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THE ILLUSTRATED MAN
by Bradbury, Ray
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Lower corners slightly bruised, some uneven toning to cloth a nearly fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with slight wear
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. First edition. Lower corners slightly bruised, some uneven toning to cloth a nearly fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with slight wear to the corner tips and spine ends and slight toning to the spine panel. An attractive copy. (31422). Octavo, cloth. This copy inscribed and signed to Ron [Goulart] on the front free end paper, dated 1952. Collects eighteen stories plus prologue and epilogue, including "The Velt," "Kaleidoscope," "The Long Rain," and "Zero Hour." Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-63. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 256. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 1008-13.
Synopsis
The Illustrated Man is a 1951 book of eighteen science fiction short stories by Ray Bradbury that explores the nature of mankind. While none of the stories have a plot or character connection with the next, a recurring theme is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people. The unrelated stories are tied together by the frame device of "the Illustrated Man", a vagrant with a tattooed body whom the unnamed narrator meets.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31422
- Title
- THE ILLUSTRATED MAN
- Author
- Bradbury, Ray
- Book Condition
- Used - Lower corners slightly bruised, some uneven toning to cloth a nearly fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with slight wear
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- SC . Fantasy . SF . Signed
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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