BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012). Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine Books, Inc., 1953.
Sale 855 - Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection
Mar 19, 2021
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
Estimate
$600 -
$800
Sold for $2,813
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012). Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine Books, Inc., 1953.
8vo. Original publisher's red boards lettered in yellow (some very slight wear to spine edges and bottom edge); original pictorial dust jacket (minor chipping with tiny losses to spine ends and a few corners with occasional tape repairs, some minor soiling, spine slightly faded). Provenance: Witkower's (bookseller's label).
FIRST TRADE EDITION of Bradbury's dystopian novel that won the 1954 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, in Currey's state "D" binding [no priority]. Currey pp.55-56.
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