A Medicine for Melancholy
by Ray Bradbury
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Eureka, California, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 240 pages. Story collection by the author of Fahrenheit 451. First edition (first printing). Edges a bit worn, with front flap offset on front free endpaper, else a very good copy with crisp silver lettering and decoration on spine. In a dust jacket with some wear to edges and flap creases, and soiling to back cover, thus very good. Rear flap has reviews of Dandelion Wine and a short description of The Illustrated Man.
Synopsis
A Medicine for Melancholy (1959) is a collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury. It was released in the UK as The Day It Rained Forever with a slightly different list of stories.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eureka Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 148540
- Title
- A Medicine for Melancholy
- Author
- Ray Bradbury
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Date Published
- 1959
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eureka Books
Biblio member since 2008
Eureka, California
About Eureka Books
Eureka Books, established in 1987, is a classic antiquarian shop with books in all subjects and price ranges. We're open Monday - Saturday in Old Town Eureka, California.
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- Crisp
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- Offset
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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