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Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451 (SIGNED Plus SIGNED MOVIE TIE-INS). Ballantine, New York, 1953.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1953 Editon PBO (true 1st Edition/1st Printing - before the hadcover edition), Ballantine #41 with .35c price on front and rear covers and young Ray Bradbury photo on rear. Contains two other stories: 'The Playground' and "And The Rock Cried Out". SIGNED by Ray Bradbury on a bookplate attached to half-title page (signature only). Covers rubbed at edges and light crease on rear. Age-toning of pages (as usual with copy). Also includes laid-in a computer generated color photo that was SIGNED and inscribed by TONY WALTON, the costume designer and production supervisor for the 1966 Francois Truffaut film version of novel. Also includes laid-in a B&W photo SIGNED by NICOLAS ROEG, cinematographer for the Truffault film. Both photos folded twice. Also includes laid-in a cut signature card SIGNED by JULIE CHRISTIE (played Clarisse/Linda Montag). Includes laid-in the original Philadelphia Inquirer obituary for Bradbury. Comes with a DVD of the film. (Bonus: Comes with a unsigned 1st Printing hardcover copy of Bradbury's story collection "Quicker Than The Eye"). Note: No International orders for this item.
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
RAY BRADBURY. FAHRENHEIT 451. Ballantine Books, 1953.
Price: US$645.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing:: The true first printing of this title was first published in fragile softcover and then in the same year, was published in hardcover format. This copy is the true first printing, boldly signed in black felt tip by Ray Bradbury on a laid in adhesive bookplate. Expanded from the novella “The Fireman”, published in 1951. Filmed in 1966 by Francois Truffaut. The book is in vibrant color softwraps, lightly rubbed along the spine and outer edges, and with a few soft creases. Otherwise internally the binding is quite tight and the book appears as unread. The internal pages are clean, crisp and flat with no marks, no stains, no handling marks, no writing, no bent pages, no stains, and no foxing but with typical age toning. Boldly signed in black felt tip by Ray Bradbury on a laid in adhesive bookplate. Please see detailed images. Would make a perfect gift for a Bradbury collector. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. PLEASE SEE OUR ABE STORE FOR MORE SCI FI/FANTASY TITLES.
Seller: Meier And Sons Rare Books, New Canaan, CT, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. FAHRENHEIT 451 & THE PLAYGROUND & AND THE ROCK CRIED OUT. Ballantine Books, 1953.
Price: US$781.30 + shipping
Description: *** HOT STUFF ***FAHRENHEIT 451, Ballantine Books, 1953, first edition, some modest creasing to the spine, a light crease halfway down the front cover about a 1/4 inch from the the spine, tiny faint creases to the front fore edge corner tips, else a tight, solid vg copy in full color pictorial wraps. Also contains THE PLAYGROUND & AND THE ROCK CRIED OUT. Certainly a highspot of modern literature. Retrospective HUGO winning novel for 1954. SIGNED by the author.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Ballantine Books, 1953.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. True first trade edition, first printing, 1953. Signed by the author on the title page, flat-signed without inscription, dated 3/17/91. Cover shows minor wear, pages are lightly tanned, slight soiling on the fore-edges. A near fine copy.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Ballantine Books, New York, 1953.
Price: US$1350.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing; paperback issue, published prior to the hardcover. Signed by Ray Bradbury on the title page in black sharpie, dated Oct. 21, 1980. [iv],199, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Very Good+ with light wear along edge, remainder stamp to bottom edge, a little over-opened at title page. The classic American dystopian novel. Also includes stories "And the Rock Cried Out" and "The Playground."
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
RAY BRADBURY. FAHRENHEIT 451. Ballantine Books, 1953.
Price: US$6995.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing: Boldly signed by Ray Bradbury on a loosely laid in bookplate. Stunning near fine crisp book with vibrant boards with a beautiful dust jacket. Curry binding D (no priority), the true first edition hardbound issue. Expanded from the novella “The Fireman”, published in 1951. Filmed in 1966 by Francois Truffaut. The book is in bright, near fine condition with clean cloth still retaining its original sheen and bright unfaded yellow titles to front and spine. The book has one corner bump, otherwise sharp corners, and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. Boldly signed by Ray Bradbury on a loosely laid in bookplate. The internal pages are clean, crisp and flat with no marks, no stains, no handling marks, no writing, no bent pages, no stains, and no foxing. Stunning clean, bright book appearing as unread. Please see detailed images. The original first edition dust jacket is in beautiful condition with some light overall toning and light faded foxing. The spine is only partially faded without the extensive common fading of the red on the spine usually leaving the “451” fully invisible. Instead this jacket still maintains enough of the red tones to clearly identify the “451”. The dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration and presents in near fine condition with no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no stains and no foxing. The jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $2.50. Please see detailed images. A very handsome copy of this scarce landmark title in the genre of dystopian fiction. Would make a perfect gift for a Bradbury collector.ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark SciFi titles.
