Fahrenheit 451: 50th Anniversary Edition.
by Bradbury, Ray. (Text) Steadman, Ralph. (Illustrations)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- Waverley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3115621
- Title
- Fahrenheit 451: 50th Anniversary Edition.
- Author
- Bradbury, Ray. (Text) Steadman, Ralph. (Illustrations)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Graham Press.
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 2005
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