Fahrenheit 451 (The Lettered Presentation Copy)
by Ray Bradbury
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, 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
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16267
- Title
- Fahrenheit 451 (The Lettered Presentation Copy)
- Author
- Ray Bradbury
- Illustrator
- Joseph Mugnaini
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- rare science fiction, rare Limited Editions Club, rare Ray Bradbury, rare editions of Fahrenheit 451
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
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