QUICKER THAN THE EYE

New York, NY.: Avon Books. Very Good. 1996. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in tan paper covered boards with blind-stamping to the upper cover, with a brown spine with copper colored stamping, in a nice dust jacket with some light soiling to the upper panel. There is a nick to the top edge of the lower cover. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. There are 2 stickers added at the half title-page, one signed and dated by Ray Bradbury and the other personalized to the collector by Bradbury which states "paste these in your books." Laid-in at the front are 2 more personalized stickers signed by Ray Bradbury and small card with a photo of Bradbury which is signed/inscribed on the rear. From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu (1945-2019) of Columbus, Ohio - known to many of his bookseller, author, and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired, including Gorey, Sendak, Heaney, Byatt, Morrison, Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. .