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Ray Bradbury: Signed 1st Edition Dandelion Wine

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Ray Bradbury: Signed 1st Edition Dandelion Wine
<B>Ray Bradbury: Signed First Edition of </B></I><B><I>Dandelion Wine</B></I></B></I> (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1957), first edition, 281 pages, yellow cloth with blue and gilt lettering on spine, 8vo (5.75" x 8.5"), dust jacket. Deckled fore-edge. Signed "<I>Ray Bradbury</B></I>" on the title page. Jacket design by Robert Vickrey. <I>Dandelion Wine</B></I> is the first of many semi-autobiographical works produced by Bradbury throughout his career, and structured much like some of his other longer works: largely composed of previously published short stories woven together and linked by transitional vignettes. In this novel, Bradbury revisits his Waukegan childhood through the eyes and adventures of 12-year-old Douglas Spaulding (Bradbury's middle name is Douglas) over the course of one glorious summer in Green Town, Illinois. With the publication last year of <I>Farewell Summer,</B></I> <I>Dandelion Wine </B></I>can now be seen as the first entry in Bradbury's Green Town trilogy. The middle entry is <I>Something Wicked This Way Comes.</B></I> The copy of <I>Dandelion Wine</B></I> presented here is near fine, with very minor wear to the edges, corners, and spine of the book. The textblock shows minor foxing to the fore-edge, which does not affect the text in any way. The dust jacket is very good, with a sunned spine and wear present at the spine and folds. A beautiful copy of a nostalgic Bradbury classic.<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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