FEVER DREAM; Illustrated by DARRELL ANDERSON

New York: St. Martin's Press "Night Lights", 1987. First Edition Thus Illustrated. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. Darrell Anderson. SIGNED and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the AUTHOR with an ORIGINAL SIGNATURE-SKETCH of Himself as a "MONSTER," square 8vo (8" x 8"), black boards, illustrated with numerous full page colorful (& glow-in-the-dark) dramatic illustrations, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Anderson depicting the fevered youth, with gold seal ON DJ stating "A GLOW IN THE DARK BOOK," 31, [32] pages. RARE & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: EXTRA ILLUSTRATED & SIGNED by RAY BRADBURY on the title page in this unusual glow-in-the-dark young person's book. Horror "Story Summary: A young boy's illness comes alive taking over his body bit by bit until he dies--but the virus remains alive in his body."--Publisher. The book crosses genres. (With illustrative hints perhaps of David Bowie ... as Ziggy Stardust [1972]?) Bradbury occasionally enjoyed sketching various figures and even himself in various guises. Original copyright 1948 by Weird Tales; renewed by Bradbury in 1975, with these illustrations again being copyrighted in 1987 by Armadillo Press for this glow-in-the-dark illustrated version by his publisher--and printed by St. Martin's Press.