Seller: Meier And Sons Rare Books, New Canaan, CT, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. FAHRENHEIT 451 & THE PLAYGROUND & AND THE ROCK CRIED OUT. Ballantine Books, 1953.
Price: US$7982.50 + shipping
Description: FAHRENHEIT 451, Ballantine, 1953, first edition, some age toning to the t.p.e.'s, some light off-setting to a section of the paste-downs from the dust-wrapper flaps no doubt, else a tight vg+/near fine copy in vg/vg+ dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. Also contains THE PLAYGROUND & AND THE ROCK CRIED OUT. Still quite a nice copy of the authors first and most famous novel. Retrospective HUGO winning novel for 1954. SIGNED by the author. Among those titles listed in BALLANTINE BOOKS: THE FIRST DECADE, Bailiwick Books, 1987.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
RAY BRADBURY. FAHRENHEIT 451 (SIGNED). Ballantine Books, 1953.
Price: US$7995.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. Boldly signed, inscribed and dated by Ray Bradbury in black felt tip directly onto the front fly leaf page Stunning near fine crisp book with vibrant boards with a beautiful dust jacket. Curry binding D (no priority), the true first edition hardbound issue. Expanded from the novella “The Fireman”, published in 1951. Filmed in 1966 by Francois Truffaut. The book is in bright, crisp, near fine condition with clean cloth still retaining its original sheen and bright unfaded yellow titles to front and spine. The book has sharp corners, and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no bookplates, no owner names, no bookstore stamps, and no inscriptions. The internal pages are clean, crisp and flat with no marks, no stains, no handling marks, no writing, no bent pages, no stains, and no foxing. Stunning clean, bright book appearing as unread. Boldly signed by Ray Bradbury in black felt tip “Bill Morgan! Ray Bradbury, Oct. 18, 1980” directly onto the front fly leaf. Please see detailed images. The original first edition dust jacket is in beautiful condition with some light overall toning, and the common spine fading of the red tones as typically found with this off-white jacket (the numbers ‘451’ on the spine typically fade out). The price clipped jacket has benefited from very slight restoration and presents in near fine condition with no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no stains and no foxing. Please see detailed images. A very handsome copy of this title which is quite scarce signed. One of the most important iconic Bradbury landmark titles. Would make a perfect gift for a Bradbury collector. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark SciFi listings.
Seller: Meier And Sons Rare Books, New Canaan, CT, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451', US signed and beautifully inscribed first edition. Ballantine, 1953.
Price: US$8375.07 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Ray Bradbury (1953) Fahrenheit 451, US first edition, first printing, published by Ballantine Books. Beautifully signed and inscribed by the author on the ffep: For Elaine! With Good Wishes From Montags Friend Ray Bardbury | Nov. 14, 1974. A superb inscription referring directly to Guy Montag, the books protagonist. As a bookworm, of course the author would be Montags friend. Also, notice that the book was signed in 1974 long before Bradbury suffered a stroke after which his handwriting became less legible. The book is housed in a quality quarter-bound red leather solander case with the title, author and specifications on the spine. Condition: a near fine book in a very good minus dust jacket. The book is internally clean without any previous owners scribbles, no bookplates, no stamps. Slight rubbing to edges from sliding in and out of the shelf as usual. Clean page block edges, and the boards also show the vibrant red colour with all lettering present and NOT rubbed out. The dust jacket is the correct first issue dust jacket. It has been price clipped, and as usual is faded on the spine, and somewhat on the front panel. Professional fortification tape has been applied to the folds on the reverse as shown. Fahrenheit 451 is one of the best known dystopian science fiction novels of the 20th century and is globally read and studied in schools. The old mantra collect what you read in school still applies and first edition copies of this landmark novel have strongly appreciated in value over time. The novel was given the retro Hugo for best novel in 1954, the most prestigious prize in the science fiction genre. The topic and quality of writing transcend simple marketing genre bounderies and the book is widely acknowledged as a masterpiece of literature. It was adapted several times into film (1966; 2018), TV, theatre, radio, and other print media. First and Fine
Seller: First and Fine, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Bradbury, Ray. FAHRENHEIT 451. Ballantine Books [1953], New York, 1953.
