Fahrenheit 451.
"See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories": First Edition of Fahrenheit 451; Lengthily Inscribed by Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451.
BRADBURY, Ray.
Item Number: 67020
New York: Ballantine, 1953.
First edition of one of the seminal works in the field of science fiction. Octavo, original red cloth. Illustrated by Joe Mugnaini. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some light toning to the spine. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper,”For Frank Pipes! This 1st edition of of F. 451 – published in 1953 – with good wishes from Ray Bradbury May 1978.” Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable in this condition.
Fahrenheit 451 remains Bradbury’s most acclaimed work, with more than four million copies in print. "Frightening in its implications Mr. Bradbury’s account of this insane world, which bears many alarming resemblances to our own, is fascinating" (New York Times).
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