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A Graveyard for Lunatics
by Bradbury, Ray
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394578775
- ISBN 13
- 9780394578774
- Seller
-
La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. One of the master's best, a mystery set in Hollywood in the 1950s. SIGNED by the AUTHOR with a long, personalized inscription in blue marker on ffep from a 1992 signing event in Glendale, CA. A FIRST EDIITON, First Printing from 1990, this hardcover has pumpkin-colored paper over boards & a quarter wrapped cloth spine with silver lettering to front & spine. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean, pages white, binding tight & square. Besides the inscription, NO writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT ex-lib. Only flaw is slight rubbing to bottom edges of both boards. The unclipped DJ is Fine, beautifully protect in archival mylar cover since purchased brand new. (NOTE: We have another copy of this book that is an unsigned first edition; please see our listing #015201). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (PST) ship same day; weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Synopsis
A Graveyard for Lunatics: Another tale of two cities is a mystery novel by Ray Bradbury, published in 1990. It is the second in a series of three mystery novels that Bradbury wrote featuring a fictionalized version of the author himself as the unnamed narrator.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013777
- Title
- A Graveyard for Lunatics
- Author
- Bradbury, Ray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394578775
- ISBN 13
- 9780394578774
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA MYSTERY FICTION SCI-FI FANTASY SIGNED COLLECTIBLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Books; Science Fiction-Fantasy;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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