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FAHRENHEIT 451
de Bradbury, Ray (novel); Mugnaini, Joe (illustrations)
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. First U.K. Edition. Sharp copy of Bradbury's best-known work, based on his 1951 short story "The Fireman." "Totalitarian state outlaws virtually all books, especially the classics; an underground form of people who memorize great books to preserve them for posterity. The plot revolves around a "fireman's" conversion from book burner to preserver" (Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 3-61). Basis for François Truffaut's classic 1966 film, starring Oskar Werner and Julie Christie, and Ramin Bahrani's more recent adaptation for HBO, starring Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, Vol.1, p.39; Sargent, p.121; Pringle 100. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-158,[2]pp. Lower board corners gently tapped (though still sharp), else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. In the original dustjacket, unclipped (priced 9s.6d. net), showing the most trivial wear to extremities, and a few pinpoint rubbed spots to spine ends and corner tips; very Near Fine, with the spine panel notably bright and unfaded. Housed in a custom clamshell box by James Tapley, with a sheet of Fahrenheit 451 stationary signed by Bradbury inset on the inner cover.
Sinopsis
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.
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- Librería
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 7164
- Título
- FAHRENHEIT 451
- Autor
- Bradbury, Ray (novel); Mugnaini, Joe (illustrations)
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First U.K. Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1954
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Sobre Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
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- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
