Description: I've always figured it that you die each day and each day is a box, you see, all numbered and neat; but never go back and lift the lids, because you've died a couple of thousand times in your life, and that's a lot of corpses, each dead a different way, each with a worse expression. Each of those days is a different you, somebody you don't know or understand or want to understand. Here we offer the stated first retail edition, first printing of Ray Bradbury's classic, The Illustrated Man, published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York in 1953. The book is a collection of 18 sci-fi short stories framed in the device of the animated tattoos of a former freak show performer. The book comes wrapped in the highest quality facsimile of the first edition dust jacket you can only get here, digitally remastered and printed on coated heavyweight bond. The polymer coating on the paper ensures the brightest colors and sharpest prints, as the ink sits atop the paper rather than being absorbed into the fibers.Edgeworn and marked boards (please see pics). Intact, uninscribed endpapers. Very tight and square binding, very clean, bright, and crisp text. The dust jacket is secure in its ph-neutral mylar jacket and ready to slip into your collection. 252 pages. The book measures approximately 8.25 x 5.75-inches.This science fiction classic will make a wonderful addition to your firsts collection or a very thoughtful gift.Check out our shelf of other iconic fantasy and sci-fi firsts by clicking HERE!** Have you seen all the amazing first and rare editions of iconic books we offer? We gladly combine shipping and refund the shipping overpayment, so please check out our other items! -- other auctions of classic antiquarian literature and special gifts!** Thank you for your interest! ***Priority shipping options are available at checkout!***
Price: 499.95 USD
Location: Bronx, New York
End Time: 2024-02-05T00:24:46.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.87 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Cloth
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Ray Bradbury
Topic: Classics
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1951
Original/Facsimile: Original
