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Bradbury, Ray. FAHRENHEIT 451. Rupert, Hart Davis, 1954.
Price: US$1628.50 + shipping
Description: FAHRENHEIT 451, Rupert, Hart Davis, 1954, first English edition and first separate edition, vg in like dust-wrapper with some fading to the dust-wrapper spine. SIGNED by the author.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1954.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing of this hardcover edition published in London. This copy is SIGNED by Ray Bradbury on the title page "Steven! Ray Bradbury, November 8, 1985" This original dustjacket has some chips to the top spine and edges. The book is in great shape and is bound in the publisher's red cloth. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the edges. There is NO marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author housed in a slipcase for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-158,[2]pp. Lower board corners gently tapped (though still sharp), else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. In the original dustjacket, unclipped (priced 9s.6d. net), showing the most trivial wear to extremities, and a few pinpoint rubbed spots to spine ends and corner tips; very Near Fine, with the spine panel notably bright and unfaded. Housed in a custom clamshell box by James Tapley, with a sheet of Fahrenheit 451 stationary signed by Bradbury inset on the inner cover. Sharp copy of Bradbury's best-known work, based on his 1951 short story "The Fireman." "Totalitarian state outlaws virtually all books, especially the classics; an underground form of people who memorize great books to preserve them for posterity. The plot revolves around a "fireman's" conversion from book burner to preserver" (Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 3-61). Basis for François Truffaut's classic 1966 film, starring Oskar Werner and Julie Christie, and Ramin Bahrani's more recent adaptation for HBO, starring Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, Vol.1, p.39; Sargent, p.121; Pringle 100.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.