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Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, 1st signed plate

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:1,950.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, 1st signed plate
<B>Ray Bradbury</B></I>. <B><I>Fahrenheit 451</B></I></B></I>. New York: Ballantine Books, Inc. [1953]. <BR>First edition. One of 50 privately bound copies. Includes an inscribed and signed sticker intended as a bookplate. Twelvemo. 201 pages.<BR><BR>Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Gilt lettering and facsimile signature on front cover. No dust jacket. Housed in a custom-made, fine condition, clamshell case bound in red cloth, with gilt lettering and black backstrip on spine. Overall fine condition.<BR><BR>This privately bound first edition of Ray Bradbury's visionary science-fiction novel <I>Fahrenheit 451</B></I> includes a sticker intended as a bookplate, inscribed and signed in full "For Robert Yaspan - This special edition of 'Fahrenheit 451' signed with good wishes from Ray Bradbury." This fine first edition is beautifully protected by the custom case. <I>From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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