BRADBURY, Ray. OCTOBER COUNTRY. Ballantine Books, New York, 1955.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: The book is fine except for some uneven toning on the inner covers. The Ballantine Books logo on the book's spine is upside down as called for in the first state. The dustjacket has some spot, tears and chips. Signed "First Edition Ray Bradbury' on the fly leaf.

Seller: Euclid Books, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

BRADBURY, Ray.. The October Country.. NY: Ballantine Books (1955)., 1955.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Description: 306 pp. Bumps to lower corners, pale spot to fore-edge. In all, very good plus in a very good, first issue dust jacket with internally-mended tears to the flap folds and foot and crown of spine. SIGNED by Bradbury on the front free endpaper.

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Bradbury, Ray. THE OCTOBER COUNTRY. Ballantine Books, New York, 1955.

Price: US$850.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Probable later state of the hardcover trade binding with publisher's monogram correctly stamped on spine panel (Currey binding B2). Brief signed inscription by Bradbury to "David" on front free endpaper. Four stories appear here for the first time in book form, "The Dwarf," "The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse," "Touched With Fire," and "The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone." The remainder are reprinted, most with revisions, from DARK CARNIVAL (1947). Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 259. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 55. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1571-73. See Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-46. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34 and 4-52. A fine copy in good dust jacket with shelf wear at edges, faded spine panel lettering, general dust soiling, and damp stains along flap folds. Still presents pretty well. (#136470)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

Bradbury, Ray. The October Country.. Ballantine Books [1955], New York, 1955.

Price: US$975.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of Bradbury's classic collection of nineteen macabre short stories. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Joe Mugnaini. In Currey's "B" binding in its first state, with the Ballantine Books monogram at spine foot printed upside down. One of three bindings, no priority determined. Currey p.57. Signed by the author on the title page, "Ray Bradbury 1/22/81." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Joe Mugnaini. Author photograph by Morris Dollens. A classic of the macabre and fantastic, The October Country contains such milestones in the medium as Homecoming and The Small Assassin, as well as The Dwarf and Touched by Fire. The underlying theme is the distortion and disguises of love, in a world that sorely needs it. With illustrations by Joe Mugnaini, who illustrated several of Bradbury's previous works including the very famous Fahrenheit 451.

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Bradbury, Ray. THE OCTOBER COUNTRY. Ballantine Books, New York, 1955.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Probable earliest state of the hardcover trade binding with publisher's monogram stamped upside down on spine panel (Currey binding B1). Signed on the title page by Bradbury. Four stories appear here for the first time in book form, "The Dwarf," "The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse," "Touched With Fire," and "The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone." The remainder are reprinted, most with revisions, from DARK CARNIVAL (1947). Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 259. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 55. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1571-73. See Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-46. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34 and 4-52. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with very light wear at edges, largely spine ends and lower edge of front panel, and title on spine panel faded to light orange. A nice copy. (#162374)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

Bradbury, Ray. THE OCTOBER COUNTRY. Ballantine, 1955.

Price: US$1602.02 + shipping

Description: THE OCTOBER COUNTRY, Ballantine, 1955, first edition, first issue binding, some light dust-soiling to the t.p.e.'s, else a vg+/near fine copy in vg dust-wrapper with some slight wear and tear and some modest dust soiling to the front dust-wrapper panel. The red title lettering on the dust-wrapper remains nice and bright. Illustrated by Joe Mugnaini. 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.

Bradbury, Ray. The October Country. Ballantine Books, New York, 1955.

Price: US$1950.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First printing of the first edition, first state, with the "BB" monogram on spine of book inverted, red cloth with black lettering on spine, 8vo, 306pp. Preceded by a limited edition of 50 copies bound for the author. Signed by Ray Bradbury directly on the title page. Minor rubbing to board edge (primarily to spine ends), else book in fine condition; dust jacket with tanning to spine, minor paper loss to spine ends, lightly rubbed/soiled panels, a few short close tears to top and bottom front cover, and light paper loss (primarily at spine ends), else fine.

Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.

Bradbury, Ray. THE OCTOBER COUNTRY. Ballantine Books [1955], New York, 1955.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, illustrations by Joe Mugnaini, original red cloth, lettered in black. Currey binding B1, probable first state of the trade binding with publisher's logo inverted at base of spine. This title reprints the contents of DARK CARNIVAL (1947), most with revisions and it also includes four stories collected here for the first time; "The Dwarf," "The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse," "Touched With Fire," and "The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone." See Barron: Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #259. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with mild darkening to the spine panel and some fade to the orange ink of the title lettering, tiny closed tear to the upper front panel. Anice copy. (31427)

Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.

Bradbury, Ray. THE OCTOBER COUNTRY / ***** ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES *****. Ballantine, 1955.

Price: US$6923.50 + shipping

Description: ***** ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES *****OCTOBER COUNTRY, Ballantine, 1955, first edition, f.e.p. replaced, else a vg+/near fine copy. 1/50 copies of the specially bound presentation copies, this one INSCRIBED by the author at a later date on the title page. Quite scarce thus. Among those titles listed in BALLANTINE BOOKS: THE FIRST DECADE, Bailiwick Books, 1987. (As new facsimile dust-wrapper is available for a modest fee. Please inquire if interested. Thank you).

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.