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Gauntlet Press. SIGNED numbered limited edition as NEW. in jacket and slipcase. number 343 of 700. Signed by Ray Bradbury and Clive Barker. Also chapbook: TIME INTERVENING number652 of 752 layed in. . New. Hardcover. Limited Signed Edition. 1st Printing. 2001.

UK: Hamish Hamilton, 1948. Book. Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition. Spine moderately cocked. Binding firm. Edges of pages yellowing. Front free end page missing. DJ has small pieces out (the largest being 1/4") at top of spine. 1/4" piece of scotch tape on inner edge of front flap, and a similarly-sized piece of scotch tape reinforcing the inner side of the DJ spine. 3/4" tear at bottom rear edge of DJ near spine, repaired with scotch tape on the inner side. Not all the stories from the US edition are included..

Springfield, PA: Gauntlet Publications, 2001. Limited and expanded edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and slipcase. (31452). Octavo, cover painting by Ray Bradbury, imitation leather. One of 700 numbered copies, signed by Bradbury and Clive Barker, author of the afterword. One of 700 numbered copies, signed by Bradbury and by Clive Barker (who writes the afterword). New edition, first limited, of Bradbury's first book. Edited by Donn Albright, nine page new introduction by Bradbury. This edition also includes four stories, contemporary to the rest of the contents but not in the original edition, archival material and an afterword by Clive Barker. Wrap around dust jacket is an original painting by Bradbury. Includes "Time Intervening" by Ray Bradbury, a numbered chapbook and a CD of interviews conducted by Donn Albright, both accompanied some but not all copies. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42.

Arkham House, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Missing. 3000 copies printed. The binding is tight, corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Some rubbing and handling on the boards, gilt lettering on the spine partially rubbed away. Text unmarked. Some damp staining on the top edge of the last 50 pages. Light soiling on the edges of the text block. Some spotting on the last several pages. No dust jacket. 8vo. 313pp.

Gauntlet Publications, 2001. 1st edition. Full leather hardcover in Dust Jacket with slipcase. Signed limited edition. This was Bradbury's first limited issued by Gauntlet limited to 700 copies. This is number 615. The book is signed by Bradbury and by Clive Barker, who wrote the afterword. Book, dustjacket and beveled slipcase is in Fine as new condition. Dust jacket featuring art work by Ray Bradbury himself. Includes a "history by Jon Eller, "Dark Carnival Revisited" by Bradbury, extra "lost" stories and a selection of "archival" items related to the publication history. The Signed Limited was not issued with matching slipcase, it was an extra charge from publisher for slipcase. This one does come with the optional matching beveled slipcase.

Springfield, PA: Gauntlet Publications, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. As new in leatherette slipcase, still in publishers shrinkwrap. Never opened. One of 700 numbered copies signed by Ray Bradbury and Clive Barker who wrote the afterword. New edition of Bradbury's first book, originally published by Arkham House. Edited by Donn Albright, with a new introduction by Bradbury. This edition also includes four stories not in the original edition, archival material and an afterword by Clive Barker. Wrap around dust jacket reproduces an original painting by Bradbury. Paste-down on slipcase.

Gauntlet, 2001. First Thus. Hardcover, standard size (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inches). Fine/Without DJ as issued. Used One of 700 limited edition copies, signed by Ray Bradbury and Clive Barker. Includes a chapbook and CD of interviews with Bradbury. Slip Cased

Springfield, PA: Gauntlet Publications, 2001. First edition thus . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Number 243 of 700 copies signed by Bradbury and Clive Barker, who wrote the introduction. Reprint of the author's first book with additional stories. Laid in is chapbook, TIME INTERVENING, copy number 436 of 725 copies, issued to those who bought directly from Gauntlet. Book and chapbook are both, along with the dust jacket, are fine and bright. As new.

Sauck City, WI: Arkham House, 1947. 313pp. Black cloth boards, gilt titles on spine. Binding tight, spine straight, corners square. Pages evenly age toned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows some wear at spine ends, and some rubbing to front panel. Small, closed tear at lower front corner of back panel. Dust jacket is intact, not price clipped. Jacket in mylar sleeve. Bradbury's first collection of stories, edited by August Derleth and issued in a run of only 3112 copies. Bradbury didn't authorize a reprint edition of the book for years, due to the fact many of the stories appeared in other books over the years. Finally, in 2001, he gave the go-ahead to an edition from Gauntlet Press, and provided an introductory essay. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

GAUNTLET Book. Fine. No Binding. Signed by Author(s). PROOF. A FINE FIRST EDITION SIGNED ONE OF 52 WITH CD AND PAMPHLET IN LEATHER TRAYCASE COPY XX.

