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Fahrenheit 451: A Novel Hardcover - 2003
by Ray Bradbury
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- Title Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
- Author Ray Bradbury
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Thus
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 190
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York
- Date 2003-09
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6856822
- ISBN 9780743247221 / 0743247221
- Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.8 x 5.96 x 0.77 in (22.35 x 15.14 x 1.96 cm)
- Reading level 890
- Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Political fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003066160
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
About this book
Fahrenheit 451 (Ballantine Books, 1953) by Ray Bradbury is a dystopian novel that presents a future American society in which the masses are hedonistic and critical thought through reading is outlawed. Written in the early years of the Cold War, the novel is a critique of what Bradbury saw as issues in American society of the era.
Bradbury combined two of his early short stories, "The Pedestrian" and "Bright Phoenix," into The Fireman, a novella published in the February 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. Bradbury's publisher at Ballantine Books then suggested that he expand the work to make into a novel—Fahrenheit 451.
Bradbury combined two of his early short stories, "The Pedestrian" and "Bright Phoenix," into The Fireman, a novella published in the February 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. Bradbury's publisher at Ballantine Books then suggested that he expand the work to make into a novel—Fahrenheit 451.
First Edition Identification
Fahrenheit 451 was first published as a novel by Ballantine Books in New York in 1953. First edition copies signed by Bradbury sell for $15,000-$18,000. A limited-edition was released by the publisher in late 1953 of 200 signed copies that were bound in asbestos (to make them fireproof).