The Machineries of Joy
by BRADBURY, Ray
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Rippleside, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Rupert Hart-Davies, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, very sound and presentable copy. First UK edition, first impression. Octavo in publisher's original black boards with silver title and credits to to spine, 239 pages. Previous owner's name to free front endpaper, very small tape residue to front and rear pastedowns, top edge very slightly spotted. Dustjacket lightly soiled with some slight creases. A collection of twenty short stories, all of remarkable quality and subtlety. Many of them centre on poetic exploration of a poignant fulcrum in time presaging an event of significant personal or social disruption. In 2007, The Pulitzer Board awarded Bradbury a special citation for his 'distinguished, prolific, and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy.'
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- Bookseller
- Sad Paradise Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1708973
- Title
- The Machineries of Joy
- Author
- BRADBURY, Ray
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davies
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- FICTION SHORT STORIES SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY SOCIAL CRITICISM
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Rippleside, Victoria
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.