Proof Signed Before Publication + Signed First

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales [Trade + Proof]

Bradbury, Ray

Publication: New York: William Morrow, 2003. First Edition.

Notes: The proof and first trade edition (both signed) of the most substantial collection of Bradbury's short stories, with a new introduction by the author.

Proof: xx, 890, [2] pages. Trade: xviii, 893, [1] pages. The preliminaries were reformatted between the proof and trade publication, but the content appears to be the same but for a blank acknowledgements page in the proof and no acknowledgements in the trade. In the proof, the copyright information about the stories is run together as a single text block; in the trade edition, the stories are each listed on separate lines.

The proof is bound in blue printed wrappers.

Edition + Condition: First trade edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, signed by Bradbury on the title page. The proof is near fine, with small stains on the half-title page; a National Book Award sticker has been added to the front cover, possibly by the author (Bradbury was given the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters).

This copy is inscribed to the Bradbury collector Tom Garner and may be a presentation copy (sent by Bradbury to Garner): "Tom! At last! Enjoy. Love! Ray Brad-bury May, '03." The book was published in August of that year.

The two books are housed in one of Tom Garner's distinctive clamshell boxes. The proof is uncommon.

Item No: #364679

Price: $600