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DARK CARNIVAL by Bradbury, Ray - 1947

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DARK CARNIVAL by Bradbury, Ray - 1947

DARK CARNIVAL

by Bradbury, Ray

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Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First edition of Bradbury's first book, a collection of 27 of his earliest stories. There were only 3,112 copies in the first printing. 3 x 5" plain white card laid in SIGNED BY BRADBURY WITH DRAWING OF ONE OF HIS MONSTERS and dated in 1989. Touch of darkening to pastedowns, still near fine in good or better, price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing to edges and folds, and rubbed chipping to corners and spine ends.
  • Bookseller Quill & Brush US (US)
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  • Publisher Arkham House
  • Place of Publication Sauk City
  • Date Published 1947

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Dark Carnival

by Ray Bradbury

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  • Paperback
Condition
New
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 13
9780008554316
ISBN 10
0008554315
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9
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Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
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Paperback / softback. New. <p> <strong>'Let us now praise Ray Bradbury'</strong> <br /> <strong> <em>THE TIMES</em> </strong> </p>
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Dark Carnival; Time Intervening
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Dark Carnival; Time Intervening

by Bradbury, Ray

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  • Hardcover
  • Signed
Condition
New
Jacket Condition
New
Edition
Limited Signed Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9781887368506
ISBN 10
1887368507
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San Diego, California, United States
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Gauntlet Press. SIGNED numbered limited edition as NEW. in jacket and slipcase. number 343 of 700. Signed by Ray Bradbury and Clive Barker. Also chapbook: TIME INTERVENING number652 of 752 layed in. . New. Hardcover. Limited Signed Edition. 1st Printing. 2001.
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Dark Carnival

by BRADBURY, RAY

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  • Fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
Limited Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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£441.65

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Springfield PA: Gauntlet, 2001. Book. Fine. Leatherette. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. Dark Grey leatherette lettered in silver. Wrapped in pictorial dustjacket and housed in leatherette slipcase with one pictorial panel. Edition limited to 700 numbered copies signed by the author on limitation page. This copy is #659 and also signed by Clive Barker who wrote the Afterword. Also included is Time Intervening, a chapbook which was sent to subscribers who bought directly from publisher. A fine copy of the classic book of macabre tales..
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Dark Carnival

by Bradbury, Ray

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  • good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Edge & Shelfworn Dust Jacket
Edition
First UK Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Durham, North Carolina, United States
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UK: Hamish Hamilton, 1948. Book. Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition. Spine moderately cocked. Binding firm. Edges of pages yellowing. Front free end page missing. DJ has small pieces out (the largest being 1/4") at top of spine. 1/4" piece of scotch tape on inner edge of front flap, and a similarly-sized piece of scotch tape reinforcing the inner side of the DJ spine. 3/4" tear at bottom rear edge of DJ near spine, repaired with scotch tape on the inner side. Not all the stories from the US edition are included..
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Dark Carnival

by Bradbury, Ray

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  • good
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Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Missing
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Arkham House, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Missing. 3000 copies printed. The binding is tight, corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Some rubbing and handling on the boards, gilt lettering on the spine partially rubbed away. Text unmarked. Some damp staining on the top edge of the last 50 pages. Light soiling on the edges of the text block. Some spotting on the last several pages. No dust jacket. 8vo. 313pp.
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Dark Carnival

Dark Carnival

by Bradbury, Ray

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  • Hardcover
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Condition
As New
Jacket Condition
As New
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire, United States
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Springfield, PA: Gauntlet Publications, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. As new in leatherette slipcase, still in publishers shrinkwrap. Never opened. One of 700 numbered copies signed by Ray Bradbury and Clive Barker who wrote the afterword. New edition of Bradbury's first book, originally published by Arkham House. Edited by Donn Albright, with a new introduction by Bradbury. This edition also includes four stories not in the original edition, archival material and an afterword by Clive Barker. Wrap around dust jacket reproduces an original painting by Bradbury. Paste-down on slipcase.
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Dark Carnival
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Dark Carnival

by Ray Bradbury

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  • Fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Without DJ as issued
Edition
First Thus
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9781887368506
ISBN 10
1887368507
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1
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Gauntlet, 2001. First Thus. Hardcover, standard size (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inches). Fine/Without DJ as issued. Used One of 700 limited edition copies, signed by Ray Bradbury and Clive Barker. Includes a chapbook and CD of interviews with Bradbury. Slip Cased
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Dark Carnival

by Bradbury, Ray

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  • very good
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  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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Sauck City, WI: Arkham House, 1947. 313pp. Black cloth boards, gilt titles on spine. Binding tight, spine straight, corners square. Pages evenly age toned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows some wear at spine ends, and some rubbing to front panel. Small, closed tear at lower front corner of back panel. Dust jacket is intact, not price clipped. Jacket in mylar sleeve. Bradbury's first collection of stories, edited by August Derleth and issued in a run of only 3112 copies. Bradbury didn't authorize a reprint edition of the book for years, due to the fact many of the stories appeared in other books over the years. Finally, in 2001, he gave the go-ahead to an edition from Gauntlet Press, and provided an introductory essay. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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DARK CARNIVAL

by Bradbury, Ray

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  • Fine
  • Hardcover
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Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
PROOF
Binding
Hardcover
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PASADENA, California, United States
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GAUNTLET Book. Fine. No Binding. Signed by Author(s). PROOF. A FINE FIRST EDITION SIGNED ONE OF 52 WITH CD AND PAMPHLET IN LEATHER TRAYCASE COPY XX.
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DARK CARNIVAL

by Bradbury, Ray

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Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
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Rochester, Michigan, United States
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DARK CARNIVAL, Arkham House, 1947, first edition, browning to the paste-downs due to the publishers choice of glue and paper, else vg in like dust-wrapper with some light wear, shallow chipping to the head of the dust-wrapper spine and some scattered foxing to the rear dust-wrapper panel and upper and fore edge margins of the dust-wrapper flaps. The authors most desirable first book. 1/3,000 published. SIGNED by the author.
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