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DARK CARNIVAL

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DARK CARNIVAL

by Bradbury, Ray

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Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First edition. A very good copy in a very good or somewhat better dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the corner tips and spine ends, red ink of the spine lettering is mostly faded but a bright front panel. The dust jacket for this book is not quite trimmed to size which often results to wear at upper spine panel and corner tips. (26082). Octavo, cloth. The author's first book. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in year of publication by Bradbury: "FOR / A. Langley Searles / WITH MY VERY BEST WISHES / FROM / RAY BRADBUY / MAY 15, 1947" Searles was a member of first fandom and founded the noted amateur magazine Fantasy Commentator, considered on the earliest fan based academic journals. Collects twenty-seven stories, most first appearing in magazines, sixteen from WEIRD TALES. Six stories are published here for the first time; "The Maiden," "The Emissary," "Jack-in-the-Box," "Uncle Einer," "The Night Sets," and "Next in Line." Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42.

Synopsis

Ray Bradbury's first book was the short story collection Dark Carnival issued in 1947 by Arkham House in the United States. These short stories set the tone for Bradbury's future work. His eerie, sometimes disturbing stories typify Arkham House books, and give us some insight into the young Bradbury. This book reprinted many stories previously published by Bradbury in Weird Tales of November 1944 (such as "The Jar"), and other pulp magazines of the era. Several stories saw print for the first time in this edition, however. 

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Bookseller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
26082
Title
DARK CARNIVAL
Author
Bradbury, Ray
Book Condition
Used - A very good copy in a very good or somewhat better dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the corner tips and spine ends, re
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First edition
Publisher
Arkham House
Place of Publication
Sauk City
Date Published
1947
Keywords
Fantasy . Horror . SC . Signed

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