Lot 12
BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012). The Illustrated Man. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951.
Sale 855 - Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection
Mar 19, 2021 10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
Estimate
$600 - $800

Sold for $2,375

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012). The Illustrated Man. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951.

8vo. Original publisher's cream cloth (some very slight discoloration); original pictorial dust jacket (a touch of wear to edges and corners, spine panel slightly sunned).

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY BRADBURY. Currey 56; Nolan pp.113-114. [Laid in:] Typed letter signed ("Ray Bradbury"), to Jean-Louis [Richard], on a holiday greeting card: "I imagine you already now [sic] that TRUFFAUT will film FAHRENHEIT 451 in the coming spring? And that Barrault is going ahead with plans to stage THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES at the ODEON Theatre de France in 1963?"

[With:] A second copy. 8vo. Original publisher's cream cloth (some abrasions to finish); original pictorial dust jacket (some chipping with minor losses to edges, some minor soiling). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY BRADBURY. Currey 56; Nolan pp.113-114. 

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