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Bradbury, Ray. The Machineries of Joy. Simon & Schuster, New York, New York, 1964.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Early collection of 21 stories by the late, great, sci-fi genius. Orig. published in hardcover in 1964, this is the First Mass Market Paperback Edition (Bantam S5258) from 1965 (6th printing). Condition is VG-/Good+: very clean, & unmarked, binding strong & straight. Pages lightly tanned around outside edges, both covers heavily tanned inside. Very minor edgewear & light creases. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag Free! Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. The Machineries of Joy. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1964.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A worn, soiled, heavily read ex-library book with all faults. The dust jacket flap edges have been trimmed, the price torn off, spine is fading. Front and back panels of dj are bright, glossy and reasonably crisp. One very tiny chip to top spine corner of dust jacket. The illustrations of the front and back contain are by Isadore Seltzer and are almost worthy of framing. Reading copy only. Short Stories; Science Fiction; Fantasy
Seller: LOONYBOOK, Friday Harbor, WA, U.S.A.
BRADBURY, RAY. MACHINERIES OF JOY.. simon schuster, 1964 era, ,,, 1964.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Description: PRICE CLIPPED very good - fine, some soiling jacket only, NO BOOK
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. The Machineries of Joy. Simon and Schuster, 1964.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: ***please read*** no marks on text - ex-library markings - mylar cover - cover is cracked inside but not separated - my shelf location 1-d-2*
Seller: MyLibraryMarket, Waynesville, OH, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. The Machineries of Joy. Simon & Schuster, 1964.
Price: US$48.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A square solid tight clean copy that actually appears unread. The 5.95 priced jacket has some soil, some rubbing wear, some edge wear with a large ugly chip missing fro the front panel. Very nice copy, rough jacket. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. The Machineries of Joy. Simon & Schuster, 1964.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex-library hardcover married to a non-ex-library dust jacket. Original price of $4.50 in lower corner of front flap. Book has discolored spine, tape ghosts on covers, sticker pulls on front & rear endpapers, and rear endpaper is glue stained. But the jacket is very good. There's a rub mark in the bottom right corner of the front panel, and a short, jagged, closed tear in the edge of the back flap. That's about it. If you have a nice copy of this book without a decent dustjacket, this is for you.
Seller: Avol's Books LLC, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Ray Bradbury. The Machineries of Joy. Simon & Schuster, 1964.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Fair/Good 2nd printing withdrawn library Jacket spine face white from sunning with library sticker, stamp to bottom block, stamps/sticker remnants to endpaper, boards have tape shadow and large abrasion to rear board
Seller: AwardWinningBooks, Spring Branch, TX, U.S.A.
Ray Bradbury. The Machineries of Joy. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1964.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Typically dark and delightful collection of Bradbury stories. This is a first printing, but is ex-library, with the usual issues. Slight cocking to the spine and a previous owner's rather florid signature in pen on the front end paper. Other than that, internally clean and, as is often the case with ex-lib books, with a bright, clean dust jacket, with no tears or creases, and has not been price clipped.
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada
Ray Bradbury. The Machineries of Joy. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1964.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of the first edition (stated). A fine copy in near fine dust jacket (would be fine but for price clipping to the front inside flap that has taken some of the wording that is on this flap). LR
Seller: J. F. Whyland Books, Jeffersonville, IN, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. THE MACHINERIES OF JOY: SHORT STORIES .. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1964.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories including "Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!," "To the Chicago Abyss," and "The Anthem Sprinters." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 261. Tiny dent in top edge of front board, another in top edge of rear board, an otherwise fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with minor wrinkling at head of spine panel and upper rear corner tip and touch of dust soiling along folds, mostly rear flap fold. An attractive copy of a book seldom found in nice condition. (#89139)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. The Machineries of Joy Short Stories. Simon and Shuster, E-049, 1964.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Simon and Schuster, New York. 1964. 255 pages. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In this book you will meet. A Hollywood monster-maker whose Tyrannosaurus Rex suddenly becomes alarmingly lifelike. A boy who raises giant mushrooms in his cellar -- until the mushrooms begin to raise him. A corpse who supports his wife and family. A circus fat lady whose midget husband has tattooed every inch of her mammoth body with fantastically intricate designs. Plus seventeen other amazing tales by the author of The Illustrated Man and the Martian Chronicles. EB; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 240 pages
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. THE MACHINERIES OF JOY: SHORT STORIES .. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1964.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth-backed boards. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on a label affixed to the front free end paper. Collects twenty-one stories including "Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!," "To the Chicago Abyss," and "The Anthem Sprinters." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 261. Lower corners bruised, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with bruised corners and several small scratches to the rear panel. (31419)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. THE MACHINERIES OF JOY. Simon & Schuster, 1964.