DARK CARNIVAL, Arkham House, 1947, first edition, browning to the paste-downs due to the publishers choice of glue and paper, else vg in like dust-wrapper with some light wear, shallow chipping to the head of the dust-wrapper spine and some scattered foxing to the rear dust-wrapper panel and upper and fore edge margins of the dust-wrapper flaps. The authors most desirable first book. 1/3,000 published. SIGNED by the author.

Arkham House, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good first edition in a very good dust jacket with the $3 price still present on the front flap. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1947 First edition, first printing, one of 3,112 copies. Signed by Bradbury on front free endpaper: "Ray Bradbury [underlined] / Dec 1, 1982". Publisher's black boards, titles in gilt to spine; original dust jacket designed by George Barrows, wraparound image with masks and other floating objects, titles in red to front panel and spine. Near fine book with touch of smudging to boards, a tiny wrinkle to bottom left of front board, and light toning to gilt on spine; very good unclipped dust jacket with some wear to edges and spine ends, a couple of small chips to spine ends, light soiling to rear panel. Overall, an attractive copy. A collection of his macabre short stories, Dark Carnival is Ray Bradbury's first published book and includes "The Small Assassin," "Jack-in-the-Box," "The Scythe," "Uncle Einar," "The Traveler," and "The Jar," among others. Additionally, it includes "The… Read More

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. . Dust jacket in mylar sleeve, is unclipped, shows minor wear and tear, slight rubbing, some old tape at the corners/edges. Cover is near pristine. Pages are tanned and clean. A lovely collectible copy.

Sauk City, WIS: Arkham House, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Ray Bradbury on the title page. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light shelf wear to cloth. Pages toned; endsheets offset from binder's glue and lightly foxed. In a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing, and light soiling to rear panel. A lovely copy of Bradbury's first book, a collection of short stories.

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1947. First Edition. Bradbury's first book, a colllection of 27 stories, "mostly supernatural but with a few contes cruels, including the consummately repulsive taphephobic fantasy "Interim"...The collection stands at the head of a tradition in modern American horror fiction which combined stylistic deftness with a determination to deal forthrightly with the previously unthinkable - a tradition boldly carried forward by writers like Charles Beaumont and Fritz Leiber" (Barron, Horror Literature 3-34). First Printing, one of 3,000 copies. Octavo (19.75cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[3],4-313,[3]pp. Signed by Bradbury (ca.late 1980s) on the front endpaper. Tiny booksellers ticket to rear pastedown, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $3.00), with some trivial wear to spine ends and extremities, and a hint of dustiness to rear panel - a pretty copy, without the usual heavy wear and sunning to spine.

Springfield, PA: Gauntlet Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first republication of Bradbury's first book since it was published by Arkham House in 1947. Bradbury rewrote and revised about half of the stories for The October Country and the original versions of his early work remained out of print until this limited edition reissue. For this edition, edited by Donn Albright, spelling errors were corrected, but the text was kept intact. In addition, four other stories from the same era have been added. Each story is prefaced by a reproduction of the magazine cover where it originally appeared. At the back of the book are 53 pages of facsimiles of letters and typescripts related to Dark Carnival, all of which are published here for the first time. This edition also includes a history of Dark Carnival by Jon Eller, an introduction by Bradbury, and an afterword by Clive Barker. The book is accompanied by a CD of interviews with Bradbury and a chapbook story, Time Intervening, issued… Read More

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First edition. A fine copy in a very good dust price clipped dust jacket with shelf wear to head of spine panel and corner tips, mild rubbing, and some soiling to the rear panel. No fade to the color of the spine lettering. This jacket is not quite trimmed to size which often results to wear at upper spine panel and corner tips. (17325). Octavo, cloth. 3112 copies printed. The author's first book. Collects twenty-seven stories, most first appearing in magazines, sixteen from WEIRD TALES. Six stories are published here for the first time; "The Maiden," "The Emissary," "Jack-in-the-Box," "Uncle Einer," "The Night Sets," and "Next in Line.". Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42.

Arkham House, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near fine first edition in a near fine dust jacket, with original price still present. Year 1947 on title page and copyright page, indicating first edition. Bookplate signed by Ray Bradbury is laid in. One of a stated edition of 3,000 copies although Chalker states 3,112 as the actual print run. The author's first book. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.