Letter X

The October Country [Signed, Lettered]

Bradbury, Ray

Publication: Colorado Springs, CO: Gauntlet Press, 1997. First Edition.

Notes: One of 52 lettered copies of the 40th anniversary edition. Illustrated by Joe Mugnaini; introduction by Dennis Etchinson; preface by Bradbury; afterword by Robert R. McCammon. This is one of 52 signed by Bradbury, Etchinson, and McCammon.

The October Country is a new edition of Bradbury's first book, Dark Carnival. Bradbury's "depiction of fantasy as an inextricable element of daily life, which anticipated the contemporary dark fantasy movement, became more pronounced when the contents of Dark Carnival were modified for publication as October Country, with more than half the Weird Tales selections dropped in favor of stories from the slick magazines featuring grotesques and normal characters caught up in the dark side of human experience."—Clute and Grant, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy.

"To my mind, Bradbury's finest work"—Joe R. Lansdale in Jones and Newman, Horror: 100 Best Books.

334 pages.

Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and near fine traycase. This is copy X.

Item No: #304221

Price: $750