Dark Carnival
by Bradbury, Ray
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Sauck City, WI: Arkham House, 1947. 313pp. Black cloth boards, gilt titles on spine. Binding tight, spine straight, corners square. Pages evenly age toned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows some wear at spine ends, and some rubbing to front panel. Small, closed tear at lower front corner of back panel. Dust jacket is intact, not price clipped. Jacket in mylar sleeve. Bradbury's first collection of stories, edited by August Derleth and issued in a run of only 3112 copies. Bradbury didn't authorize a reprint edition of the book for years, due to the fact many of the stories appeared in other books over the years. Finally, in 2001, he gave the go-ahead to an edition from Gauntlet Press, and provided an introductory essay. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033845
- Title
- Dark Carnival
- Author
- Bradbury, Ray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- Sauck City, WI
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Ray Bradbury, Dark Carnival, Arkham House, Lovecraft, First Edition, August Derleth
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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