The Golden Apples of The Sun.
by Bradbury, Ray. Drawings by Joe Mugnaini
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1953. First edition of Ray Bradbury's fourth book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ray Bradbury in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. A very bright example. An anthology of 22 short stories, The Golden Apples of the Sun includes The Fog Horn, The Flying Machine, Sun and Shadow, and The Exiles. Groff Conklin of Galaxy Science Fiction praised the collection, saying it included "some of the best imaginative stories [Bradbury] or anyone else has ever written. One cannot even begin to describe their delights.
Synopsis
The Golden Apples of the Sun is a collection of the most famous short stories by Ray Bradbury.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92794
- Title
- The Golden Apples of The Sun.
- Author
- Bradbury, Ray. Drawings by Joe Mugnaini
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Ray Bradbury First Edition Signed, The Golden Apples of The Sun First Edition
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
Founded by Matthew and Adrienne Raptis, Raptis Rare Books is an antiquarian book firm that specializes in literature, children's books, economics, photo books, signed and inscribed books, and landmark books in all fields. Our business model is simple: we strive to handle books that are in exceptional condition and to provide exceptional customer service.
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- 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...
- Fine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...