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Fahrenheit 451 Hardcover - 2003

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.

From the publisher

Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of this timeless classic with a special edition featuring a new introduction by the author and a message that is more relevant today than when it was first published. Since the late 1940s, Ray Bradbury has been revered for his works of science fiction and fantasy. With more than five million copies in print, "Fahrenheit 451" -- originally published in 1953 -- remains his most acclaimed work.

Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which book paper burns. "Fahrenheit 451" is a novel set in the (perhaps near) future when "firemen" burn books forbidden by a totalitarian "brave new world" regime. The hero, according to Mr. Bradbury, is "a book burner who suddenly discovers that books are flesh-and-blood ideas and cry out silently when put to the torch." Today, when libraries and schools in this country and all over the world are still "burning" certain books, "Fahrenheit 451" remains a brilliantly readable and suspenseful work of even greater impact and timeliness.

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). 

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  • Title Fahrenheit 451
  • Author Ray D. Bradbury
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Thus
  • Pages 190
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York
  • Date 2003-09
  • ISBN 9780743247221 / 0743247221
  • Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.8 x 5.96 x 0.77 in (22.35 x 15.14 x 1.96 cm)
  • Reading level 890
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Political fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003066160
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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