge of the spine and slight shelf wear but a very nice book. In a near fine bright dust jacket with one tiny chip at the rear top edge of the jacket. Not price clipped. A very attractive book and dust jacket. Scarce children's book by this SF master.
Seller: Somewhere In Time Books, St. James, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$699.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HBDJ, VG-/VG, 1955 ON TITLE PG, , 1st edition, 1st Printing, Hardback VG- CONDITION water striking STAIN EDGES to COVER boards, DUSTJACKET IS VG CONDITION LITE WEAR ETC , brown cloth gold gilt & 2 children line drawing at btm front Cvr Spotting Lite STAINS,grey boards, titled in yellow on spine and cover, cover also decorated in white and black, pink endpapers, jJacket now protected in mylar sleeve, TINY CHIPS EXTREMITIES OF DJ, ,very scarce with signature.
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. SWITCH ON THE NIGHT. Pantheon, 1955.
Price: US$747.50 + shipping
Description: Illustrated by Madeleine Gekiere, 8.5 x 7", light grey boards with yellow lettering on cover and white lettering on spine, pink endpapers, dustjacket is olive green & black w/a yellow sun and yellow and white lettering, unpaginated. Covers have light soiling & edgewear, bumped corners, contents good-very good, dust jacket has light soiling & rubbing, scratches, chipping, edgewear. First printings carry the dedication from the author to his daughter which this edition includes. Ray Bradbury's first children's book. FIRST EDITION.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. Switch on the Night. Pantheon Books, New York, 1955.
Price: US$899.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition in grey boards, titled in yellow on spine and cover, cover also decorated in white and black, pink endpapers, jacket and interiors by Madeleine Gekiere. Inscribed in black marker "Jean!/Ray Bradbury" on the f.f.e. New York: Pantheon Books (1955), 48 pps. A nearly fine copy with rubbing along the top and the bottom edge also shows some spots near spine end. Bottom edges of front and rear free endpaper also has about 1/4" black staining, possibly from printer. Fine jacket protected in mylar is darkened along the edges and worn on spine ends.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing, with the correct title page points (per Currey) and the printed dedication to Bradbury's daughters on the opposing page. Octavo (22cm); light grey printed paper-covered boards; dustjacket; [52]pp; illus. Signed by Bradbury on the front endpaper, beneath a full-page drawing of a ghoul, dated 6/27/92. Light wear to spine ends and lower board edges, upper corners gently tapped (though still sharp), with minimal signs of handling; contents fresh; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), lightly edgeworn, with a hint of sunning to spine, and a few tiny abrasions; Near Fine. An attractive copy of Bradbury's first children's book, a collaborative work with Zurich-born illustrator Madeleine Gekiere (1919-2014).
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.