Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
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.
Read More: Identifying first editions of Fahrenheit 451
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Lasting Words Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026176
- Title
- Fahrenheit 451
- Author
- Ray Bradbury
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart Davis
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Lasting Words Ltd
About the Seller
Lasting Words Ltd
About Lasting Words Ltd
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...