DARK CARNIVAL. - Hardcover

Bradbury, Ray

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ISBN 10: 9997538609 ISBN 13: 9789997538604

Publisher: Arkham House, 1947

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This is a 1st edition of Ray Bradbury's "Dark Carnival." It was published by Arkham House in 1947. There are 313 pages. The paper is Winnebago Eggshell and the cloth is Black Novelex.

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There's no way to describe this unique undertaking. Story notes explain the genesis of each story. Each story will be preceded by the Weird Tales (or other magazine cover) in which the story first appeared. Clive Barker wrote an afterword. All of these was made possible by editor Donn Albright whose archives are a treasure trove. He provided all of the bonus material and convinced Bradbury to allow us to use that material. A unique look at this author's first collection, as well as the book itself which is near impossibly to find (and cannot be found at an affordable price). See our website for a complete Table of Contents.

Note: This book will not be signed by the author, as previously noted. -- Gauntlet Press, 10/23/2001.

From Publishers Weekly:

Once to be titled The Child's Garden of Terrors, Bradbury's first story collection rolls back into town, spinning stardust and cobwebs in its wondrous wake. Originally published by Arkham House in 1947, this deluxe reissue features historical notes by John Eller, an introduction and individual story notes by the master himself and a glowing afterword by Clive Barker. Obsessed with death, old age and a longing to retain the eternal child in all of us, Bradbury once described himself as the "quasi god-son of Edgar Allan Poe," though Poe lacked the gift of humor that has helped shape Bradbury's seductive shadows. "You are only eight years old, you know little of death, fear, or dread," writes Bradbury in "The Night" as he powerfully encapsulates in a neat eight pages a child's first discovery of the unknown. Other standouts include the penultimate scary carnival story, "The Jar"; the Elliot family tales, "Uncle Einar," "The Homecoming" and "The Traveler"; "The Small Assassin," a sinister story far more frightening than Rosemary's Baby; the stunning "Jack-in-the-Box," one of the best parental abuse stories ever written; the harrowing "The Next in Line"; and "Reunion," which uses the simple metaphor of a washing machine in its probing depiction of the grieving process. Magazine covers precede each story with the exception of "The Lost Stories," four pieces rescued from pulp oblivion, while reproductions of manuscript errata illuminate the gestation process of the legendary first edition. Well worth the price of admission and certain to be on discerning Christmas lists. (Dec.)published a collection of poems and essays, A Chapbook for Burnt-Out Priests, Rabbis, and Ministers (Forecasts, Mar. 19), and a novel, From the Dust Returned (Forecasts, Aug. 27).

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