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Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition hardcover, sewn-bound in black decorative cloth, is in FAIR condition, having much rubbing/scuffing to covers; silver lettering on spine is worn, and parts of silver missing; light wear to top and bottom spine; small stain on front cover; slight slant to volume; light foxing to both endpaper sections; some occasional staining on interior pages; slight shaking noticed in first endpaper section. INSCRIBED IN BLUE INK BY RAY BRADBURY on first fixed endpaper, and dated 4/14/64. Fiction. Fantasy. Science fiction. Short stories. DB.
Seller: Counterpane Books, Frazier Park, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: INSCRIBED book club edition. Book and dust jacket near fine. Slight foxing to front and rear paste-downs and end papers as well as to page edges.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
BRADBURY, Ray. MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY. Doubleday, New York, 1959.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The dustjacket has some wear, toning on the spine, and some spotting. Part of the lettering on the book's spine is worn and the book is a little dirty. There is a lengthy birthday inscription to a previous owner, dated 1959. To this inscription, Ray Bradbury has added: "And good wishes from Ray Bradbury 20 years later!"
Seller: Euclid Books, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY. Doubleday, 1959.
Price: US$232.00 + shipping
Description: A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY, Doubleday, 1959, first edition, flaking to the silver lettering of the spine, scattered foxing to the t.p.e.'s, else just about vg in like dust-wrapper with tanning to the dust-wrapper spine and three margins of the rear dust-wrapper panel as well. SIGNED by the author.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Ray Bradbury. A Medicine For Melancholy. Doubleday, Garden City, 1959.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by author on front free end page in blue pen, signature only. First edition stated. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 Book; binding tight with mild bump to top spine, mild bump to top front corner and top rear edge else boards straight and clean with silver titles in very good plus condition; two small soil spots to one page else fine, as new, unread. No jacket. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray.. A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY.. NY: DOUBLEDAY. 1959, 1959.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED by Ray Bradbury on the front endpaper. A very good+ copy in a Vg. dj. (Couple small puncture holes at edges of cloth covers, none breaking the cloth surface , otherwise the book is fine. Dj. has a few spots of ink jotting at edges. A few small chips at spine ends. Shelfwear & a 1 1/2-inch tear at bottom edge of rear panel of dj. adjacent to spine, alongwith some smaller edge tears); Signed by Author(s)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, 1959.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, illustrated by Joseph Mugniani, boards. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on a label affixed to the front free end paper. Collects the title story and 21 others, including "The Dragon," "Fever Dream," "A Scent of Sarsaparilla," "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed," and "The Day It Rained Forever." Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #260. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with tanning to the spine panel. The front panel is bright. (31421)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY. Garden City, NY Doubleday & Co. 1959, 1959.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Inscribed by Bradbury to Erle Korshak, co-founder of Shasta Press and long-time friend. Bumped at heel of spine, otherwise very fine in fine+ dust jacket with faint browning and a touch of wear at the head of the spine panel and a few light soiling marks on white rear panel.
Seller: Tall Tales, Renton, WA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. A Medicine for Melancholy. Doubleday & Company, Inc. New York, 1959.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Edition" printed on the copyright page. An attractive First Issue dustjacket that is rich in color with minor wear to the spine. The book is in great shape and is bound in the publisher's ORIGINAL black cloth. The binding is tight with minor wear to the spine. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. A Medicine for Melancholy. Doubleday, 1959.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good first edition with a terrific inscription at time of publication. Very good dust jacket with small stains on back panel, original price of $3.75 still present on front flap.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, 1959.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed on the title page by Bradbury. Collects twenty-two stories including "The Dragon," "Fever Dream," "A Scent of Sarsaparilla," "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed," and "The Day It Rained Forever." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 260. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 122. A fine copy in fine dust jacket priced $3.75 on the front flap. (#171982)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Near Fine copy in like dust jacket. Book with a bit of dampstaining to the bottom edge of both boards, not affecting the text block. Dust jacket with a few tape repairs at the verso of the crown and small writing on the front flap. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication: "For Ken - With the Good Wishes of Ray Bradbury 5/25/59." In A Medicine for Melancholy, Ray Bradbury presents a collection of short stories that tug at the human imagination. Written after Fahrenheit 451 launched Bradbury to international fame, this novella was praised as having intense emotional impact. "Regardless of the outer wrappings or inner core of his story, Bradbury's touch breathes fantasy into his most prosaic items" (Galaxy Magazine 1959). Within the stories, Bradbury weaves science fiction with tall tales and challenges our perceptions of reality. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. A Medicine for Melancholy. Doubleday & Company, Inc. New York, 1959.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Edition" printed on the copyright page. This book is SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Ray Bradbury on the front endpaper. A wonderful copy. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $3.75 printed price present on the front flap with minor wear to the edges. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in silver on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [11],12-240pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, the month after publication, to August Derleth: "For August Derleth With continued friendship and wood wishes from Ray Bradbury 2/17/59." Spine ends gently nudged, boards slightly splayed, with some light staining to covers; internally fresh; Very Good+. In the dustjacket, designed by Joseph Mugnaini; unclipped (priced $3.75), gently spine-sunned, with some light foxing on verso; Near Fine. Bradbury's fifth collection of short fiction, gathering 22 stories, including "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit," "The Day It Rained Forever," and "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed," et al. A key association copy, inscribed to author and Arkham House publisher August Derleth (1909-1971), who solicited and published Bradbury's first book, Dark Carnival, in 1947. By 1944, Bradbury was immersed in books and anthologies recommended by Derleth, who had been following the younger author's career in Weird Tales with great interest. "Derleth had come to appreciate the unique perspective and style that Bradbury brought to the pages of Weird Tales, and in early 1945 he drew Bradbury into his circle of authors by giving him the green light to develop his own story collection for Arkham House. This arrangement also provided Bradbury with opportunities to appear in anthologies that Derleth edited for other publishers in New York.Although Derleth did not ask for the role, he became a de facto advisor for Bradbury through the middle 1940s" (Eller, Johnathan R. Becoming Ray Bradbury, pp.116-117). Bleiler (The Guide to Supernatural Fiction) 260.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.