THE OCTOBER COUNTRY
Bradbury, Ray (stories); Mugnaini, Joe (illustrations)
Sold by Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Association Member:
AbeBooks Seller since June 16, 2010
Sold by Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Association Member:
AbeBooks Seller since June 16, 2010
First Printing. Octavo (20.25cm); Currey's 'B' binding, first state, bound in dull red cloth with titling and inverted Ballantine logo stamped in black; dustjacket; [xii],306,[2]pp. Base of spine very gently nudged, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50), showing some trivial surface wear, a few tiny tears to extremities, a 3/4" close tear to lower left corner of rear panel, and some gentle fading to the red lettering on spine; a bright, Near Fine example. Collection of short stories 14 of them extensively revised from their original appearance in Dark Carinval (1947) with the addition of five new stories never before appearing in book form. The jacket and illustrations were done by Joseph Anthony Mugnaini (1912-1992), a distinguished Italian-American artist and illustrator, and a close friend and collaborator of Bradbury's from the early 1950s until his death. See Barron, Horror Literature 3-34.
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