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Dandelion Wine (Inscribed first edition)
de Bradbury, Ray
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Near Fine
- Librería
-
Pasadena, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Rupert Hart Davis, 1957. First U.K. edition. Fine/Near Fine. A Fine copy of the book in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket price clipped and with an early price written on the front panel (now partially erased). Also a note at the top of the front flap attributes the inscription to "Bush Hunter - Hollywood actor." Inscribed by the author: For Bush! Ray Bradbury ****************** The Vintner Himself Signs Twice - To Prove His Friendly Wishes Ray Bradbury Aug. 22, 1963." A lovely copy with a generous full-page inscription.
Born from a short story that first appeared in Gourmet Magazine (1953), Dandelion Wine is an intimate semi-autobiographical reflection of a youthful summer spent in Illinois. Set in the fictional Green Town (a stand in for his hometown of Waukegan), the novel explores the rich inner life of a twelve-year-old boy, based on the author himself. Bradbury's evocative prose captures the beauty of life, loss, and power of nostalgia. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
Born from a short story that first appeared in Gourmet Magazine (1953), Dandelion Wine is an intimate semi-autobiographical reflection of a youthful summer spent in Illinois. Set in the fictional Green Town (a stand in for his hometown of Waukegan), the novel explores the rich inner life of a twelve-year-old boy, based on the author himself. Bradbury's evocative prose captures the beauty of life, loss, and power of nostalgia. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
Sinopsis
Dandelion Wine is a 1957 semi-autobiographical novel by Ray Bradbury, taking place in the summer of 1928 in the fictional town of Green Town, Illinois — a pseudonym for Bradbury's childhood home of Waukegan, Illinois. The novel developed from the short story "Dandelion Wine" which appeared in the June 1953 issue of Gourmet magazine. The title refers to a wine made with dandelion petals and other ingredients, commonly citrus fruit.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Whitmore Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 5794
- Título
- Dandelion Wine (Inscribed first edition)
- Autor
- Bradbury, Ray
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First U.K. edition
- Editorial
- Rupert Hart Davis
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1957
- Palabras clave
- The words were summer on the tongue. The wine was summer in a bottle.
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