THE ILLUSTRATED MAN
by Bradbury, Ray
- Used
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with rubbing along front flap fold, mild rubbing with a touch of wear to the spine ends
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. First edition. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with rubbing along front flap fold, mild rubbing with a touch of wear to the spine ends, moderate fade to the orange ink color of the spine panel. A better than average copy. (29051). Octavo, cloth. Collects eighteen stories plus prologue and epilogue, including "The Velt," "Kaleidoscope," "The Long Rain," and "Zero Hour." Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-63. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 256. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 1008-13.
Synopsis
The Illustrated Man is a 1951 book of eighteen science fiction short stories by Ray Bradbury that explores the nature of mankind. While none of the stories have a plot or character connection with the next, a recurring theme is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people. The unrelated stories are tied together by the frame device of "the Illustrated Man", a vagrant with a tattooed body whom the unnamed narrator meets.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29051
- Title
- THE ILLUSTRATED MAN
- Author
- Bradbury, Ray
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with rubbing along front flap fold, mild rubbing with a touch of wear to the spine ends
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- SC . Fantasy . SF
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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