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THE ILLUSTRATED MAN
by Bradbury, Ray
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a very good dust jacket light wear along the edges, tiny tear to the upper front panel, mild fade to the orange i
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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 very good dust jacket light wear along the edges, tiny tear to the upper front panel, mild fade to the orange ink of the spine panel, and spotting along the rear panel fold. (31423). Octavo, cloth. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on a label affixed to the front free end paper. 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 #
- 31423
- Title
- THE ILLUSTRATED MAN
- Author
- Bradbury, Ray
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a very good dust jacket light wear along the edges, tiny tear to the upper front panel, mild fade to the orange i
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- SC . Fantasy . SF . Signed
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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