Price: US$10000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, red boards, front and spine panels stamped in yellow. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on a label affixed to the front free end paper. The hardbound trade issue. (Currey binding D [no priority]). A short novel expanded from the novella "The Fireman" published in 1951. "While the jet bombers boom overhead and another nuclear war threatens, Americans live a mindless life in a society where everyone is encouraged to lose himself in such distractions as four-wall television, hearing-aid radios, high-speed travel, and group sports. Life is reduced to the paste-pudding norm of a mass audience, for it serves the purpose of the government to keep people from thinking . The gadget are, of course, marvelous and everywhere, while the greatest enemies of the status quo are books, which, when they are occasionally discovered, are burned by firemen who are, in this fireproof age, no longer needed to put out fires, but to set them ." - Hillegas, The Future as Nightmare, pp. 158-9. "In a totalitarian state, books are burned and private thought or action is criminal." - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 159. Filmed in 1966 by Francois Truffaut. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-153. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 8. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 749-55. A fine copy in an about fine price clipped dust jacket with mild fade to the orange ink of "451" and publishers logo on the spine panel, small 11 mm closed tear to the upper front panel, two tiny closed tears to the upper spine panel and two small closed tears to the upper rear panel. An excellent copy. (31428)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Ballantine Books, New York, 1953.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, one of 50 copies bound in full red cloth stamped in gilt specially for Ray Bradbury's personal use (Currey's B binding). Signed by Bradbury on the front free endpaper and inscribed "To John one of 50 specially bound copies of F451 for Presentation! [signed] Ray Bradbury 3/29/98." Near Fine, lacking the dust jacket. Subtle abrasion to inscribed page. A very bright and clean copy. A very uncommon format of one of Bradbury's best-known works, even scarcer than the asbestos binding, of which 200 copies were issued.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Ballantine Books, Inc, New York, 1953.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing authentically SIGNED by Ray Bradbury. A fabulous copy. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket is rich in color with NO chips or tears with minor repair. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $2.50 printed price present on the front flap. The book is bound in the publisher's Red cloth and 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. We buy SIGNED Bradbury First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray; Joe Mugnaini [Illustrator]. Fahrenheit 451. Ballantine Books, New York, 1953.
Price: US$18000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, limited issue asbestos binding, signed by Ray Bradbury and hand-numbered by him on colophon, either #200 or #210 [? middle digit is unclear] of a stated 200 copies thus, possible overrun. [vi], 199, (3) pp. Bound in publisher's Johns-Manville Quinterra asbestos binding, lettered in red. Very Good with slightly rubbed and foxed binding, dulling to spine letters, small crack in front gutter, small stain to front board. Internally clean and fairly bright. No jacket, as issued. The classic dystopian, anti-censorship novel, plus two short stories "The Playground" and "The Rock Cried Out." A sought-after signed limited edition with a very fitting novelty binding that dares prospective censors, "Just try burning this one!"
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Ballantine Books, New York, 1953.
Price: US$45000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, #106 of 200 copies with limited issue asbestos binding, hand-numbered and signed by author on colophon. [viii], 199, (3) pp. Johns-Manville Quinterra asbestos binding, lettered in red. Fine, with light wear to crown heaviest to the rear, light bumping to bottom corners, trivial soiling. Two tiny spots to the textblock edge. Issued without a dust jacket. The classic dystopian, anti-censorship novel, plus two short stories "The Playground" and "The Rock Cried Out." A sought-after signed limited edition extremely uncommon in such stellar condition.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Ballantine Books, New York, 1953.
Price: US$75000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition in perhaps the nicest example of this dust jacket extant in the world today; a rarity that practically glows. Number 25 of 200 copies with limited issue asbestos binding, hand numbered and signed by Ray Bradbury on the colophon. Approximately 50 copies of which were sold in trade dust jackets though not called for, and this is one of those copies. [viii], 199, (3) pp. Johns-Manville Quinterra asbestos binding, lettered in red. Fine, with light ambient toning to the boards, light offsetting to the front free endpaper and contents lightly tanned. In a Fine dust jacket, with absolutely no fading (we have never seen one without fading); two micro-tears to the edge, a minuscule crease to the top corner of the rear panel and trivial rubbing at the folds. The classic dystopian, anti-censorship novel, plus two short stories "The Playground" and "The Rock Cried Out." A sought-after signed limited edition with the dust jacket extremely uncommon in such impeccable condition. Truly a sight to behold.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.