DANDELION WINE - INSCRIBED TO FORREST J. ACKERMAN

Bradbury, Ray

Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1957

About this Item

First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); maroon paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-183,[1]pp. With a contemporary inscription to Forrest J. Ackerman on the front endpaper: "For Forry! Merry Christmas 1957! From his friend Ray Bradbury!" Faint scratch to upper edge of textblock, tiny bump to base of spine, else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 16s net), gently spine-sunned, with some trivial wear to extremities, and Ackerman's tiny "A" sticker at upper spine panel; Near Fine. An association copy of the highest quality, inscribed to Bradbury's long-time friend, mentor, and literary agent Forrest Ackerman. It was Ackerman who introduced a teenage Bradbury to the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society, published Bradbury's first story in his fanzine Imagination, and who would urge Bradbury to pursue his writing, lending him money to publish his own fanzine, Futuria Fantasia. Barron, Fantasy Literature, 4A-44. Seller Inventory # 4204

Bibliographic Details

Title: DANDELION WINE - INSCRIBED TO FORREST J. ...

Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis, London

Publication Date: 1957

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First U.K. Edition.