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Fahrenheit 451
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Fahrenheit 451 Hardcover - 1993

by Ray D. Bradbury


About this book

Fahrenheit 451 (Ballantine Books, 1953) by Ray Bradbury is a dystopian novel that presents a future American society in which the masses are hedonistic and critical thought through reading is outlawed. Written in the early years of the Cold War, the novel is a critique of what Bradbury saw as issues in American society of the era.

Bradbury combined two of his early short stories, "The Pedestrian" and  "Bright Phoenix," into The Fireman, a novella published in the February 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. Bradbury's publisher at Ballantine Books then suggested that he expand the work to make into a novel—Fahrenheit 451.

First Edition Identification

Fahrenheit 451 was first published as a novel by Ballantine Books in New York in 1953. First edition copies signed by Bradbury sell for $15,000-$18,000. A limited-edition was released by the publisher in late 1953 of 200 signed copies that were bound in asbestos (to make them fireproof). 

Details

  • Title Fahrenheit 451
  • Author Ray D. Bradbury
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 40th Anniversary
  • Pages 190
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Holiday House, U.S.A.
  • Date 1993
  • ISBN 9780671872298 / 067187229X
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.33 x 6.12 x 1.16 in (23.70 x 15.54 x 2.95 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93010885
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury

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Description:
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993. Limited Edition. 1/4 cloth. Fine/fine. Exceptionally fine, as new 40th anniversary edition, still sealed from publisher. Signed by Ray Bradbury. One of 500 copies. Fine slipcase & dust jacket. Price sticker and ISBN sticker on plastic wrap only. Photo shows oddly due to shrinkwrap but this is a perfect copy. 190 pp. Octavo.
Item Price
A$929.64
A$6.20 shipping to USA