Price: US$203.00 + shipping
Description: THE MACHINERIES OF JOY, Simon & Schuster, 1964, first edition, faint moisture stain along upper area of spine, else just about fine in like dust-wrapper. SIGNED by the author.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray.. The Machineries of Joy. Short Stories.. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1964.
Price: US$235.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine copy in a Fine bright, unworn yellow and orange dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Very faint plate residue to front free endpaper. 255pp. Q05119
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. THE MACHINERIES OF JOY: SHORT STORIES .. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth-backed boards. Collects twenty-one stories including "Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!," "To the Chicago Abyss," and "The Anthem Sprinters." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 261. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with some dust mild soiling. A nice copy. (31270)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. THE MACHINERIES OF JOY: SHORT STORIES .. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth-backed boards. Collects twenty-one stories including "Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!," "To the Chicago Abyss," and "The Anthem Sprinters." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 261. Small sticker ghost to upper front paste down, a fine copy in fine dust jacket with 5 mm closed tear at lower left front panel near spine. An attractive copy. (29550)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. THE MACHINERIES OF JOY: SHORT STORIES .. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories including "Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!," "To the Chicago Abyss," and "The Anthem Sprinters." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 261. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with some dust soiling, mostly along spine and flap folds. An attractive copy of a book seldom found in nice condition. (#158243)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. THE MACHINERIES OF JOY: SHORT STORIES .. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories including "Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!," "To the Chicago Abyss," and "The Anthem Sprinters." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 261. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with light wear along top edge, mostly spine end and corner tips, and 15 mm closed tear along upper rear spine fold. An attractive copy of a book seldom found in nice condition. (#162372)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray.. THE MACHINERIES OF JOY.. SIMON & SCHUSTER., NY, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. SIGNED by Ray Bradbury on title page. Near fine copy in price-clipped otherwise Vg+. DJ. (Spine on jacket lightly discolored. Several short edge tears & traces of shelf-wear. A few tiny chips at spine ends. ) Short stories.
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray.. The Machineries of Joy.. SIMON & SCHUSTER, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A FINE FIRST IN FINE DJ WITH TINY CHIP ON BOTTOM BACK EDGE. TIPPED IN SIGNATURE
Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray.. THE MACHINERIES OF JOY.. SIMON & SCHUSTER., NY, 1964.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. SIGNED & dated in 1985 by Ray Bradbury on front end-paper. Near fine in price-clipped Vg. + or better dust jacket. (Couple small chips at spine ends. Two 1/2"-inch tears on front & rear panel of jacket. Hint of light shelf-wear. Virtually no fading to the orange hue on the spine of jacket. ) Short stories.
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray.. The Machineries of Joy.. SIMON & SCHUSTER, 1964.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A VERY GOOD FIRST IN DJ. . INSCRIBED ON FEP
Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. THE MACHINERIES OF JOY. N.Y. Simon and Schuster 1964, 1964.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Signed. Temple Univ. Science Fiction Collection label affixed to the front pastedown, otherwise very fine in near very fine dust jacket with the tiniest bit of wear at the top edge of the rear panel and very minor, scattered dust soiling.
Seller: Tall Tales, Renton, WA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. The Machineries of Joy. Simon and Schuster, 1964.
Price: US$888.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Machineries of Joy Author: Ray Bradbury Publication: Simon and Schuster, New York, New York Edition: First Edition, First Printing Binding: Hardcover Condition: A Fine copy in a Fine mylar wrapped dustjacket Description: SIGNED BY THE PULITZER AND EMMY AWARD WINNING AUTHOR RAY BRADBURY! SIGNED First edition, first printing in Fine condition and in a mylar wrapped dustjacket in Fine condition (see photos). From the extensive Ray Bradbury Collection at Allens Rare Books. 255pp. Store Description Welcome to Allens Rare Books. Each book in our inventory has been personally inspected, exhaustively described, and photographed to meet the standards of the discerning collector. We encourage prospective customers to contact us with any questions. Terms of Sale We accept all major credit cards via the AbeBooks Shopping Cart. Customers have 30 days to return a purchased volume(s) which do not meet their original description or are otherwise unsatisfactory. We are proud to offer free shipping on all standard (octavo) sized volumes. Shipping Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 lbs. or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know if extra shipping is required. Each order is packed with the utmost care to ensure safe arrival.
Seller: Allen's Rare Books, El Monte, CA, U.S.A.